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April 25, 2024

How much data volume does what? An overview ? Finally!

However you turn it around: at the end of the data volume there is still too much month left! But where is it, the invisible gold? The few WhatsApp messages, emails and Google searches can not be such wolverines? or does it?

Let's face it: We use our mobile phone much more often than our laptop, let alone the computer. We travel a lot and mainly use the light smartphone, which accompanies us everywhere. We also have an app ready for everything: short messages, videos, radio and music.

The biggest data volume eaters

The catch: Germany does not have it yet with the WLAN Hotspots. And even if someone is there, you sometimes worry about data security or do not feel like logging in at three corners before you start surfing.

So you reach back to your own data volume, which noticeably fades. But what steals the most data now? Here's the ultimate overview for those who wonder where their speed has come from:

Whatsapp The good news first: Probably the most frequently used app consumes the least amount of data? 0.01 MB
E-mails E-mails are not the death of our data volume? 0.1 MB
googling If you often google something, may you want to continue? 0.2 MB per call
Google Maps When the sense of direction was distributed, did you just get lost? No problem: Google Maps consumes only 0.5 MB per call
Web radio Anyone who likes to hear about the mobile phone radio consumes 0.5 to 1 MB per minute. Does not sound like much? but only if you have the time in mind ...
Download eBook You are a bookworm, but have long since switched from print to digital? That costs you 1 MB
YouTube videos Those addicted to YouTube videos use 1 to 5 MB per minute (depending on the resolution). In other words, if you look at film sequences or similar things, you lose quite a bit of data volume ...
Video calling Whether Skype or Facetime: Who wants to see his counterpart on the phone, uses 2 MB? and that per minute
Music streaming Anyone who streams songs consumes between 0.7 and 2.4 MB per minute. Here, too, the time has to be considered ...
Upload photo files If they are big, they hit 4 MB
Watch full HD videos Quality has its price: 50 MB per minute (!) Can cost you a good video

How to save data volume

You feel caught now, are you wrong? but still do not know how you get your data volume problem under control? Here are some tips:

Whatsapp-News, mails and Google requests can you continue to use it? they do not break your neck!
Do you want a eBook Download, wait until you have Wi-Fi. You can still plug in a book or magazine to quench your unruly reading thirst
Watch out YouTube videos always on the time: If the video takes more than three minutes, wait until you have Wi-Fi
If you know that one phone call will take a long time, then abandon video telephony. A voice call does it too (and in the meantime, you can even pop in your nose and sit on the couch in sweatpants ...
If you listen to music you want, load your favorite songs in the WLAN on the phone and then play it at will wherever possible. Use web radio and music streaming only with Wi-Fi!
photo files you should let upload. If it's just a photo for pure entertainment anyway, you can take a photo of it with your phone. Zack? 4 MB saved!
Has to be Video really be in Full HD? Usually not. Choose a video of slightly lower quality? for a small screen it is enough! If you do not want to give up HD, then you should look for a Wi-Fi corner? for your data volume ...