[taeric]

Agreed on this being a semantic discussion.

I can see the compelling nature of the baseband processor being the largest part of a phone. If only because of the name of the device. The reality, I assert, is that the phone is now just another component inside a pocket computer I happen to carry around. Ironically, it is mainly used from an app called "Phone" on said device.

And, my entire point for this thread is that Android as an example can be used to cut both ways. That was what I meant by saying it could support either argument. (I cede that my opening comment did not make this clear. It was what I meant by saying "this point is easy to mislead.")

I do not see how it is an appeal to authority, though. It is meant to be an appeal to evidence. Just as the claim that "embedded systems use microkernels" is.