Intelligence has only a cursory relationship with academia. You cannot conclude that because Einstein wasn't (initially) an academic, that all academics are less worthy. Heck, my cleaner knows much more about household chemicals than I do, and I have a PhD in Chemistry.
I suspect that's a different issue, due to the 3G service being switched off (and those first models didn't support wifi as an alternative).
This issue affects a wider range of devices, and is software-related. I'd guess at it being either TLS related, or something to do with updates to their DRM system.
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