The connector is surface-mount only, so it runs through a reflow oven alongside other SMD passives; no hand-soldering or through-hole work on this one.
This receptacle supports two mated stacking heights: 3.5mm and 4mm. That means the same receptacle can pair with two different SlimStack headers — one shorter, one taller — without changing the receptacle side of the BOM. For the board layout engineer, the 0.40mm pitch and 2.60mm height above board (0.102") set the z-height budget and the routing channel width between pads.
