I have posted this as a separate thread and I'm not trying to be a spammer I just want to see what other people may think about my idea regarding the ability to turn 3G on and off on our phones and why it was taken away. I also posted this at the Apple feedback page (www.apple.com/feedback)
I have done everything I can think of and that has been suggested in the poor battery life threads and at this point I think the biggest problem I may be having with my white 32 GB iPhone 4S is that my phone spends all day trying to find a better 3G connection. Ironicaly I work in the AT&T Center in downtown Los Angeles (I don't happen to work for AT&T that would be even worse ) and the 3G signal at my desk is terrible. 1 to 2 bars most of the time and it is always jumping up and down. Yesterday I don't know what happened but I couldn't even get a decent internet connection. I was trying to look something up on google and couldn't connect. I then tried all the apps that rely on the net; Maps, Facebook, Twitter, Atomic Web Browser, Opera Web Browser, iTunes, App Store, DropBox, Find my iPhone, etc. and couldn't connect on any of them. And while I was doing this I could watch my battery drop and feel my phone heat up. Not a problem I 've had so far. I think the battery is dropping off too fast but this was the worst I've seen.
Once I got out of the building and into a different area of town, I had plenty of signal and all my apps began working again. The phone cooled off and the battery drain slowed way down.
The one or two times at work when 3G actually dropped off and I was on EDGE I was able to connect to the net and my apps worked just fine.
I am not sure why Apple took the option to turn 3G on and off away but I wish they would give it back in the next update.