Android vs iPhone

[Easy Mac]

Too pricey for the plan I'm on, but I like the idea. If they ever get down to $1 a GB, I might bite.

[ISiddiqui]

Uh... don't hold your breath?

$10 a GB, with only $20 for the unlimited talk and text, is a fantastic price, FWIW... I mean unless you have unlimited data and use like 10 GBs a month .

[stevew]

Kinda think its expensive when I can go to cricket and get 5mb on ATT for $45 or 10gb for $55. And you can get 5GB for $45 on straight talk for Verizon(or ATT) if you have a compatible phone.

[Scoobz0202]

I have no experience but it seems appealing.

Why I'll Probably Ditch My Carrier For Google's Project Fi

I, like that writer, hardly ever make phone calls so not being too worried about expensive data overages would be nice. I guess it boils down to how is T-Mobile/Sprint in your area? Not sure how accurate their coverage map is but this may be handy.

Project Fi

[Easy Mac]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Uh... don't hold your breath?

$10 a GB, with only $20 for the unlimited talk and text, is a fantastic price, FWIW... I mean unless you have unlimited data and use like 10 GBs a month .

I have unlimited and use about 40 GB .

If Verizon ever takes it away from me, then Google (or T-Mobile) will get my money.

[ISiddiqui]

40 GB?!!!

You are totally going to be reason why I'll have to give up my unlimited plan in a few years, aren't you?

[stevew]

At least he's not one of those dudes hitting up T-Mobile for 800GB via illegal tethering software

[Scoobz0202]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

40 GB?!!!

You are totally going to be reason why I'll have to give up my unlimited plan in a few years, aren't you?

If he is the "reason" then it's a complete bullshit reason by the carriers. As of a year ago users who used over 4.7 GB were the top 5% of users on Verizon. I imagine 40GB is easily top 1%. The only reason they would get rid of your unlimited is because they can make more money off of you on a tiered plan while you use less data. Verizon, a company who has increasing revenue in the tens of billions. You won't hear me blaming the users for "clogging" the network. Use your god damn billions to improve the network if the whole "clogging" isn't an artificial reason in the first place.

[stevew]

I hear Tmo has gotten a ton better. Can anyone confirm

[Neuqua]

I've had Tmobile for years so I may not be the best guy to ask. But it's a no brainer for me with some of their prices.

[Scoobz0202]

Originally Posted by stevew

I hear Tmo has gotten a ton better. Can anyone confirm

Like a lot of things, depends on where you live. Here? It's no different then Verizon or ATT from what I understand. Hour and a half north at my mom's? No service.

[RainMaker]

I've had Verizon for years and just afraid to switch. Get great reception everywhere in the city and the suburbs. I had AT&T when the iPhone launched and it was a disaster. But T-Mobile has been drawing my interest of late.

[rjolley]

I've had Sprint for the last 15 years or so in Kansas, western Texas, Atlanta, and now here. No coverage problems, usually good data speeds, and no real problems. I've used their WiFi hotspot plans, either on my phone or a separate device for work and it's always done a good job for a good price. Loved their unlimited hotspot plans, but eventually had to get rid of that plan.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Like a lot of things, depends on where you live. Here? It's no different then Verizon or ATT from what I understand. Hour and a half north at my mom's? No service.

From what I heard they significantly have patched the holes in their service. Of course I'm sure it's obviously YMMV

[Butter]

I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile early 2014. T-Mobile has improved slightly but their coverage is still noticeably worse.

We drive from Dayton to Greenville, SC quite a bit, and there are hours that go by in places with no coverage, in rural KY, TN, and NC. And that's on the interstate.

[Logan]

Anyone know a way to further investigate data usage, specifically with Verizon? I know through My Verizon you can get broad categories of usage, or even how much data you used at a specific time, but I'm looking for more info than that.

Here's my situation...I never go over my data limits. On Sunday, I got a text that I was at 75% of my 3 GB at a little over halfway through my billing cycle. I thought maybe my wifi was down at some point and I didn't realize it, and a lot of my browsing/podcast downloading went over 4G. Figured I could handle it.

This afternoon I got a text that I was at 90%, so I used roughly 450 MB of data since Sunday. Again, seemed very high. Literally a minute later another text that I went over my monthly allowance. So that's another 300 MB. I was using Google Maps navigation for about 7 minutes during that time. I probably use it 8-10 times a month and never had spikes like that.

So in addition to wondering how I used that much in a minute, investigating through My Verizon showed that I used 1.87 GB of data at 1:46pm on Sunday so that's how my 75% got reached so quickly. But I was watching the NYC Marathon in person at that time. I suppose an app could have been open on my phone, but it just seems so excessive. Add in what I experienced today and something seems really strange.

Like I said, the My Verizon site offers no more detail and says they don't have more specific info in one of the FAQs but I figured it's worth a shot. Is there anything that could be causing the spike that I'm not thinking of? I have all auto updates for apps turned off. Thanks.

[stevew]

There's some WiFi assist thing in the new iPhone that I saw people bitching about. If you have an iPhone, sounds like you backed stuff up to the cloud and weren't on wifi

[stevew]

Worried about Wi-Fi assist using too much cellular data? Here's how to turn it off! | iMore

[CU Tiger]

iphone or android?
if droid which device.

Some droid devices will let you dive into data usage per app.

[Logan]

Thanks steve, but I'm on Android...Galaxy S4. Sorry for not specifying.

[Logan]

That being said, I did change some photo settings a week or so ago when I got a larger SD card...maybe in doing so I toggled the backup settings back on. I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the heads up.

[Logan]

Thanks again. Investigation complete. Apparently "backup photos and videos" is exactly what I turned on AND it defaulted to the non "wifi only" option. I had been taking videos as one of our best friends was running the marathon and approaching the spot we were set up. Her husband was with us tracking her on the marathon app and it was "she's a minute away" for many minutes. So about 7 mins of HD video was being uploaded even thought I was trying to delete them as I was stopping the recording and restarting. Duhhhh....