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

[cathexys]

Another vote that 1G should be plenty, esp if you tend to be around wireless access and don't do video.

I own an iphone and wouldn't have any good reason to rec it. I think both price and annoyance are good reasons against it :)

[cathexys]

Also re downloads. I spend a lot of times listening to podcast and audiobooks and even watching tv shows, but you can d'load all of that when you're on wifi so it doesn't ever affect your data. On the iphone you can allow or disallow every app to use 4G and I bet they all have that. That way, even if you accidentally click a podcast, for example, that you haven't downloaded yet, it won't let you do it.

(When I was really hurting for d'load space at the end of a month, I'd turn off everything but email and usually I only have that and web browser on anyway).