Are you still confused about 1 GB how much MB? This is the explanation, plus information on how much quota is needed to watch Youtube.
Have you ever had a question about 1000 MB how many GB, 100 MB how many Giga, or 10 GB how many MB? You're not alone, really, gang!
The amount of quota you have is one of the considerations for buying an internet package. Therefore, operators are competing to provide the best packages.
In the current era, the average operator provides internet quota in the size of gigabytes (GB). It's rare to provide internet packages in size megabytes (MB).
Well, maybe you don't know 1 GB how many MB, gang? In fact, you have to know so that your quota doesn't break, especially if you like it streaming Youtube!
Complete explanation of 1 GB How many MB
Before that, you need to know about bytes or in Indonesian it is called bits. So, bytes is a unit of digital information that represents a binary number.
In history, bytes is the number of bits (1 bytes consists of 8 bits) to encode one character of text on the computer.
Many think that one GB together with 1000 MB. In fact, in binary calculations the correct one is 1024 MB.
Well, the understanding that we know so far is the version in decimal numbers. Maybe, this is used to make it easier for us to convert units bytes.
So, 1GB Equals How Many MB?
For more details, you can check below. Actually, there are still units above PetaByte, it's just that Jaka doesn't include it because it's still rarely used.
| Unit | Binary Version | Decimal Version |
|---|---|---|
| 1 KiloByte (KB) | 1024 Bytes | 1000 Bytes |
| 1 MegaByte (MB) | 1024KB | 1000KB |
| 1 GigaByte (GB) | 1024MB | 1000MB |
| 1 TeraByte (TB) | 1024GB | 1000GB |
| 1 MapByte (PB) | 1024 TB | 1000 TB |
For example, if you have a quota 2GB, then actually how many MB do you have, gang?
If it's a decimal number, you can easily say 2000MB. But in binary, the quota you get is 2048MB (2 x 1024).
If 1 MB how many KB quota do you have? Same as GB to MB, 1 MB equals 1000KB in decimal numbers and 1024KB in binary numbers.
If you don't know how to check your quota, you can immediately find out how here!
Benefits of Knowing GB to MB Size
Is it important to know these kinds of things? Yes, you could say it's important, so you can control your quota usage.
Jaka will give an example through Youtube. Maybe you are curious, with a 1 GB quota how many hours can be spent watching Youtube videos.
The answer is that it depends on the video resolution you choose. The higher the video quality, the more quota you have to spend.
Maybe you already know that Youtube has 6 different video qualities, namely: 144p, 240p, 360p, 480p (default), 720p, and 1080p.
So, how many MB is decreasing every minute? You can check directly through the table below to be able to estimate how much quota you need.
| Video Quality | Per minute | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 144p | 1.3MB | 80MB |
| 240p | 1.6MB | 100MB |
| 360p | 2.66MB | 160MB |
| 480p | 4MB | 240MB |
| 720p | 7.4MB | 450MB |
| 1080 | 12.4MB | 750MB |
Assume you watch Youtube with quality 480p, then with 1GB you can watch Youtube nearby 4 hours, gang.
If you are willing to watch Youtube with low quality, you can choose the lowest video quality, namely 144p.
Imagine, with 1 GB, you can watch Youtube in quality 144p During 12.5 hours! Very durable, right?
Of course the size is not a standard benchmark. Many things affect your reduced quota when streaming movies such as fast or slow network or application background running.
Well, if you're worried that your Youtube settings suddenly change to HD mode, you can open the menu Settings and activate features Play HD on Wi-Fi only.
So, when you're not connected to WiFi, you don't have to worry about the quality of the video you watch turning into HD which can waste your quota.
Bonus: How To Download YouTube Videos
Apart from watching in low quality, you can also save quota by downloading YouTube videos, gang.
That way, you can watch it on your cellphone without having to access YouTube again, which will obviously reduce your quota.
Well, if you don't know yet how to download youtube videos, you can see the full explanation in the article below.
VIEW ARTICLE How, you already know how to measure 1 GB = MB? So from now on, you can plan better use of your quota without worrying about running out in an emergency.
You can also save on quota usage when watching YouTube by choosing a lower resolution so that the quota used is not too wasteful.
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