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What's the point of leaving Airplane mode on and not using the phone if the purpose of the device is to make calls?

If you don't have an extra iPod Touch for media and wifi web browsing?

In case you need to make an expensive outgoing emergency call, you can turn it back on.

For the GPS.
 
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