Is 1gb of data on iPhone 5 good enough for my type of usage?

I Plan on buying an iphone 5, and getting the unlimited talk/text plan with 1 gig of data included. For the better part of the day, I'm at home hooked onto my Wi-Fi network, and typically connect to any free Wi-Fi I can given there aren't too many people on it.

Assuming i use twitter and facebook and stream music regularly at my university for about 6 hours for 5 days a week, then come home and stay on my Wi-Fi for the rest of the day, would 1 gig of data be enough? Best answer rewarded for quicker but complete replies.

Last month i used 1.6gb. I connect to Wi-Fi when i'm at home. During the day my iphone is always on so always using internet to update mail/news/weather ect.

Music streaming does usually use ALLOT of data

Id say be safe and opp for 2gb or more. If you go over your 1gb its a hefty price.

BUT

If you go with t-mobile(EE) they don't ever charge if you go over, they just stop your internet usage until the next month

That is loads. I use my device in a similar manner to you. I would usually use about 600mb. Good deal

If you're streaming music or video, it's not a good idea to do it from your phone carrier's bandwidth. Depending on the quality (kbps of the song), a single song can range from a megabyte to 4 megabytes. I've used TuneIn radio for a while, and I can tell it's eating up my quota much much faster than Facebook/Twitter usage.

If you do the calculation, you will notice you'll fill your limit easily with constant streaming.

There are utilities/programs for your phone to tell you how much data you've used. ( For example, you can see how many MBs you've streamed from TuneIn's settings).

My personal advice would be to avoid streaming music/video when not connected to a wi-fi network as it will fill your quota pretty fast. If you still want to go for it, I would recommend getting a plan with higher data limit.

Hope I could help!

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