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by SamBam 132 days ago
Is that an iPhone thing? On Android airplane mode turns off both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
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It used to turn them off on the iPhone, but not these days.

A lot of planes have WiFi, and people are also using Bluetooth headphones. So when talking about being a passenger on an airplane, this seems like a rather practical choice.

Not for my Android phone, at least not by default (Pixel 9a a/ GrapheneOS). It leaves Bluetooth and WiFi on in airplane mode. I doubt this is specific to GrapheneOS and may say more about AOSP.
That's a setting you can tweak with various software.
Not if you were connected to either when turning on airplane mode. Both can also be turned on manually in airplane mode. A physical block avoids any uncertainty or mistakes.