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dylan604 • yesterday at 3:03 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

So the reason they have not released a +cellular MBP is down to them not wanting to make royalty payments? What do they care? They just roll that payment into the +cellular price bump. It's not like they are dipping into their own billion dollar cash on hand balance.


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jillesvangurp • yesterday at 3:21 PM

Do you have a better reason? I think the price difference is probably too high to justify the feature. I don't see any technical reason why they wouldn't do this. But patent royalties and additional overhead related to device certification would definitely add some complexity and cost.

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enos_feedler • yesterday at 5:06 PM

Is it possible its related to data traffic with carriers?

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