Nokia GPS - how much data? Hong Kong.

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rayonline

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#94488 12-Dec-2011 23:01

Hi, I am gonna pick up a simcard. Should be taking my Nokia which I will download the maps onto it first and I will enable AGPS.

Unlike NZ, the prepaid sims can come in per hour or per MB. Which one is suited and if I am using GPS for several hours a day, how much is it??

From the two.
$8/hour or $3/MB.

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#557246 12-Dec-2011 23:29

Depends how much you move around, If you stand in one place then not much at all

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#557250 12-Dec-2011 23:49

If I am using it several hours a day. No matter how little data it uses. Would not that be 5hrs x (say) $8 ... so hourly is more pricey? If I hear correctly that is they say that aGPS does not really use much data, they say in the KBs. Maybe MB is better?

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#557252 13-Dec-2011 00:19

my iPhone downloading standard google maps jpg uses like 100kb in a couple of hours on the motorway so i'm guessing a lot less than that for only a-gps data. take the $3 per mb.

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#557253 13-Dec-2011 00:21

I was able to successfully use my Nokia 5800Xm in Offline mode without any data usage earlier this year while I was over there.

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#557258 13-Dec-2011 06:14

gzt: my iPhone downloading standard google maps jpg uses like 100kb in a couple of hours on the motorway so i'm guessing a lot less than that for only a-gps data. take the $3 per mb.

Nokia Maps are all offline so there is no need to download data. aGPS only uses a small amount of data every time it's used.

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#557265 13-Dec-2011 07:35

sbiddle:
aGPS only uses a small amount of data every time it's used.

And this can be turned off in the settings too. You really don't need any data for GPS navigation on your Nokia.

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#557267 13-Dec-2011 07:39

I found that in Japan if I turn GPS off and turn it on when I get out of the train it can take a few minutes to get my location. Given that I am getting a simcard, have people there to meet and contact, that aGPS could be a bonus.