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TUAW poll: How much iPhone data have you used?
Yesterday, I wrote about setting up the iPhone with pay-as-you-go service. Without purchasing feature packs, the data plan goes for an exorbitant $0.01/KB. (With a feature pack, the data goes down to $2/MB, or $0.002/KB.) This got me wondering. It's been almost a month since the iPhone debuted. How much data have you used? My iPhone tells me that I've sent 608 KB and received 2.9 MB--although with all my resets and restores, that number is probably much lower than my actual usage. Still, that's nothing compared to our own David Chartier. He's at 12.2 MB sent and 59.8 MB received. (Data junkie!) So I'm curious. How much EDGE data have you sent and received? You can find out by selecting Settings -> Usage. Let us know in the comments how big a data user you are. Bragging rights to everyone who beats out David.
Update: It looks like the average is currently around 150-200 MB for readers who aren't hovering around WiFi hotspots. The current high is near 2.7 GB. The few of us who have ready WiFi access are way, way down in comparison.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
TechRightGuy said 7:26PM on 7-19-2007
12.2 MB sent
87.0 MB received
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kory said 7:27PM on 7-19-2007
are you serious that's all you sent??!
well, i've only had this iphone for a week (i exchanged cause my original was having battery issues), but i've already got 8.2MB sent and 63.5MB received on this one.
i remember my original had over 200MB received when i traded it in.
...but then again, i never reset my statistics.
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Phil H. said 7:28PM on 7-19-2007
Sent: 38.8 MB; Received: 267 MB
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mac_fanboy said 7:28PM on 7-19-2007
I've got him beat by a mile! 16.3MB sent, 143MB recieved!
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Sean said 7:28PM on 7-19-2007
16.4 MB Sent
115 MB received
Had it since launch and don't think I use it too much...do I?
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Joel said 7:29PM on 7-19-2007
I'm not using a pay as you go plan, but my iPhone says I have sent 16.4 MB and received 90.0 MB over EDGE. I restored mine a while back as well so if that erases the stats then it would really be even higher than that. Am I an ultra data junkie???
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kory said 7:30PM on 7-19-2007
yeah, and i RARELY use wifi or safari since i'm at a computer nearly 12 hours a day
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Fritz Laurel said 7:30PM on 7-19-2007
Sent: 1.5MB
Rcvd: 8.6MB
This is since my last stat reset on 7/6/07. I mostly get traffic maps and email, so my useage is probably lower than yootoob hogs. Even so, I'm admittedly amazed at how low it is at the moment. ;)
Cheers,
FL
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Steven Mills said 7:30PM on 7-19-2007
13.1 MB Sent
104 MB Received
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Donald Burr said 7:34PM on 7-19-2007
Sent: 2.5 MB. Received: 16.1 MB.
I purchased mine this past Monday (the 16th) but didn't actually get it activated until Tuesday morning the 17th. Been using it just about nonstop since then.
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Brandon Crawford said 7:36PM on 7-19-2007
I'm at 129MB received and 21.8MB sent
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Frank said 7:38PM on 7-19-2007
wow, i'm a loser, evidently:
sent = 1.1 MB
received = 8 MB
but, in my defense (like kory @ #8), i'm at my computer waaay more than i am away from it.
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fernando said 7:39PM on 7-19-2007
7.8 sent
79 rec
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rob said 7:43PM on 7-19-2007
15.4 Sent, 91.3 Received.
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Seth Burnett said 7:43PM on 7-19-2007
So far I've sent 14.6MB and recieved 148 MB
I got dave beat. (Though I did watch almost a whole episode of the Totally Rad Show over EDGE before I moved to WiFi)
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stoner said 7:44PM on 7-19-2007
18MB sent
173MB recieved
As a phone it's 'ok'
As an ipod it's 'ok'
As a portable internet device - I absolutely love it.
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ctumaven said 7:45PM on 7-19-2007
14.6 Sent
78.0 Received
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J. Lindsay said 7:46PM on 7-19-2007
10.9 MB Sent, 80.5 MB Received.
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Zachary said 7:47PM on 7-19-2007
Sent 19.8 MB
Received 140 MB
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sworth said 7:47PM on 7-19-2007
Sent 16.7 MB
Received 121 MB
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