1GB Data Usage Guide

Modified on Thu, Oct 1 at 12:43 PM

Please use the following information as a guide when choosing your SIM plan.

* The table below shows what you can do with approximately 1GB of data for each type of usage.

* Please note that this does not mean that 1GB is sufficient for all usage scenarios.

Data Usage Guide: What You Can Do with 1GB
UsageWhat You Can Do with 1GB
Video Streaming
(High to Low Quality)
Approx. 60–240 minutes
Apple Music
(High to Standard Quality)
Approx. 5–8 hours
Email
(Without Attachments)
Approx. 204,000 emails
TikTokApprox. 60–240 minutes
InstagramApprox. 60–240 minutes
Map AppsApprox. 10,000 km
LINE
(Text Only)
Approx. 50,000 messages
LINE
(Stickers, Photos & Videos)
Approx. 340 times
LINE Voice CallsApprox. 15 hours
LINE Video Calls / ZoomApprox. 60–240 minutes
FaceTime
(Audio)
Approx. 15 hours
FaceTime
(Video)
Approx. 120–360 minutes
Opening a Search Engine Homepage
(Yahoo!, Google, etc.)
Approx. 1,000 times

* Data usage figures are approximate and may vary depending on your connection environment, video quality, audio quality, and the presence and amount of image data.

* Map apps may consume more data in areas with many buildings or when zooming in or out on the map.

Commonly Recommended Ways to Reduce Data Usage
• Turn off automatic app updates
• Disable background data usage for apps
• Disable mobile data usage for individual apps
• Disable mobile data usage for iTunes Store and App Store
• Prevent apps from using mobile data for background updates
• Turn off loading images from servers in email
• Disable automatic video playback on social media
• Turn off Location Services
• Review video app playback settings and lower video or audio quality
• Turn off streaming playback features
• Download music and videos in advance over Wi-Fi before playing them
• Use Wi-Fi when downloading apps and other content

The effectiveness of the above settings may vary depending on your device and data connection environment.

Please make sure you understand the effects before changing these settings.

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