FaceTime 3G data consumption tested: about 3MB per minute
FaceTime 3G data consumption tested: about 3MB per minute
4 August, 2010
Apple
Many people are curious to know how much data FaceTime over 3G actually uses. We put two iPhone 4s to the test, one running FaceTime over 3G, and took before and after screenshots of the data. As you will see, if you do the math, a 5 minute FaceTime call with lots of movement used 14.7 MB of data. That's about 3 MB per minute.
Before 3G FaceTime Call
After 3G FaceTime Call
That's not too horrible when you consider some streaming services use that much just to feed you video of England embarrassing itself in global football tournaments. Then again, we'd be remiss not to note that Fring does it at a claimed 1MB a minute and sans the jailbreak
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