Android devices download more on wi-fi than 3G

Study finds a third of Android phones use more than 100 MB a month on wi-fi; only 16 per cent do so on 3G.

WeFi's Analytics report for Q2/2011 covers a host of activities relating to wi-fi data consumption. It reveals that laptop users are extremely hungry when it comes to browsing and downloading, with over half of them consuming 2GB a month.

The stats also illustrate the number of wi-fi  hostpots connected per device, showing that most Androids get connected to more than two hotspots per month, with 34 per cent using up to ten different networks.

Unsurprising given that mobile users are more likely to be on the move.

WeFi also recorded the number of additional devices connected at the same time to that hotspot. In 37 per cent of cases only up to two devices are connected, which typically indicates residential Wi-Fi.

Only in 15 per cent of the cases there are more than five users connected simultaneously, which indicates public hotspots. One conclusions from this graph is that there is still a lot of rooms for public hotspots to be used for mobile data.