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Re:Apple will add 5G to 2020 iPhones to compete with Android... by sjaknanxnnx on Saturday August 03, 2019 @10:02PM (#20604008)
From practical experience, it’s very common for people to find their phone (iPhone or other) burning through tons of battery when they go out in the sticks, and this is reliably fixed by turning off cellular data. So either it’s not as easy as you say, or they haven’t bothered solving the problem.
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Re:Apple will add 5G to 2020 iPhones to compete with Android... by CamperBob2 on Saturday August 03, 2019 @11:17PM (#20604230)
If there's no service at all, that may be a different matter entirely. As ndjskska says, the cell network itself keeps the phone up to date with the nearby topology, so there's no need for it to keep pinging for a service that isn't there.
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