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Re:Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody by cellularmitosis on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @02:52AM (#2940416)
That misses the point of "airplane mode". Airplane mode is for use during take off and landing. Ie, you'd need to turn wifi off too.

The only reason to turn off the cell radio but not the wifi radio is to conserve battery, which again puts you well outside the use case of the typical apple user.

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Re:Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody by jsight on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @08:44AM (#2941161)
In the US, airlines require that electronic devices be turned completely off during takeoff and landing.

In my experience, this is rarely enforced.

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Re:Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody by jrockway on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @08:26AM (#2941103)
No. For takeoff and landing, no power should be applied to any of the electronics. You have to turn the phone off.

(In fact, I just got off a plane, and the announcement is "electronic devices must be off, not in airplane mode. that's for after we're in the air.")

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