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[IPHONE 5] How much data will i use on google maps and apple maps

  • 29-12-2012 8:01pm
    #1
    Twoandahalfmen
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 769 ✭✭✭


    How much data will i use on google maps and apple maps, on the iphone 5 from baldoyle dublin to titanic quaters belfast i have 350mb left on my plan. snd will i be charged extra on my bill or just use extra date on my bill


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  • #2
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    once you get on the M1 out of Dublin you will not actually need maps until you're on the A12 in the middle of Belfast. . .I'm struggling to think of any turns you'd need to take along the whole route, go straight through every roundabout you meet. Either way, I used 40mb last month on google navigation getting around East/North London which amounted to a fair bit more than the ~90 minute journey you have ahead of you OP. Sure download the portion of map for offline use in a wifi zone before you head off if you're worried.


  • #3
    Twoandahalfmen
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 769 ✭✭✭Twoandahalfmen


    theteal wrote: »
    once you get on the M1 out of Dublin you will not actually need maps until you're on the A12 in the middle of Belfast. . .I'm struggling to think of any turns you'd need to take along the whole route, go straight through every roundabout you meet. Either way, I used 40mb last month on google navigation getting around East/North London which amounted to a fair bit more than the ~90 minute journey you have ahead of you OP. Sure download the portion of map for offline use in a wifi zone before you head off if you're worried.

    How do you download some of the map


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Don't forget the extra cost of using data while roaming in the uk!


  • #5
    Twoandahalfmen
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 769 ✭✭✭Twoandahalfmen


    kceire wrote: »
    Don't forget the extra cost of using data while roaming in the uk!

    That's what I'm worried about how much of my data will be used in the uk per minute ?


  • #6
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    Twoandahalfmen wrote: »
    How do you download some of the map

    I didn't realise this was an iphone specific question so I'm not sure to be honest. On my own phone, once maps is open over the area you want, press the menu button and then select "make available offline", then it lets you select a chunk of map. Perhaps if you hold your finger/double tap over an area the option will appear?
    kceire wrote: »
    Don't forget the extra cost of using data while roaming in the uk!

    I completely forgot about that. It depends on the network, OP, something like 2c per mb iirc.


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  • #7
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    theteal wrote: »

    I completely forgot about that. It depends on the network, OP, something like 2c per mb iirc.

    Its huge. I think its something like €9.99 per 10mb or something ludicrous. Its also completely separate to your allowance.

    Best app I can recommend is the Navi-Free app's. Excellent. I've used them extensively in Ireland and the USA. Completely offline so no data charges.


  • #8
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    ironclaw wrote: »
    Its huge. I think its something like €9.99 per 10mb or something ludicrous. Its also completely separate to your allowance.

    Best app I can recommend is the Navi-Free app's. Excellent. I've used them extensively in Ireland and the USA. Completely offline so no data charges.

    if this hasn't changed it's a maximum of 70c per mb - I was way off with my 2c but I vividly remember meteor charging me only 1c per mb a couple of years ago


  • #9
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    theteal wrote: »
    if this hasn't changed it's a maximum of 70c per mb - I was way off with my 2c but I vividly remember meteor charging me only 1c per mb a couple of years ago

    In the UK atm and the text O2 sent me says its 86.1c per MB. That's bloody expensive!


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Seriously, roaming is bloody expensive. Best thing to do is switch the roaming option permanently off. Otherwise it will be downloading other stuff when you are up north and if it decides to do an update of something when you are there you could get a bad shock when the bill arrives.
    Go to google maps on a pc and download a journey map. I think you'll find its quite straightforward and when you get close it will be well signposted when you get to Belfast. Use the phone only if you get properly lost.


  • #11
    Diggerdunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 431 ✭✭Diggerdunne


    If your with vodafone they do €2 a day for 50 mbs of data a day... Have used it many times and its great when in europe....


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  • #12
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Seriously, roaming is bloody expensive. Best thing to do is switch the roaming option permanently off.

    +1

    I've turned this off on all my iPhones through the few years.

    OP, buy the most up to date OSi Map booklet from Easons/OSI Phoenix Park etc. It will be cheaper and you can use it in the long term too :)

    http://www.irishmaps.ie/productlistingT.cfm?SeriesID=7


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