[wtallis]

> This seems like the same instinct that makes OEMs put mobile modems in laptops, as if I would ever have my laptop but not my phone to which to tether it.

A cellular radio in a laptop gets access to better antennas and a vastly larger battery than what's found in a smartphone.

[thedance]

The combination of the batteries in my phone and my laptop is clearly more capacious than the battery in the laptop alone.