iPhone 4S is Twice as Data

On average, the iPhone 4S demands twice as much data compared to previous iPhone models, as more consumers access data-sucking features such as its voice-based assistant software Siri, according to a new study.
A study released Friday by U.K.-based telecom network technology firm Arieso found that iPhone 4S users are by far the hungriest data consumers in the iPhone family. Indeed, the iPhone 4S model consumes on average three times as much as the iPhone 3G.
The study, called “Recent Smartphone Trends & the Extreme Data User,” looked at data usage across a variety of smartphones and connected devices. It called out iPhone 4S users as being the most demanding on their devices — but also revealed a trend that each new device is more data hungry than the last.
The iPhone 4 model consumed data more — at a rate of 1.6 times higher — than the iPhone 3G. Meanwhile, the iPad 2 consumes 2.5 times more data than the iPhone 3G.