Also just thought of, you can test drive a 5S on TMobile for a week for free.
http://explore.t-mobile.com/test-drive-free-trial
http://explore.t-mobile.com/test-drive-free-trial
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Carrier Unhappy with 2 GB.
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I just signed up for this plan myself. If you just got your first smartphone you are probably playing with it more than you normally would and therefore will use more data at first. T-Mobile is ok but lack of coverage might be an issue compared to Verizon.
I'm typically a <3gb user (usually <2gb), but new iPhone plus the start of football season has me crushing my data allowance. I had to switch over to the more everything plan with 4gb of data and 1gb of promotional data, and I'm even about to cross that.
If you're outside of the return window, you might want to give it another month to see if it settles down a bit. Generally be mindful of it. Avoid Netflix, watchespn, and other video streaming apps while on LTE. Make sure your apps are set to only update on wifi. once your usage calms down a bit and you're primarily using LTE for web browsing and email, you'll probably be okay.
If you're outside of the return window, you might want to give it another month to see if it settles down a bit. Generally be mindful of it. Avoid Netflix, watchespn, and other video streaming apps while on LTE. Make sure your apps are set to only update on wifi. once your usage calms down a bit and you're primarily using LTE for web browsing and email, you'll probably be okay.
Umm ok. There's also this thing called "No wifi available" and 2GBs of data is no where near enough. Guess those people are screwed, huh? Just b/c you have access to wifi everywhere doesn't mean that everybody else in the world does. For some people, their phone is their only source of Internet. Maybe you should consider that before coming off like a not so smartass.
On a HSPA+ network, it's very easy to blow through 2 GB of data.
Before T-Mobile filled in the LTE network around the areas between my home and office, I would regularly see speeds of 6 Mbps or more (with LTE, the speeds tested out closer to 20 Mbps), with peaks over 10 Mbps in their HSPA+ coverage areas.
6 Mbps might not sound like much, but it's more than fast enough for streaming music and HD video. And going at an average speed of 6 Mbps, it will take less than an hour to chew through 2 GB of data.
Before T-Mobile started excluding streaming music from their data caps, I regularly used 3-4 GB of data every month. And that usage didn't change much after the LTE service filled in. And if T-Mobile didn't also exclude speed testing apps from their data caps as well, my monthly usage would have averaged closer to 7 GB of data.
Yep. Streaming video is the killer, so is stuff like the auto-play on Facebook. I also have most background app refreshing and automatic app updating turned off. There are a lot of things running in the background that can drain the battery and use a good amount of data, unless you switch it off.
2 GB with T-Mobile is different from Verizon or AT&T in that TMo doesn't count streaming music or speed testing against the data cap. And if you go over the data cap, you get throttled rather than charged extra. The tradeoff is T-Mobile's spotty coverage in outlying and rural areas.
Again, you seem to be missing the point. 2 GB not being enough is completely subjective. Just as some people don't have access to WiFi, others do have access to prevalent WiFi. Obviously if you don't have WiFi you would want a lot of data.
I'm getting tmobile test drive this Saturday and if all goes well I'll be switching over. my only conserne is about the coverage while traveling and the switching carrier part as I never switch carrier before. Hopefully it isn't so painful.
OP, I'll bet if you called Verizon and asked to be switched to a More Everything plan that isn't exclusively the single line plan and get more data, they'll oblige. It will cost you more per month, of course, but you won't have to deal with ETFs and switching carriers.
And I get that. But you're the one who said "there's thing called wifi" as if wifi is available everywhere to everybody. Is 2GBs enough for some people? Sure. But again, there are many who don't have wifi and 2GBs of data is nowhere near enough. Again, just b/c you have wifi available everywhere doesn't mean the rest of the world does.
For me iTunes match is probably my biggest data hog. But there's also:
Personal Hotspot
App Store updates and downloads
Safari
Watch ESPN
Pulse
It varies though depending on how much I travel since there's wifi at home and school. Some months I'm only at around 5GB. Other months I use almost 10gb if I go on a trip for a weekend or something.
Tmobile works since I don't have to share data with other users. When my 4 lines were on Verizon I found myself going over or constantly calling them to raise the data limit until the price just got out of control. Now I just made my line unlimited, 5gb on the second line, and 1gb on the two lines that barely use data. Then even if someone does go over their limit there is no worry of bill shock from overages.
