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It seems like once a week we now see a story that breathlessly proclaims that smartphones use a lot of data -- as if the idea that a computer uses bandwidth is some kind of revelation that needs repeating. The latest is courtesy of <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B721X20101208">Reuters</a>, who insists that "Android phones are the biggest network hogs." The story directs our attention to a <a href="http://www.arieso.com/news-article.html?id=55">new study by Arieso</a>, which, using the iPhone 3 as a benchmark, studied consumer data use on a variety of new phones, including the BlackBerry Bold 9700, the Google Nexus One, the HTC Desire, the Sony Ericsson Xperia, and the Apple iPhone 4. Of the devices, Arieso insists that Android users are the most gluttonous:
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In particular, the results show that iPhone 4 users are more hungry for data than their iPhone3G counterparts, typically making 44% more data calls, downloading 41% more data to their devices, and spending 67% more time connected to the network for data. Arieso s analysis also show that users with handsets based on Google s Android OS software are particularly data hungry , scoring higher than both the iPhone3G and iPhone 4 in terms of data call volumes, time connected to the network, and data volume (in kilobits per subscriber) uploaded and downloaded.
About as unsurprising as the fact that smartphone users consume lots of data is the fact that the constant connectivity means that actual phone call volume remains flat.
Source: DSLReports.com
