question for those less far behind on the technology curve

[kindkit]

My current mobile phone contract is soon to expire and I'm probably upgrading to a smartphone, if only because it's very difficult not to, these days. I have a couple of questions.

1) I'm strongly leaning towards a Samsung phone because they're much cheaper than iPhones and because Apple annoys me. If you have/had a Samsung, what do/did you think of it? Conversely, if you have good arguments in favor of the iPhone, I'm willing to listen.

2) The cheapest data plan offers 1 GB monthly. How much data is that, really? Is it enough for normal use--checking when the movie starts or what the weather forecast is, forays onto the internet during lunch or while standing in a queue, and so on? I don't think I'd use the phone a huge amount for internet access because if I'm at home I'd rather use my laptop.

Thanks in advance for your advice!

Comments

[frayadjacent]

I had wifi at home but not at work, and looked at facebook, DW, etc on my phone pretty regularly for my ~45 minute commutes, during lunch, etc, and I also used google maps a fair amount. I rarely used 500 MB per month. Streaming video and tumblr ate through my data though.

(I'm using past tense because I now have an iphone and I haven't figured out how to see what my data usage is. I'm not worried about it though.)

The HTC One, another android phone, is also very good. I had it before the iphone and liked it a lot.