Whether youre streaming youtube video after video, listening to spotify all day, or simply stalking browsing facebook and. I have wifi at home so ill be connected to that whenever possible which will be most of the time, so will it still use up the data when im on the internet. Dont get overcharged for mobile data with our guide to monitoring your. Oct 29, 2011 is 200mb enough data to have for a 4s. I doubt id really browse web sites that much, the apps that ill run would be. This gets you 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 500mb of data.
Is 500mb of data on the iphone enough for most people. Jul 30, 2012 my gf use her phone mainly for facebook on the go and she has used 215mb for july and 175mb for june so if twitter and fb is what you are going to use i would think that 500mb is enough. Uk only its a hard decision 1 gb, 2 gb, 3, 4, 5 it is hard to know what you will need. Am thinking of applying for a contract iphone 4s, and my monthly allowance of mobile data will be 500mb, and i was wondering if the way i use data on my phone would be enough. I was anticipating picking the 300mb plan but the guy at the store said that would definitely not be enough. Apple iphone 11 pro from sprint network built for unlimited. I know 500mb for a blackberry is way more than enough, but now moving on to android, its a whole different ball park. Should i get the iphone 5 if i already have an iphone 4s.
Unfortunately i am not in the position to be able fork out for a payasyou go phone, even though i realise this is the best option. Is 500mb of data enough for these apps on my iphone. I know 500mb for a blackberry is way more than enough, but now moving on to android, its a. When you see a promoted product or a product with a go to site button it means that whistleout is earning a transaction click fee for the referral. Reply i have this question too i have this question too me too. If you want to switch networks, you may have to unlock your mobile phone. I even have 500mb and one time i went over simply by fact i watched a brilliant variety of youtube movies. Makes an iphone less functional but decreases data.
However, only 5gb data storage space is offered free by apple, which is still not enough for many people. Since getting the 4s on telstra, ive been checking the daily usage and its been averaging about 20mb day which equates to roughly 600 mb a month. Weve had iphone 3gs for four years on 200mb and 500mb data packs and have never gone. As you become more familiar with your phone, you will likely discover that you will find ways and apps to use more data. I would recommend at least 500mb data and even then, i would. Nov 06, 2015 you can get a lot more out of 1gb or even 500mb than i initially thought especially by following some super simple datasaving tips, like limiting your cellular use on common apps and setting your apps to only update over wifi rather than over cell. Im getting the iphone 4s and im just wondering if 750mb is enough data for me. This is why everyone with an iphone should go on three. For you iphone owners, how much data do you use per month on average and what are your tasks on it.
How to download apps larger than 150mb over mobile data on iphone. How high memory data like more than 500mb videos can are not synchronising to my iphone. But this can be surprisingly complicated and expensive. Im guessing that tom was fortunate enough to run across it on its first day. You can save a lot of space on iphone by transferring data to icloud, pc etc. Hi there, in this case, i guess it may be the caching in the background that take your space. If i buy a new data pack, will it cancel the existing one. Whilst the amount of data youll need naturally depends on how much youll use, its fair to say that the iphone 4s if used to its full potential will demand more mbs than your average smartphone.
They can see from their online data usage and from ioss tracking of cellular data. Data allowance explained how much data do you need. Whether you couldnt afford a pricier model or just misjudged how much storage youd need, these tips can help you get by. Unfortunately i am not in the position to be able fork out for a payasyou go phone, even though i. Is 100mb of data on an iphone 4s enough to use only.
I am about to get an iphone with the 500 mb data plan. Ive noticed that at midnight the iphone drops off my wifi network as its in sleepcharging and starts to transfer data, despite making sure all apps have been proper. On my previous phone, the iphone 3g i had an allowance of 500mb but i only exceeded 250mb twice in the 3 years i was with optus. Does anyone know why the iphone 4s and 4 to a certain extent use so much more data. Im looking at plans that i recently bought for my iphone 4s and a plan that i like includes 500 mb of data. She told me that most people do not use more than 200mb of data. Nov 16, 2011 this, and the widespread battery issues with the iphone 4s and ios5 seem to indicate apple didnt do nearly enough field testing with the new phone or os. For a data allowance thats larger than 1gb, simply multiply up the figures as appropriate e.
For a 500mb data allowance, you should half all of the figures above as a 500mb allowance is equal to 0. Id be using it whenever im out my house for heavy twitter use, regular tumblr use, next to never facebook use, snapchat and probably often use of uploading to instagram and obviously imessage. Just coming into this data usage saga with my sons iphone 4s. I would only use it to check my emails daily, i use twitter daily and i also read a handful of news articles daily and maybe visit some websites if i need to search something up that i cant wait to get home to do, i dont watch videos or anything like that, i watch youtube on my laptop. You need to check the data usage in your iphone and then gauge future usage from that. I was wondering if anyone else has had similar issues o. I only do web browsing, checking email and some social networking. When you are taking your current phone to a new carrier, it is called thebring your own phonebyo. If i dont plan to download music or watch too much video over 3g is 1 gb of data a month reasonable.
How to survive an iphone with only 16gb of storage. Mar 25, 2012 okay, so im getting an iphone 4 on contract and it comes with 500mb per month, im wondering if this is enough, i will use. You can get 200 voice minutes, 500 messages and 500mb of data per. Everyone has different data needs, so asking here is somewhat pointless. Is 1gb of data on the iphone enough for normal usage. I have an iphone 4 but thinking of getting the iphone 4s 8gb i use 1gb for music, and 500mb for photos and just one app whatsapp will 8gb be enough. Nov 10, 2016 an apple iphone 4 uses a micro sized sim card. I hope this chart helps you see just how much you can do with just 1gb of data, so you can. I am planning on getting an iphone and im wondering if 500mb of data would be enough. My new tarrif comes with 500mb of data and im now worried that this wont be enough i think i had unlimited data before but o2 dont seem to offer this anymore. Phil schiller introduces the iphone 4s prices shows are us with.
A tmobile plan would give me 500mb a month but no overage charges so does that mean i can go up too 2, 000 mb a month without any charges. Notably, it is easy to store data on iphone to your icloud. You can now use the iphone for free, as long as you dont mind old. I was originally going to go with o2 as this as unlimited data, but now it has been reduced to 500mb and im unsure whether that will be enough. Im looking at plans that i recently bought for my iphone 4s and a plan that i like includes. I am going on contract for the first time but not sure how much data to get. I have an iphone 4s that was used as a contract phone,however the service is now shut off. After that, i try to free up spaces every month to make my iphone run smoothly. I will probably be doing 10 youtube videos, a lot of internet, constantly checking emailsall of this daily. Okay, so im getting an iphone 4 on contract and it comes with 500mb per month, im wondering if this is enough, i will use.
The iphone 4s tariffs graphically and in a spreadsheet updated. The iphone 4s tariffs graphically and in a spreadsheet. However, this is still not enough for those who want to use their data to download apps and games of more than 150mb from the apple app store. One of the issues with iphone users is how to store their data on their iphones. Kik daily instagram daily and ill use youtubesafari a few times per week. Get sim only 30 day contract with o2 and you still get unlimited data, once iphone 4 is out you will see that go from the tariff tables. Sorry if this has been asked a million times but i did a search of the forum and couldnt find any concrete answerexplanation.
The topic iphone 5 or iphone 4s is closed to new replies. I have an iphone 4s and after upgrading to ios6 last week and needing to. I pretty much just want enough to use kik, instagram, and twitter. In a given month, youll use multiple apps and activities on your smartphone. I have an iphone 5 and i notice it does search for updates in the background, but it doesnt initiate downloading the update without asking me. Im thinking that has a lot to do but dont know if its only posible to do edge instead of 3g comment or. I know its a small amount of data for an iphone but i am on a. Most plans, whether payasyougo or contract have some kind of data limitation unless youre on an unlimited plan of course. I met such familiar storage full problem on my iphone before. Check the usage in settings, general, usage, and scroll down to the bottom for data usage. How to survive an iphone with only 16gb of storage cnet. I would usually use wifi on the phone if im at home.
Whats behind mysterious cellular data usage in ios 6. How much is 500mb, 1gb, 2gb of mobile internet data. By that i mean occasional youtube streaming, loads of fb. Im thinking about getting an iphone 4s and im researching plans. The iphone 4s is set to see an october 14 th release date in the us. I am getting an iphone 4s soon and so the plan im getting comes with 100 mb of data. Thankfully, there is a nice little trick we can use to bypass this restriction and download apps larger than 150mb over mobile data on iphone or ipad. Im buying an iphone tomorrow and the deal i was looking at offered me 500mb of data. Just wondering if anybody could let me know what i can do with 6gb data. Ive noticed some of my apps use my data even when theyre not open, which is. The correct sim size in a 3in1 punch out is shown below. Dec 20, 2019 we help you work out how much data youll need and how to get the most out of your monthly allowance. It is one of the simplest ways to backup data and to make iphone 16gb enough. I have never watched videos and done much before and would almost use all of it, if not more.
Hi since ive got my iphone 4s ive noticed that im getting through my 500mb data allowance within the first week of the month. Most will find that 500mb is enough wed urge all but the lightest of users to. And its a bug that will cost me a lot of money because downloading. Find the cheapest iphone 4s uk contracts, pay as you go and.
Oct 22, 2010 so ive went from a blackberry to a proud owner of a samsung galaxy s vibrant. Thankfully, its easy enough to turn off simply head to settings mobile data. Buy a bolt on now so you have some data for the rest of the month but make sure they confirm that you can cancel so t doesnt automatically renew. I currently have a plan with 3gb of data and havent ever got near this. I know that data is for browsing on the internet, but how much is 500mb of data. Anyway, i have had an iphone 3gs for the past 24 months and i am now upgrading to an iphone 4s. Whether youre streaming youtube video after video, listening to spotify all day, or simply stalking browsing facebook and instagramming your latest meal, youre going to need some kind of data plan.
Hello, oknow that the wife has lost her iphone 4s, we are looking at buying a couple of iphone 6s. We still cant say for sure about the rest of the world and even if we had a date we wouldnt bet on it not seeing some kind of postponement as weve seen in recent years due to stock shortages. I use my galaxy s3 data plan quite a lot and have for july used 1. How to manage mobile data on an iphone macworld uk. Turn off cellular data when you are on wifi dont give the phone a choice and i even turned my phone off during the day at work. So that is quite a lot of data and 500 mb per month will not be enough since you would need approx 6 gb in a month. Is danger put the mobile phone to charge while i sleep. I have a blackberry curve and have 500mb of allowance and ive checked that every month i only use up to 2mb which is usually just on twitter at least once a day and bbm mainly for texting. Telstras solution is to turn off cell data when not browsing is not good enough. Jun 17, 2010 the problem is i am getting different information from different sales people at voda, o2 and orange in terms of how much data usage i might need. You can now get completely free calling, texting and data on your. A 500mb data plan will allow you to browse the internet for around 6 hours, to stream 100 songs or to watch 1 hour of standarddefinition video. Howardforums is a discussion board dedicated to mobile phones with over 1,000,000 members and growing. Despite all the differences, the numbers showed that the iphone 4s data connection, when you can get a 3g connection, is fast enough for.
How high memory data like more than 500mb apple community. Im still getting data being sent at between 80mb and 500mb at a time. Im not sure really about the effect of icloud and siri however i can keep this 3gb plan if i buy the 4s out right. Generally, 100mb of data on an iphone 4s would not be enough to use even if you were only using instagram and the whatsapp each month. Two quick questions about my ending contract and the iphone 6s how much a month do you pay for your phone. For your convenience howardforums is divided into 7 main sections. I had 500mb of storage on my iphone yesterday in the. We help you work out how much data youll need and how to get the most out of your monthly allowance. I asked her which plan she had and she said the biggest one. Dont get overcharged for mobile data with our guide to monitoring your data allowance on an iphone. So ive went from a blackberry to a proud owner of a samsung galaxy s vibrant.
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