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If the Droid's "unlimited" data plan from Verizon is only 5 GB a month, how much data do people usually use?
I read today on Slashdot that the Droid's "unlimited" data plan is actually only 5 GB a month. I'm wondering, based on other Android phone users' experience, what's the average data usage per month? Average monthly iPhone data usage would also be handy.
Also, is there a good tool for seeing this data on a monthly basis? On the iPhone, going to Settings -> General -> Usage gives you the amount of usage since the last Statistics Reset. That works if, for example, you're going on an international trip, and remember to reset statistics before you go so you can watch when you hit the international data roaming limit, but it's a bit tedious to do more often. And there's some data on my ATT online bill, but in typical telco fashion, quite hard to decipher. Wondering if there's a simple app for collecting this data and setting alerts when you're near the limit. But in the short term, a few real world answers of the form "I typically use n GB a month" would be helpful. 33 Replies
Comment by
Owachi
: Nov 19 2009 02:19 PM
I just found a free app that will monitor your data usage and alert you when you reach a specified limit..
It's called 3G Watchdog, and so far it's working well. Here is a link to some info on it: http://www.androlib....tchdog-zzA.aspx Hope this helps John.
Comment by
bmclaugh
: Nov 17 2009 05:40 AM
So isn't the better question -- or perhaps the more apparent question, given replies to this thread -- why are Droid users reporting usage an order of magnitude higher than iPhone users?
Seriously. This isn't a one-is-better, but more curiosity. Other than the one guy using 8GB for podcasts, everyone with an iPhone is saying 200-400MB/month, with most replies in the 200MB range, and yet we have Droid folks easily eating up 1 GB/month. I'd love to understand that dynamic. -Brett
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Comment by
sjdorst
: Nov 09 2009 10:52 AM
Just got my Droid over the weekend. Anybody know where to find Data usage to date? And does it break out 3G vs WiFi?
Comment by
jackr
: Nov 09 2009 10:17 AM
Like others, I'm running around 400MB/month, which includes push-notice email from my company's Exchange server (and several POP email accounts monitored manually). I have several Twitter clients installed, but mostly tweet from the desktop rather than the mobile.
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