How much data does using the app require?
I have no idea how data usage on phones work. If I wanted to play like, an hour or two a day, would 500mb a month be enough or no?
I went to the phone store today but the guy was entirely unhelpful in every way (like he was trying to sell me a bunch of unrelated shit and ignoring my questions) so I feel even more lost than before
Any and all advice would be hugely appreciated
500 MB a month won’t be enough if you want to do an hour or 2 every day.
For perspective, I blew nearly 3 GB in 2-3 weeks playing about a half hour daily, along with using email, other apps.
A good metric to keep in mind, thanks! Though I won’t be using other apps on my data unless it’s an emergency or something. Any idea how much of that usage was Go, specifically?
According to the tests CNET did, it was under 10mb an hour.
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/pokemon-go-battery-test-data-usage/(apparently downloading maps for offline in google maps will help reduce the data consumption)
I heard the map-downloading thing was false, from a very tech-savvy source
But ~10 MB an hour ain’t bad! At that rate, if I play for roughly an hour or two a day, 500 mb a month should be enough.
Thanks, everybody!!
EDIT: Reading that article through, looks like it says 10MB for about a half-hour, so I better keep it to under an hour a day if I go for this lol
I said apparently because I saw it around a bit. hadn’t looked into it myself (though, if you use google maps a lot, it probably doesn’t hurt to download your cities ones anyway)
I messed up with the post, I meant to say ½ hour, not hour.
but it’s hard to pin down an exact amount.