| Author | Message | ||
     Ridenusa4l |
Hi everyone, I am about to purchase the new Droid Bionic, here in the near future and I was wondering, in overall terms. How hard is it to go through 2GB of data in a month? As in exactly what is required to accomplish that (couple examples if feasible), in all honesty it doesnt sound like alot. Thank You! Jake | ||
| Froggy |
2GB is not a lot. Even using mine for just light web browsing and email, I still consume around 100mb a day, even more if I am away from home. Netflix, Youtube, and other videos are pretty much out of the question if you are not on WiFi. | ||
| Blake |
If you have WiFi, then you won't hardly use it. If not, then you can blow through 2GB in a hurry watching videos. If they don't charge too much for an extra GB overage, then give it a try; you can always upgrade to unlimited later if needed, yes? That's the way AT&T works anyway. | ||
| Froggy |
Nobody except Sprint has unlimited anymore. Verizon will sell you up to 12GB, and you will pay overage fees if you exceed that, and ATT's best plan offers a pitiful 5gb. Sprint will let you get unlimited on 4G for $50. | ||
| Daggar |
Neither AT&T nor Verizon have unlimited plans anymore, unless you were grandfathered in. I typically use less than 500MB per month, on my OG Droid, but I don't watch many vids on it, and I'm connected to WiFi most of the time. | ||
| Ourdee |
I left the veri$on and went to Sprint. Glad I did. | ||
| D_adams |
Check t-mobile for their plan vs. verizon. It was cheaper than anything else out there for me, local carriers were sprint, att, verizon and t-mobile. 2 unlimited (no 2gb cap) data lines, 5 lines total. $163/month total, although I did get a work related discount. I think the same plan from att or verizon was well over $250/month. (Message edited by d_adams on September 08, 2011) | ||
| Swampy |
There are the PCS and MetroCom plans, that are TONS CHEAPER than Verizon The only problem is the coverage areas are not the same. However, I have found PCS coverage where Verison stops. For what it is worth, I am back with Verizon(the bastards) after leaving for one day and having a "Win Back" team member make an offer I couldn't refuse. I was willing to pay the cancellation fee($500), but they did make it right and refunded the cancellation fees, sometimes you just have to payup and walk to make them understand you are serious(the bastards) | ||
| Ourdee |
Isn't mobile the carrier that slows down your connection after 2 gig? | ||
| Cyclonedon |
I looked at the new Droid Bionic today at the Verizon store. It's a great phone but kinda pricey! hopefully they will drop some before my contract is due for an upgrade this coming December. | ||
| Thumper74 |
I went thru this two weeks ago when I upgraded to a Droid 3. I have used 50Mb of my two gigs. I am near a wifi network 75% of the time, and do my downloading there... | ||
| D_adams |
I'm all over the place with mine (st louis) and use it a lot. Never noticed a slow down in speed yet. Battery life sucks though, android phones. | ||
| Thumper74 |
Keep in mind that you can turn off automatic e-mail refreshes that take battery life and use your data too, this way the e-mail only syncs when you want it to, preferably near wifi... I'm lucky on battery life since my last few phones used the same charger, I have one on the bike, car, home and office... Without constant battery topoffs and average use, mine is dead in 6 hours... | ||
| Andymnelson |
Unlimited 4G data with Sprint FTW!  We pay $197/month for 5 lines, all smart phones with unlimited data, unlimited texts, unlimited mobile-to-mobile (yup, I can call ANY cell phone on ANY network and it doesn't count against my minutes!), 1750 regular minutes, insurance on all 5 lines, accidental drop coverage on all lines etc..I have been VERY happy with Sprint, and it costs me a fraction of other carriers. I'll loften use 10-15 gb on my line in a month. I use it a TON for work (emailing pics is common), and I stream a ton of music. | ||
| Froggy |
To me that defeats the purpose of a smartphone, like having a GPS that only turns on within half a mile of your destination. It is a shame the phone companies crippled their networks and used fear to control us and take our money rather than embracing the technology and giving it room to breathe.
Like I needed another reason to be jealous of you... | ||
| Andymnelson |
lol. Sprint 4G is strong here too. Now you're going to really hate me, here's a speedtest result in my house on 4g:  | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
"Neither AT&T nor Verizon have unlimited plans anymore, unless you were grandfathered in." Not if you upgrade your phone. Upgrade and you start with a new data plan. | ||
| Ridenusa4l |
alright thanks for the help everyone...its a month or so down the road but i always do extensive research before buying anything that expensive as it is an "investment" of sorts. Thanks! Jake P.S.- any more info is appreciated | ||
| Ourdee |
Battery life sucks though, android phones. I got three batteries and a charger for $12 @ fleebay. |
