Home
›
News
›
Europe study pinpoints iPhone 5 as the top mobile data hog, phones overtake tablets

Europe study pinpoints iPhone 5 as the top mobile data hog, phones overtake tablets

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 02:01, by Daniel P.

Categories: Apple Apple Wireless service Wireless service

Discuss 9

Europe study pinpoints iPhone 5 as the top mobile data hog, phones overtake tablets

The UK mobile data analysis firm Arieso rummaged through daily data gathered on more than 1 million smartphone users on 3G networks, and came back with some interesting results.

It turned out that by far Apple iPhone 5 users in Europe were the biggest data consumers, using more than 50% of what iPhone 4S ones were chugging, which was also a record number at the time. As far as data generated and uploaded, head of the pack were people with the Samsung Galaxy S III, and largish devices like the Galaxy Note II are also making inroads as big mobile data hogs.

The other interesting trend is that for the first time smartphones took over tablets as biggest data consumers. With today's ever-increasing screen sizes, you can do much more with a phone now, and what you used to do on a slate, which somewhat explains why in the top 10 the first 6 are phones, next 3 tablets, and the last one a "phablet".

source: Arieso

Discuss9

Panasonic ToughPad FZ-A1 hands-on 14 Jan
Prev news

Lenovo to out Android-based IdeaPad Yoga convertible by the summer 14 Jan
Next news

9 Comments
Follow Following

Options

Want to comment? Please login or register.

1. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:18 2

no wonder, i use about 10 gigs of data every month (with wifi, of course)

8. jinxed posted on 14 Jan 2013, 06:32 0

and with increasing resolutions , it s bound to happen

2. Atrixboyyy posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:20 0

Not surprised its been a data hog since 2007, even if it was hogging edge.

9. asimo posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:30 1

I see what you did here Sonic!

3. 1ceTr0n posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:26 0

Well duh....

4. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:27 0

It won't be long before the phablet category displaces the tablets. I was thinking of getting a N7, but after the Note II, I am going to pass on the N7.

6. darkkjedii posted on 14 Jan 2013, 04:20 0

Droid I got a ? For ya. I have a note 2, and I have the camera set to save pics to the memory card, but when I make a folder whether I copy or move the pics into it, it goes to the device memory. Is there a way to keep folders on the memory card please, and thank u.

5. Atrixboyyy posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:34 0

I don't think that's gonna happen ppl like the 7,(7.9),8.9,(9.7) & 10.1 sizes phablet are great enough for there own category.

7. ilia1986 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 04:31 0

I don't get it - the iPhone doesn't have a download manager, nor a file manager...

Want to comment? Please login or register.

Samsung Galaxy S4
- Announced: 14 Mar 2013
- OS: Android 4.2.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1900 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
Apple iPhone 5
- Announced: 12 Sep 2012
- OS: iOS
- Hardware: Dual core, 1300 MHz, Apple Swift, 1016 MB RAM
- Display: 4.0 inches, 640 x 1136 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1700/2100 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS EV-DO Rev.A EV-DO Rev.B
Samsung GALAXY Note II
- Announced: 29 Aug 2012
- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.1.1
- Hardware: Quad core, 1600 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.5 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 35 hours of Talk Time, 980 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
HTC One
- Announced: 19 Feb 2013
- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1700 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 4 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
Sony Xperia Z
- Announced: 07 Jan 2013
- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13.1 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 11 hours of Talk Time, 550 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
Google Nexus 4
- Announced: 29 Oct 2012
- OS: Android 4.2.2 4.2.1 4.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15.3 hours of Talk Time, 390 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
LG Optimus G
- Announced: 28 Aug 2012
- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.0.4
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15 hours of Talk Time, 335 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
Nokia Lumia 920
- Announced: 05 Sep 2012
- OS: Windows Phone 8
- Hardware: Dual core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 1024 MB RAM
- Display: 4.5 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8.7 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 17 hours of Talk Time, 400 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS

Carriers

Manufacturers

Phone tools

Carriers

Manufacturers

Tablet tools

Phone Links

Europe study pinpoints iPhone 5 as the top mobile data hog, phones overtake tablets

Share:

Share:

9 Comments Follow Following

1. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:18 2

8. jinxed posted on 14 Jan 2013, 06:32 0

2. Atrixboyyy posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:20 0

9. asimo posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:30 1

3. 1ceTr0n posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:26 0

4. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:27 0

6. darkkjedii posted on 14 Jan 2013, 04:20 0

5. Atrixboyyy posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:34 0

7. ilia1986 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 04:31 0

Popular stories

Hot Phones

Interesting stories

10 iPhone and Android apps for making music

A look at the iOS7 camera filters and features

10 puzzle adventure games for Android and iPhone

Siri on iOS 7: testing the new commands

Controlling the GoPro Hero 3 action camera from a smartphone

Best Android, iPhone and iPad games of the week

It's not stealing when Apple does it, because it wasn't stealing when Google did it either

iOS 7 vs Android 4.2: first look

9 Comments
Follow Following