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iPhone 5 users are Europe's biggest data consumers Jan 14th 2013, 00:12 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Samsung seeks broader chip base as Apple cuts loose Wed, Jan 9 2013 Galaxy powers Samsung to record $8.3 billion profit Tue, Jan 8 2013 Samsung sees fourth quarter profit at $8.3 billion on Note sales, components Mon, Jan 7 2013 Hitting a high Note: 'phablets', chips to drive Samsung Q4 profit Mon, Jan 7 2013 Handset makers scurry to join Year of the Phablet Mon, Jan 7 2013 Analysis & Opinion Time to create a holistic mobile ecosystem Three tech predictions for 2013 An Apple iPhone 5 is displayed in an Apple store in Rome September 28, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Tony Gentile LONDON | Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:12pm EST LONDON (Reuters) - Users of Apple's iPhone 5, launched in September 2012, have the most voracious appetite for data in Europe, consuming on average more than four times the amount of a typical person still using a iPhone 3G, according to a study. Mobile data analysis firm Arieso examined more than 1 million smartphone users on European 3G networks over a 24 hour period to gauge data demand. It found that newer smartphones, tablets and devices that fall in between in terms of screen size and capability, dubbed "phablets", were creating ever growing demands for data, putting increasing pressure on 3G mobile networks. "One iPhone 5 user is effectively worth about 4 iPhone 3G users," report author Michael Flanagan said in an interview. The study also found iPhone 5 users demanded 50 percent more data than iPhone 4S users, who were the most demanding a year ago, he said. The amount of data uploaded to services like social networking sites had also increased, he said, and it was now one sixth of the amount of data downloaded against one seventh a year ago. Samsung's Galaxy SIII smartphone, edged ahead of the iPhone 5 in terms of the average amount of data generated and uploaded by the device, for example in posting a photograph to Facebook. (Reporting by Paul Sandle. Editing by Jane Merriman) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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