Some people in fringe areas would rather turn things off than have the battery life killed constantly hunting up and down the spectrum for a usable signal. Some want to turn it off when the are near their data cap. This would insure that the back ground apps are not sending and receiving data and possibly putting one over their limit.
Not everyone has unlimited or high usage plans. Since people want the devices (but may not need mobile data) they are still forced into the plans by the carrier. It is like blackmail, but no one sees it that way as owning the device is your choice. This is the only industry that I know of that gets away with this arm twisting. We all use the highway, but they don't charge larger, heavier vehicles larger plate and usage taxes in most states, even though they are harder on the roads surface and cause it to degrade quicker. Few states have any penalty for the driver that chooses a larger and heavier vehicle. Maybe if they did we would see less single people tooling around in their mammoth SUV, that is never used for the purpose it was designed for, although the teleco get away with it.
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Wrong, I think they would term it a "game changer".
