Apple iPhone 4S uses twice the data that the iPhone 4 used to use

[JohnnyApple]

With 2011 ending, there are a bunch of studies popping out regarding smartphone efficiency during the last year. We’re going to be talking here, about the survey conducted by the Arieso company who’s in charge of optimizing mobile networks.


Users may be interested in knowing that according to Arieso the iPhone 4S is consuming around twice as much data as the previous iPhone model. It even surpasses the iPad in that department. And who’s to blame if not the personal assistant Siri who requires an Internet connection in order to work properly. That’s because if you ask Siri to find the best Indian restaurant in your neighborhood, the voice data is immediately sent off to Apple’s data centers where the request is analyzed and the results are sent back to your iPhone 4S.


Quite bizarre is the fact that initially it was thought that Siri didn’t use too much data, but now the usage seems to have mysteriously doubled, presumably because smartphones users take advantage of it quite often.


Arieso Chief Technology Officer, Michael Flanagan stated in a Bloomberg interview that the research showed that a minority of users account for half of the downloaded data. And 1% of the high-use subscribers downloaded half of the data volumes.


The trend of voice recognition software will accelerate things. Google Majel is already in the cards and the developments in Google Voice as well, so this might put pressure on mobile companies that their new data plans support the demand.

(Source: DallasNews.com)

 

[iHolophyte]

I still like Siri but I can see people getting annoyed now. One should always understand though it was mentioned Siri uses data. And if you ask Siri where is the Indian restaurant how else would he/she find it?


iHolophyte