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This reminds me of The King of Kong
a record that nobody cares about except the people competing for it
 
I had my wife's old 2g in airplane mode during our trip to Serbia / Montenegro for over two weeks before I needed to recharge. Nothing real special, if you leave the phone in airplane mode and the don't mess with it the phone will last a rather long time.
 
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