I keep blowing my iPhone’s monthly plan.
iPhone and iPad data plans are expensive enough, so no one wants to be reamed by overage charges. Both AT&T and Verizon have apps that display usage, but they’re awfully finicky and some users have speculated they’re also untrustworthy. Luckily, there’s a quick way to check the data you’ve been using, and it’s built right into your iOS device.
Usage statistics will give you a very close estimate to the data you’ve been using, but don’t solely depend on it if you’re trying to avoid lofty overage charges.
Head to Settings > General and tap Usage. At the bottom of the screen, under Cellular Network Data, your iPhone or iPad will display the Sent and Received data. If you scroll down further, you can reset your usage statistics, which is beneficial if used monthly, on the day your plan starts. But be warned—the iPhone and iPad’s Cellular Network Data don’t always match up with the carrier’s estimates, and you get one guess on which one they’ll bill you for. When you near the cap of your data, it’s best to contact your carrier directly for updated statistics.
cooksrus
October 15, 2011 at 8:46am
I use an app on my iPhone called "Comsume"; it is free. It works basically like the one you can get with your service provider but you can instead log in with your account info automatically with or without wifi(usually the service provider ones only work on 3g). It gives you your balance, your, minutes used compared to your bucket of minutes also with a prorated sliding scale where you should be. They also have the data and sms as well on the screen at the same time..... did I mention it was FREE
dewayne72
October 14, 2011 at 6:59am
I consider myself lucky to still be on an unlimited data plan with Verizon. Most if not all of us just want to use our phones how we see fit without worry. I don’t see any justification other then wanting to make more money to not offer unlimited data. I have checked my usage for the month and I use on average about 300-400 MB well under the 2GB plan. However a very small minority use excessive amounts of data according to the Major carrier standards. Should something have been put in place for them? Maybe or maybe not, but I find it hard to believe with a customer base in excess of 90 million that a few thousand would degrade performance enough for everyone else to feel it. Besides I am sure there are many that would be willing to pay a reasonable amount for a TRULY UNLIMITED data plan (Sprint is looking Sexy right about now).
Just my two cents,
Dewayne
