Users of the iPhone 4S download almost three times more data than iPhone 3GS owners, a study from network firm Arieso shows, placing the blame on Siri, the voice-enabled assistant exclusive to Apple’s latest smartphone. Even compared to iPhone 4 owners, iPhone 4S users are the hungriest, using twice as much data -- but is Siri really to blame?
The Arieso study compares data consumption of users of the newest smartphones against the iPhone 3G and finds that Android phones are at the top of the table for uplink data volumes, with HTC Desire S users uploading on average 3.23 times as much data as iPhone 3G users. The iPhone 4S users logged just under, at 3.20 times more data.
Siri requires an active Internet connection in order to function. Arieso’s Chief Technology Officer Michael Flanagan says that this constant connection to Apple’s servers, including processing Siri requests and keeping iCloud services in sync, is to blame for the increase in data usage, noting that a minority of users account for half of downloaded data.
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