Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
Given how much Mainland Chinese love to abide by the letter and the spirit of the law, regulations, and rules (just ask the agency in charge of conducting SAT, GRE, or TOEFL, or residents of Sheung Shui, Hong Kong), and how civilized travelers are known to be, we know how much the government should trust their citizens to be one swipe away from a transmitting/receiving phone. The same cannot be said for other bigger devices.
LOL!
That said, quite a significant number of tablets are 3G/LTE capable, so allowing tablets but not phones because they don't trust the crap knockoffs that their country has dumped onto the market is ridiculous.
I'd actually be curious what percentage of passengers (in countries where devices are allowed in airplane mode in all phases of flight) never bother to turn on airplane mode anymore. Once the studies came out that debunked the interference myth on modern planes (which in turn changed the rules in most countries), I think a lot of people aren't nearly as cognizant about switching to airplane mode during taxi and takeoff. The real reason to my understanding for no transmission is because they don't want people making or receiving calls, not any longer because of safety concerns.