Android (s GOOG) smartphones are the most data hungry, blowing past the iPhone (s AAPL) and other smartphones. But it’s still not clear why that is and whether or not this indicates more usage on the part of Android users or something inherent in the platform that lends itself to more data use.
Nielsen said Android users consume an average of 582 megabytes per month over cellular connections. IPhone users were second with 492 megabytes per month followed by WebOS (s HPQ) phones (448 MB), Windows Phone 7 (s MSFT) (317 MB), and BlackBerry (S RIMM) (127 MB) handsets. The data was gathered by looking at more than 65,000 cell phone bills of mobile users.
