iOS 6: The Most Expensive Thing To Happen To iPhone Since iPhone

If you’ve managed to get your hands on an iPhone 5, or have recently upgraded to iOS 6, you may be in for a bit of a nasty surprise at the end of the month when you receive your data bill, if you haven’t already. Users of the new software are reporting a massive increase in data usage.

The problem has been picked up by users, some of whom have had their data usage increase up to five times the usual amount. The bug is thought to be caused by the way the new software switches between 3G and wi-fi connections. Several culprits in the new software may be responsible, including the iTunes Match service, iCloud syncing, Photo Stream and a whole host of new features that previously were only available over wi-fi. These features tend to consume a lot of bandwidth, often running in the background, and quietly eating away at your data bundle.

Users have also found that large downloads will continue on cellular if they were started on wi-fi, even if you have specifically told your phone only to do so over wi-fi. The biggest problem though is that the problem https://www.buypropeciaquality.com can’t be isolated – there seems to be no uniform set of circumstances where the new software is eating data. This may make the problem a little more difficult to address, and Apple have made no new announcements as yet about an incremental iOS update.

It’s no secret that the iPhone is a bit of a fiend for data, which is why most plans come with a data bundle. With conservative use it is often easy to stay within these limits.

One of our staffers here at 2oceansvibe took a look at his bill recently. On iOS 5, average use was around 300MB per month with conservative usage, easily covered by the inclusive bundle. Since upgrading to iOS 6, data use has increased to over 2GB – which with a hefty out-of-bundle data cost of R2/MB, has resulted in a bill seven times the usual amount. We severely doubt the cellphone service providers will care – as the problem is with the firmware, they cannot be held responsible. A payment from Apple is even less likely.

In the meantime, you can download DataWiz to monitor your cellular data usage.

iPhone users – have you experienced a sudden increase? Let us know.

[Source: Guardian]