Consumer Reports has released the results of a study comparing the data usage of iPhone users to other smartphones. The data, which was gathered from over 1,000 accounts linked to Validas, shows that iPhone users consume right around 273MB of data each month. That’s fives times the amount of data Blackberry users consume, and nearly twice that of other smartphone users.
On average, iPhone users consume 273 MBs of data per month. That compares with 54 MBs for consumer users of Blackberrys and 150 MBs for consumers who use other brands of smart phones, the Validas study found.
The biggest difference comes in when you compare customers using less than 50MB a month. That is, 80% of Blackberry users, and 54% of “other” smartphone users consume less than 50MB of data a month. Compare this to 20% of iPhone users who consume such little data and you can easily see the trend.
Consumer reports then uses this data to make the argument that iPhone users are straining AT&T’s network, which led to last month’s Consumer Reports analysis showing AT&T with generally poor ratings.
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