I've had my Droid Incredible 2 for a good while now (2 Years in September, maybe August), it is my first and only smartphone. I've never had issues with it that needed resolving so I don't know much about smartphones or how they work and function. When the next upgrade becomes available on my families contract I'm looking at getting an Iphone 5, but first I have a few questions I'd like answered and will list below. Thank you for your time :smileyhappy:
1. Iphone 5 is '4G LTE' and this, to me, is a foreign language. I don't know much about what 4G or 3G is, but I've done some research this morning. Most of what I'm finding is that 4G is basically much faster than 3G. Most people say they eat through the data faster with 4G than they did with 3G, why is this? I've seen some say that the faster 4G simply allows for more surfing in the same amount of time, resulting in more data usage. Is this the only factor that makes 4G eat up data quicker? Or is there another reason added onto it?
2. I did some searching about the general pros and cons of Iphones, and 1 thing that everyone seems to say is that Iphone users tend to pay more per month than other smartphone users. Now that I am aware of the whole data thing, could this be the reason they pay more? Simply because they need a better data plan? My thing is, I'm on a line under my fathers' contract. We have a family plan, we share an allotted amount of minutes, have unlimited text, and my line has a 2GB data plan, I pay about $50 a month. Now, if my data usage really goes up with the Iphone 5, I may upgrade to a 5GB plan, but this will only affect my line correct? It won't affect the other 2 lines on the plan that have 2GB data plans? If I do get the 5GB plan, I should expect my bill to rise $20 (2GB plan is $30/month, 5GB is $50/month according to site), so should I see any other increases beside that and aside from initial fees at first? I just don't want to be surprised by a $100 bill/month for just my line, that's why I ask.
3. From your uses, do you think I'd really need to upgrade my data plan? I assume I will, simply because I like to listen to Pandora Radio while at work, and even now that tends to eat up my data (got the 90% data used text this morning, with tomorrow being the last day on the cycle). Aside from the radio, I only use data in quick small internet searches and FB for the most part. But if the 4G truly does eat data quicker, I figured I may need the new plan.
I really didn't mean for this to end up so long, but I really wanted to get my point across on each question. If you stuck through it all and are willing to help, again I must thank you, I really appreciate it.
