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DrBenCarson02/19/20251 replyview on HN

Phones maintain a cellular connection even if most data is being transmitted over WiFi at any given moment

Cellular modems are constantly reading and broadcasting messages to the cellular network unless they are explicitly turned off


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FollowingTheDao02/19/2025

But they use much more power when they are receiving data.

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