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Originally Posted by mtravellerh
That is what I am suspecting, too!
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and I think they may have said as much in their blog post. My High School German is a bit rusty but it along with a quick online translation thinks that this line
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Da wir Mobilfunk in jedem Fall machen wollen — ein Gerät mit Onlineverbindung, die nicht konfiguriert werden muß, ist so viel einfacher zu bedienen als eins ohne — blieb nur, WLAN zu opfern.
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in english reads something like
"Because we want it to have mobile/cellular connectivity - and a device with on-line connection, must not be configured to operate so easy without it- our only choice was to sacrifice WLAN"
Seems like the they had to trade out the WiFi because of pressure from the Edge provider to ensure that people bought monthly plans.