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

[lilliburlero]

Samsung phones are good: I've just replaced my Galaxy Fame which leapt to the pavement the day before yesterday and smashed its little face in with a Galaxy J3 and it's great. If big. Why did you get so big and fragile, phones?

I have 4GB monthly and I never use anything like. I discussed this with the sales guy and he said he uses between 4 and 5 GB monthly, but that represents about 3 hours daily data usage. And as others have said, you can use wifi in a lot of places (here, the city buses have wifi, which is great if you use the bus a lot, less great if you're just hanging about waiting to meet someone and your phone is trying to chase a passing bus's wifi signal down the street instead of connecting to mobile data.)