Nope it in for good , you can remove it but you have to take it apart from the back
It's not bad as the nexus 7 is inexpensive and can be found for 150.00
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Google-Ne.../dp/B00DB3SH2G
I use my phone as a hot spot so I run Waze traffic app when I drive and also run Google music