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The 200mb data plan? Survival?
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The iPhone is too much of a connected device to do without a substantial amount of bandwidth allowance IMO. (Browsing, social netowrking, downoading content, streaming music and videos, gaming..)
I'm with Phat on this one.
The iPhone is too much of a connected device to do without a substantial amount of bandwidth allowance IMO. (Browsing, social netowrking, downoading content, streaming music and videos, gaming..)
I'm with Phat on this one.
I used 80 mb last month, my first month with the iPhone. I had it 2 weeks, so about 40 mb/week. I was terrified of only getting 2gb, but I found I'm on wifi all the time- at home, work, school, my parents' house, my grandparents' house, heck, even some of my friends' houses.
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200 is what I use in a month to check mail.
200 is what I use in a month to check mail.
When I didn't have WiFi, I used to go over all the time. Now that I'm usually on it, I save $15-$30 overage charges. I avg about 4 MB per day (120 MB per month) using the cellular network.
Check out the apps Data Usage and Data Man. The latter has a lite version which is free.
Check out the apps Data Usage and Data Man. The latter has a lite version which is free.
lol 200mb wont get you anything
i say, minimum 1gb for iphone
I don't know what you do with 1GB but I usually make 200MB a month on my iPhone, and I use it everytime i don't have WiFi
unless you watch 3 hours of youtube a day without WiFi, you don't really need so much data
200MB hardly do it on the iPad for mail and some casual/rare browsing, I would maybe tether my iPhone with MyWi to the iPad to get some extra MB's
I think its totally doable.
For me, I am around WiFi all day, whether it be in my dorm, or class, or in a study area, wifi is around so I just connect to that. I only use data when on the go and usually its simple things like checking a score or email.
For me, I am around WiFi all day, whether it be in my dorm, or class, or in a study area, wifi is around so I just connect to that. I only use data when on the go and usually its simple things like checking a score or email.
If you're streaming video, 200mb won't work. Period. But if you're just checking email, posting to Facebook and browsing the web some, and also on wifi a lot of the time,200 is plenty. I only have 200, and haven't gone over yet. I am in an edge only area though, so that also makes a difference.
I've got a friend who's going to get a smartphone soon with just the 200 MB of data. She goes to a lot of places with wifi so it shouldn't be a problem. If you're on the go like some all the time you can't make it work.
I'd say it depends on your habits. Here at university, I use school wifi when I'm there, and my home wifi when I'm not. Only four or five times a week will I find myself needing the internet without a wifi network available. In the last three weeks I've only used 60MB of cellular data.
