You can tap in the app's update area to take you to a detail screen, which if you scroll down a ways will tell you the size of the app. Not very user-friendly, but it's there.
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Cellular Over-the-Air App Download Limit Increased to 150 MB
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You can tap in the app's update area to take you to a detail screen, which if you scroll down a ways will tell you the size of the app. Not very user-friendly, but it's there.
A summary of every update made to the App Store app in the past few years.
So you really think Apple wants smaller apps? Cause bigger apps = better chance someone will get a bigger capacity iPhone\iPad which Apple charges 200% mark up on storage increments? Or you think it's because Apple wants a poor non feature rich app experience? LOL
I dunno what their management is trying to do. Apps with large file sizes are probably going to also be slower and hog memory, so that makes the user experience worse. And maybe they only want people running out of space from things like taking videos or loading tons of music where they'd consider it more their own fault.
Yeah, whenever I download a facebook update at 300mb, I question what's in that app.
...my point was that the software itself does not have a limitation that Apple struggles to work with, it's a limitation they have imposed.
There should be no limit. Put a bunch of boxes in that you have to hit ok to acknowledge your using the data but it’s our data we should be able to use it as we please. Scrambling for a WiFi network when an update I really need hits the store sucks.
So basically this is a big finger up to users who do not have Wifi at home, my case is I live in central London SW1 and can only get 7mb internet with landline that I do not wish to have installed. but have UNLIMITED data that I use around 160Gb per month. (Amazon/Netflix and documents mostly HD videos) but I only have 30Gb wifi hotspot that I use for my laptop etc.
This is such a joke and shows Apples arrogance towards its users. I pay for unlimited data and do not want some 1980s landline in my flat that I will never use yet have to pay line rental for and get internet speed 8 times slower than my 4G connection.
This new limit of 150mb is great for malware etc to exploit as users without WIFI are now unable to update and fix security issues. way to go Apple. now bend over as the Telcos want to give you a gift.
Spent 6h trying to update Apple watch using a old phone as WIFI spot, gotta love Apple on its limits for everything, this 25 year+ Apple user is slowly losing his loyalty.
What makes this even more crazy is that they delete APP store from iTunes so now the 30gb of apps I had stored locally is now worthless so cannot download apps that I PAID FOR that are over 150gb neither can I purchase apps over 150gb. Someone at Apple really needs to retire or get fired.
This is such a joke and shows Apples arrogance towards its users. I pay for unlimited data and do not want some 1980s landline in my flat that I will never use yet have to pay line rental for and get internet speed 8 times slower than my 4G connection.
This new limit of 150mb is great for malware etc to exploit as users without WIFI are now unable to update and fix security issues. way to go Apple. now bend over as the Telcos want to give you a gift.
Spent 6h trying to update Apple watch using a old phone as WIFI spot, gotta love Apple on its limits for everything, this 25 year+ Apple user is slowly losing his loyalty.
What makes this even more crazy is that they delete APP store from iTunes so now the 30gb of apps I had stored locally is now worthless so cannot download apps that I PAID FOR that are over 150gb neither can I purchase apps over 150gb. Someone at Apple really needs to retire or get fired.
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Is this increase to 150 MB available only to users on iOS 11, or can devices on older iOS versions download at the higher rate?
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Is this increase to 150 MB available only to users on iOS 11, or can devices on older iOS versions download at the higher rate?
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Following the launch of iOS 11, Apple today announced that it has increased the cellular over-the-air app download limit from 100 MB to 150 MB, meaning users can now download apps and app updates that are as large as 150 MB over a cellular connection.
Apps and app updates over 150 MB will require users to connect to Wi-Fi for content to be downloaded.
It's been awhile since Apple last updated the cellular download limit. The last increase was introduced in 2013, increasing the 50 MB limit to 100 MB.
Apple has limits in place to avoid causing customers to unwittingly use high amounts of data when downloading apps, but the introduction of unlimited plans from all of the major carriers in the United States has likely alleviated some of those concerns.
Developers often aim to keep their app sizes under the cellular limit whenever possible to prevent customers from having to hassle with connecting to Wi-Fi to download an app or app update.
Article Link: Cellular Over-the-Air App Download Limit Increased to 150 MB
The fact that they changed the limit by a measly 50 mb is actually worse than if they left it alone. At least that way they could have argued that they simply didn’t get around to dealing with it.
The bottom line is there should be an option to override the restriction at the user’s discretion. There is NO defensible reason for forcing me to connect to a wi-fi network when I pay my carrier upwards of $100 / month for all my devices to have over 50GB of LTE data. If you’re concerned about grandma exceeding her 2GB plan, bury the override switch in settings somewhere. But I spent $130 extra for a LTE iPad and over $300 a month to add it to my cell phone plan precisely so I wouldn’t be tethered to wi-fi networks, and in 2017 my $1,000+ iPad Pro shouldn’t send me back to the dark ages of 50mb limits on ANYTHING.
The bottom line is there should be an option to override the restriction at the user’s discretion. There is NO defensible reason for forcing me to connect to a wi-fi network when I pay my carrier upwards of $100 / month for all my devices to have over 50GB of LTE data. If you’re concerned about grandma exceeding her 2GB plan, bury the override switch in settings somewhere. But I spent $130 extra for a LTE iPad and over $300 a month to add it to my cell phone plan precisely so I wouldn’t be tethered to wi-fi networks, and in 2017 my $1,000+ iPad Pro shouldn’t send me back to the dark ages of 50mb limits on ANYTHING.