If the closest tower is on the fringe of connectivity, and you've got an app that's acknowledging push notifications constantly or similar, then wouldn't it mak

If the closest tower is on the fringe of connectivity, and you've got an app that's acknowledging push notifications constantly or similar, then wouldn't it make sense that it has to scream constantly? Keep in mind that not every push on a data level results in something displaying in your notification tray; these are quite distinct despite the phrase "push notification" commonly being used for the combination of a push coming in and a notification being presented as a result. Maybe the faraday cage bag in GP's anecdote wasn't quite good enough, so the same thing (fringe connectivity combined with lots of Rx packets needing to be ACK'd) was occuring for both of you. When you are 100% out of range such that no Rx is occuring at all, then at that point yes the phone should not be screaming into the void often enough to heat up and drain the battery.