What is the difference in battery life between urban areas with easy 4 bar cell reception and wilderness where you may have no reception?  We went thru this exercise for another thread and determined that my iPhone 4S is not a good substitute for a real GPS.  I'm using a Verizon iPhone 4S so it doesn't have a sim card to remove (referencing the link above).  I'll stay with one of my Garmin dedicated GPS receivers and save the cell phone for communication.    
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Okay, what’s your point??