Phones are handheld computers now. Why aren't laptops phones? I know you can use VoIP or tether to a phone, but why don't laptops have LTE or 5G modules and SIM card slots as a standard?

Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

Phones are handheld computers now. Why aren't laptops phones? I know you can use VoIP or tether to a phone, but why don't laptops have LTE or 5G modules and SIM card slots as a standard?

Rose@slrpnk.net · 6 days ago

At least in Finland we had USB cellular data adapters (I belive that’s the full term) back in the 3G/maybe early 4G days. I haven’t checked if they’re still a thing.

(Never had one myself. Got a WiFi dongle instead because the city had a decent municipal WiFi coverage.)