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I would be OK with it if the Wi Fi only non cellular version came with GPS but once again GPS is limited to cellular only.

Is there any reason to do this besides price discrimination?

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GPS is integrated into the cellular system, the GPS is handled by the Intel PMB9960 P10PSV modem,

It's probably using A-GPS.

A-GPS aka A-GNSS still uses GPS signal. The only difference is that metadata is downloaded via fast link (cellular or wifi) instead of slow satellite link. IIRC all mobile devices with A-GPS can download that over satellite link if needed, just takes longer.

The real issue here is that it's integrated into a cellular modem, not that it's A-GPS.

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