iPhone 3G - Tips and Tricks #3

If you are not on any Singtel data plan, you will be charged when you are online. Online will means you are connected to the internet through 3G or GPRS, it could be that you launch certain applications on your iPhone which requires a internet connection. Like youtube, email or facebook, etc.

The pay per use rate is $0.0054/KB, charged in 2KB block. So for example, if your total incoming and outgoing data usage is 2MB which is 2048KB, it will cost

2048 x 0.0054 = $11.059.

If you need to always connected, signing up a BBOM plan will be much more cheaper.

How do you check your data usage ?
Under Settings/General/Usage, total will be sum of "Send" and "Received"

How do you turn off 3G access ?
Under Settings/General/Network/Cellular Data Network/APN, it should be "e-ideas". Change it to something else.

To be continued ...