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iPhone Encouraging Mobile Data Usage

Wednesday December 26, 2007 11:13 am PST by Arnold Kim
An FT.com article reports on findings from O2's recent launch of the iPhone in the UK.

One interesting statistic that was revealed was that 60% of U.K. iPhone users are sending or receiving more than 25 MB of data a month. This information alone is difficult to interpret, but O2's chief appears to believe that this represents a large increase in mobile data usage.

They try to compare it to the usage amongst non-iPhone O2 users (only 1.8% of other O2 customers use > 25MB/mo), but this is unhelpful as the iPhone would tend to draw a more data-centric audience. And many phones have no data-options available to them, but would also be counted in that percentage.
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twoodcc
Posted: 54 months ago
well i know i use more data with my iPhone then before. in fact, i used basically 0 data before my iPhone. (had a razr)
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tobefirst
Posted: 54 months ago
I use a ton more data than I used before the iPhone. My text message count has gone up, and my internet usage has skyrocketed. Plus, I've never had email on my cell like I do now. The iPhone has very much changed the way I use a cell.
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simon.robin
Posted: 54 months ago
Seems fairly obvious to me.
Email capabilities - No MMS send pics etc through email.
No games stored on iphone all have to be played online.

Everyones just got a new toy so of course the are going to go mental and try everything thing out.

see what the stats are like in a few months time when peeps are more used to it.

I love mine and can sit for hours surfing in the house rather than go upstairs and use the PC.
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Yuppi
Posted: 54 months ago


I love mine and can sit for hours surfing in the house rather than go upstairs and use the PC.


I see your problem. You are using a PC ;) With the sleep mode working so perfect in Macs I don't think I would use it too often in house except for remoting the dreambox which is very geeky..

Other than that, I really hope to get my iPhone soon. It served well for price comparisons in the christmas shopping time. And it just feels amazing..
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Daveway
Posted: 54 months ago
25mb/mo. Psssssshhhh... try 200mb/mo avg. so far.

This is a good sign because it will force providers to scale their data packages and make them more affordable. Specifically Canada.
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shadowfax
Posted: 54 months ago

I see your problem. You are using a PC ;) With the sleep mode working so perfect in Macs I don't think I would use it too often in house except for remoting the dreambox which is very geeky..

Other than that, I really hope to get my iPhone soon. It served well for price comparisons in the christmas shopping time. And it just feels amazing..

Nah, I find myself using my iPhone over my MBP in bed in the mornings to check the latest internet stuff. it's practically as fast as the MBP for page loading, and it's so much more convenient to hold in the hand than have to sit up and have the laptop Bakelite itself to the covers/my lap.

we're in the car driving back from the beach in port aransas, TX now. browsing macrumors at 60mph. I love the iPhone!
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maestro55
Posted: 54 months ago
No doubt the browser on the iPhone beats the current options out there are on other phones. Even the mobile version of Opera is very poorly designed compared Safari on the iPhone. I know that I am using 100MB+ now with my iPhone, it is nice to surf while out and about without taking my MacBook or ThinkPad considering that most of what I like to check mobile is the news and weather the iPhone is perfect for that.
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Telp
Posted: 54 months ago

I use a ton more data than I used before the iPhone. My text message count has gone up, and my internet usage has skyrocketed. Plus, I've never had email on my cell like I do now. The iPhone has very much changed the way I use a cell.


100% in agreement with you here. BUt i love it. Great phone, cant wait till mobile iChat :D;)
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jonny
Posted: 54 months ago

25mb/mo. Psssssshhhh... try 200mb/mo avg. so far.

This is a good sign because it will force providers to scale their data packages and make them more affordable. Specifically Canada.


Amen to that. I used 8mb last month. :confused:
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Daveway
Posted: 54 months ago

Amen to that. I used 8mb last month. :confused:


And got charged $80 probably.:rolleyes:
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