Not really. All you have to do is put your date forward two weeks. It’ll let you start the update on LTE. Once the update starts downloading, set date back to automatic.
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Yeah I have caps on my home internet not Verizon. It’s Comcastic!
I still don't like it. And I guess if this is indeed the case, maybe the carriers paid off Apple to put these restrictions in place.
It will most likely be the same as when LTE came. It was true unlimited included at first, and then you either had to pay or be capped, and then it went to just capped tiers
I have a 150 GB data plan.. and have had that for the past what... 5 years ? perhaps it has changed from 100GB... yet i can not download a audiobook on my data plan - this over nursing of consumers is ridiculous.
When will Apple wake up and remove this crazy limit on their products.
(also if i create a hotspot on the same phone i can download without limits on linked devices)
(especially since streaming the audiobook will take roughly 4 times the data, just spread over time (since it will buffer each time i start it )
When will Apple wake up and remove this crazy limit on their products.
(also if i create a hotspot on the same phone i can download without limits on linked devices)
(especially since streaming the audiobook will take roughly 4 times the data, just spread over time (since it will buffer each time i start it )
Why would any sane person use a carrier with data caps to begin with?
Well, it's more likely that there were agreements that had to be reached. The main point there is that it might not really be ultimately up to Apple to somehow arbitrarily come up with it all or modify it.
Not everyone has WiFi access at home. It is nice for people of different needs and wants to have a new option that doesn’t affect you.
My 6s with failing battery managed to upgrade to 14.1 without totalling killing the battery. And it was only something like 50% when I started.
True, but you can go to star bucks and use their WiFi if you must update; or even the public library.
Well, on a similar note, you can also get up and walk over to a TV each time you want to change the volume, but that doesn't mean that it isn't better to have a remote control to do it.
They will. The whole indusrty needs regulation. They should never be allowed to use the term unlimited if it isn't.
Canada doesn't have 300+ million people to clog it all up and there aren't many moose or polar bears with cell phones either.
And? My point stands: it's US centric. Other populated countries also have decent LTE that's better than the US'.
https://www.opensignal.com/reports/2018/02/state-of-lte
Population isn't everything.
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If truth in advertising meant something in the U.S.A., commercial advertising would come in 10 seconds bursts of text, without speech, without music, without deception.
sure. That’s much more convenient than just downloading it wherever you are.
*eye roll*
- not everyone has small data caps
- in some places, 5g or even 4g or other cellular is somebody's only or primary internet connection
- in some places, some people have no desire for a home internet connection other than their phone - a lot of people use their phone as their primary device these days.
Not saying 5G won’t be better (it will) but that 4G is pretty good right now in the right circumstances. In my case it has replaced a lousy fixed line (FTTC) and is 3-15 times quicker and more reliable.
Dear Mr. Dee
you can make a list all sorts of things you COULD do - but the only good option is perhaps to make people able to decide for them self ?
I have a 150 GB data plan, and i have 10 MS ping and always 2mbit + up and down (and often MUCH higher) - yet i can not download an Audiobook on data only - no sane person would make this choice.
I can go to a Starbucks, the nearest in Denmark where i Live is 15 km away on my bike
I can go to the public library and enjoy the 0,01 mbit free wifi
But what if what if... we lived in a world where Apple gave you the option to be nursed or take responsibility for your data usage - and the day i burn through my 150 GB plan I will be HAPPY to pay for more data !
Just because YOU can make it work, doesn't mean it is the best solution for every one.
(EG my father live on a small island, nearest starbucks is about 5 hours away, but he has EXCELLENT 4G)