Ask Dr. LJ -- Smartphone Edition

[bluegargantua]

Hey,

So I purchased my cell phone when Bush Jr. was president. It's old and battered and doesn't hold a charge well and I feel like it's time to get a smartphone.

In unrelated news, Apple just announced it's releasing a super-sized iPhone that will fit quite comfortably in my large, meaty hands.

However, having a smartphone means I need a data plan of some sort if I hope to truly have the internet in my pants. I have no idea what a reasonable data limit should be. I *believe* I'd be fairly light on the bandwidth, but I might find more data intensive uses for my phone. So how much data is on your plan?

Thanks
Tom

Comments

[veek.livejournal.com]

I've been on a 2GB/month plan forever, and use my phone to access the internet pretty extensively. A few times I've come close enough to using up my monthly allotment (75%? 85%?) that AT&T sent me an automatic notification about it, but I've never gone over.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Same here, though I have never come close enough to using up my monthly allotment to get a notification.

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

What she said. Unless you do crazy, crazy things, a 2gb/mo plan should be fine.