Smartphone Users Demand More Data than Tablets

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Smartphone users consume more mobile data than tablet users and iPhone 5 users are the biggest data consumers of all, according to an analysis of mobile data. The analysis, Smartphones Trump Tablets—Recent Trends in Extreme Data, published by network management software provider Arieso, reveals the ever increasing demands made on mobile networks by ever-more demanding smartphones, and shows why small cells are likely to play an increasingly important role in future, perhaps as a way of handling the top 1% of users who consume 40% of all data. According to Arieso CTO, Michael Flanagan, out of the top ten most voracious devices six were smartphones, three tablets and one a “phablet” (a combination of a phone and a tablet) — the Samsung Galaxy Note II.


Smartphone Users Demand More Data than Tablets