The way we use our mobile phones has changed in recent years. In little more than a decade, we have gone from using mobile phones just to make calls, to calls being almost the least of it. Of course, mobile phone operators are aware of this and have evolved rapidly.
And the mobile data rates have been progressively increasing. If a few years ago we managed with 150 Megabytes, now rates with tens of gigabytes or even unlimited, are the order of the day.
There are those that accumulate what you have not spent in a month, for the following month, being able to find yourself with 40 or 50 Gigas for a month.
The increase in the number of gigabytes in mobile rates
The change in mobile use
The data of our mobile rates determine the use that we can give to high-speed Internet. Usually, we have a certain amount of data, with which we can navigate with 4G speeds and already in some places 5G speed.
When we spend it, two things can happen. We can pay a little more to keep browsing fast. Or we can stay with a slower connection with which playing online or watching movies is practically impossible.
The fact of playing the different games that we can find on Google Play with our mobile phones has turned our mobile phones into consoles.
When we barely used the mobile to send a WhatsApp or check the mail, a few megabytes was enough. However, with the development of new technologies, we are doing more and more things on mobile.
Now it is quite common for us to use our smartphones to listen to music on Spotify or watch movies on Netflix. And the few megabytes that the operators offered a few years ago have become obsolete.
Data goes up, prices go down
That is why mobile rate offers have changed radically compared to previous years. Now practically all of them offer us several Gigs to browse, download apps and play non-stop. And this number continues to grow. In fact, there are already several operators that are choosing to offer us rates with unlimited data, something that was unthinkable just a few years ago.
And while the amount of data to navigate and use our mobile increases, prices go down, which is great news for all of us mobile phone users. Currently, it is possible to find offers with 25GB or more for less than 20 euros. The rates with unlimited data at the moment have a higher price. But it is totally certain that over time they will also drop in price. Just as decades ago we did not even dream of unlimited calls from our landline, it is likely that paying according to data will end up being part of the past.
Do you think it is currently worth paying for an unlimited rate? Do you think there will come a time when we will forget to pay according to the number of Gigas? We invite you to tell us your opinion in the comments section, which you can find below.