The concept of airplane mode on mobile phones is just wrong. Starting with the fact that we (at least in my case) don’t go into an airplane every day, having a shortcut in the very accesible control centre or status bar is just kind of useless.
Another thing is the concept of cellular network or mobile service. With Wi-Fi, we have a toggle that enables or disables this technology / function. Same happens with Bluetooth. So why not with cellular network? My main point with that is, if Wi-Fi and Bluetooth has a toggle, why shouldn’t cellular network have one too? Currently on iOS and Android there is no actual way to disable the cellular network unless either; you turn on airplane mode or remove the SIM.
We actually have a toggle for mobile data, which just enables or disables the internet access, but not actually cellular, or the connection to the GSM/HSPA/LTE towers.
With this I’m not saying that airplane mode must be replaced with a cellular network toggle. But from my point of view, a cellular network toggle is way more logic and it should be easily accessible into the control centre, and maybe just move the airplane mode shortcut (which would disable cellular/wifi/bluetooth) inside the settings, just like a toggle for roaming, or VoLTE, etc. Also, do you get in an airplane mode every day / week? I’d prefer a driving more instead, that silences calls, checks for traffic, and connects Bluetooth to my car…