[levosmetalo]

> (b) being slightly out of range of a cell tower, and constantly dropping and reacquiring a 3G connection. The latter turns my phone into a hand-warmer and chews up my power.

For this reason I'm pretty happy that my Android has an option to force 2G network for battery savings. Gives me 50% better battery life with no noticeable speed difference.

[DougWebb]

Yeah, most of the time my Android is on a WiFi network (office or home) and the cell data connection is turned off. My battery can last a pretty long time if I'm not away from my WiFis much and I don't have the screen on full brightness.