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Data Plans: 200MB Enough?
i really do not want a smartphone, but that is basically all that the current cell phone carriers offer, so i might upgrade my phone and get a smartphone. However, i do not care if it is 3g/4g, i just have one simple question: Lets say i get an Android phone on T Mobile's network(Because i have their service, and it is great btw). Would 200mb of data per month be enough for an android/blackberry smartphone? all i would really be doing with it would be logging into Facebook for less than a minute, and logging out, and RARELY checking showtimes for movies. Will 200mb be enough? I will most likely log onto facebook one day, and one day not, since my computer at home has internet. Also, how many MB does streaming a single youtube video use up? And since i have wifi at my house, can i use it to access the internet, without using my data plan? Thanks(:
Well, i really didn't plan on using youtube on my phone....
3 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
No, 200 is not enough. It's better to get the 2GB plan because if you go over 200MB you get charged which sucks so much. And a video is 1MB per minute. No, Blackberries and Androids aren't good for a 200MB plan. The phone that would be good for a 200MB plan is a non smartphone.
- 9 years ago
Maybe, maybe not. 200 MB is really not that much. But if you get a phone with wifi, you may be able to counteract this. If you use your wifi while you're at home or anywhere else, you won't use up your 3g
I have verizon, and I have 2048 MB a month (2 GB), which is the cheapest plan they have, and I NEVER use it all. I'm a heavy internet user, too. I look at videos, email, facebook, and everything quite a bit throughout the day. I don't even come close to going over my limit.
I'm not sure how T mobile works, but get the cheapest data plan you can. It's usually around 2 GB, or maybe 1 GB. Either way, you don't need the most expensive data plan. Even if you download a lot of things.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Ok with some smartphones you can use the wifi. Such as my phone. When you are connected to wifi it doesn't use your data. Also 200mb I don't think will be enough cause once you get the phone you might end up using it more than you plan. I check fb and twitter couple times a day and watch videos occasionally and use like 1gb which is half of what I get monthly. So you might use more than you think. Hope this helps.
