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My Verizon iPhone 5 data usage is MONSTER
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After reading this thread I am worried, I have never had a smartphone and the iPhone5 was going to be my first. I was planning on going with the 2GB plan on VZW but if the iPhone 5 eats up data like that should I go with a 4S because I can't be spending a fortune of overages each month.
Well, it did replace my home internet
. Leave it to Verizon to keep offering unlimited tethering to people with unlimited LTE plans. 
theres got to be a bug in IOS6 with this wifi. Mine keepsw switching to LTE and i dont know I exit out of an pp and look.
its nuts
its nuts
you do a search...
verizon doesnt throttle 4g devices
Att does after 5 gb.. verizon does on 3g, and it would only throttle if you were connected to a congested tower. after being throttled and the towers bandwidth was less congested, you'd be unthrottled. There was never a set limit.
Untrue, at least for me! Used 8GB last month. Data tests showed same speeds since the first day of billing cycle. 20Mbps down and up in Tampa Bay area. On my S3, unlimited data verizon.
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You can login into your carrier's account site and check. At least for verizon you can. there's also a myverizon app that you can use to check.
I have doubts as to whether my data usage is correct
Then again, I doubt Verizon cares if there calculator is correct. Not like anyone is going to do anything
Then again, I doubt Verizon cares if there calculator is correct. Not like anyone is going to do anything
Lol your statement totally made no sense.
First you say; The argument that people would suffer more usage because it's faster doesn't hold any water for some people. Sounding like you are saying this isnt about using more data to do the same tasks as before because its a faster data stream.
Then you say;I have not streamed ANYTHING and my usual checking of twitter/email/facebook has increased my data usage exponentially.
LOL, Yes thats exactly what everyone is saying, with LTE you will use more data to do the same tasks, thats just how it works.
To rebut your coming argument; it is impossible to set up the same parameters of your old 3g connection on an LTE connection, so yes, theoretically you are correct, but as everything is different in the real world it doesn't work like that due to many factors.....
No, you misinterpreted it. The argument goes that because LTE is so much faster, that people will want to use the device more and not realize that they're sapping more data.
Regardless of LTE's speed, loading a 50kb page is 50kb. There is no reason that loading the same page on LTE, 3G, or Edge would render more data usage. That's my point by suggesting that my actual practice of using data has not changed. It wouldn't make sense that my same practices, e.g. twitter, facebook, email, would render me using more data.
There's another issue here and something else is sapping data.
but you can not say that, yes on paper thats true, but as you stated under the lte plan your pages will load faster. So even though you think, (I am doing the same thing) you are not, also depending on the pages you are loading you may get more content.
Yes in laboratory conditions timing each click the same you will see very little to no increase....
But you dont live in a lab do you?
Settings > General > Usage > Cellular Usage
You can reset to zero at any time, just like a trip odometer.
No, of course I don't live in a lab. However, if you can somehow guess as to how people are sending data packets of 80+ mb by using services, such as twitter and facebook, within a span of 5-10 mins, then I am all ears. The point is HOW fast people are using data in a short time. Sure, let's assume that the one doesn't realize how much more they are surfing, but to suggest that I used 131mb during a 30minute lunch where I checked my phone twice is somehow attributed to "real world conditions" is utterly asinine. You have to realize that.
This isn't merely someone's data use increasing, but it's about how fast the dat use is increasing, without using draining services like youtube or pandora. THAT is the alarming issue. Whether it's iCloud trying to update via data or if it's something else, we don't know.
Anyone still thinking of going with Verizon IP5 in NY, think again. LTE is TERRIBLE. My att IP4 3G was 100x more dependable and faster.
I'm waiting to talk to apple and verizon. God, some people here are jerks. I don't need smug assertions of how some of you have unlimited data. This guy is right. It uses amazing amounts of data for small things, and it leaks a few kb/s while NO APPS are running. I just watched a youtube video at home, via wifi. 17.4 mb was downloaded, and my apple airport extreme router works fine. If i turn off cellular data, the iphone still uses wifi for the youtube.
Something is wrong! I'm going to try to get them to commit to not charging me overages. Otherwise, back to att. My wife's att Iphone 5 has used 6 mb since being activated; mine, 488 mb. And no, i'm not doing any streaming stuff on LTE.
I've seen a slight increase, but then again, I don't have 4G coverage and I'm on WiFi 90% of the time.
I've had it for a week now and I'm just over 100MB.
I've had it for a week now and I'm just over 100MB.
I agree there is a data leak somewhere. I can surf the same web pages on my imac and they don't use nearly the same amount data as those pages on my Iphone. What Gives?
My iPhone's "Cellular Usage" shows I've used 950MB.
When I text Verizon, it shows that I have used only 250 MB. I think there's something wrong with the iPhone displaying the usage, so I'd just go by what your carrier shows.
Update: after HOURS on the phone with apple and verizon:
--restored phone. no change
--apple ios6 tech has me turning off wifi altogether to measure typical usage, establish a baseline, and then we will try with wifi on. He thinks that the iphone is using LTE even though wifi symbol on.
--verizon is investigating. They are confirming by email tomorrow that I will not be charged for an overage while they are sorting this out.
Frankly, I'd just return it, but I compared speeds on LTE with my wife's ATT,and the verizon is about 3-4x faster!!!
--restored phone. no change
--apple ios6 tech has me turning off wifi altogether to measure typical usage, establish a baseline, and then we will try with wifi on. He thinks that the iphone is using LTE even though wifi symbol on.
--verizon is investigating. They are confirming by email tomorrow that I will not be charged for an overage while they are sorting this out.
Frankly, I'd just return it, but I compared speeds on LTE with my wife's ATT,and the verizon is about 3-4x faster!!!