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No Streaming over LTE.. Is there a reason?
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This wouldn't have anything to do with Apple, rather the carriers. That said, I know of no current US carrier that does anything to inhibit video streaming or downloads over cellular. You can youtube/netflix all day long over LTE if that's your thing.
I am unclear exactly what the question is. You can download/stream music/videos over cellular.
Are you on a more economical plan or in a region of the world that limits how a phone can work or internet used?
Apple can gimp phones to meet regional legal requirements. I live in japan for example. The shutter noise when you take a picture by Japanese law cannot be turned off. Therefore Japan market iPhones don't have this option to turn the noise off.
Without my vpn service I use the amount of content on youtube (or even steam, I can't even watch some game trailers not using VPN to get me a US IP address) I can't stream shoots up up up due to region bans. Which I always found odd....its just youtube content that would violate say advertisement rules and such. "Other" streaming video comes in fine though..one would think it be the other way around here.
There is no apple limitation as mentioned.
Apple can gimp phones to meet regional legal requirements. I live in japan for example. The shutter noise when you take a picture by Japanese law cannot be turned off. Therefore Japan market iPhones don't have this option to turn the noise off.
Without my vpn service I use the amount of content on youtube (or even steam, I can't even watch some game trailers not using VPN to get me a US IP address) I can't stream shoots up up up due to region bans. Which I always found odd....its just youtube content that would violate say advertisement rules and such. "Other" streaming video comes in fine though..one would think it be the other way around here.
There is no apple limitation as mentioned.
It has nothing to do with streaming but, is that a possibly a reference to the 1GB limit on downloads?
Yeah that sounds like what I was referring to in error. I wasn't sure of the limit as I've never been affected by it.
I find the 100 MB limit annoying as hell. I have no usage caps in my data plan and my 3G is faster than my ADSL, so typically I'd prefer to use that.
This must originate to America somehow - I think U.S. carriers even charge customers for incoming calls, lol.
This must originate to America somehow - I think U.S. carriers even charge customers for incoming calls, lol.
In the US I cannot stream movies or tv shows purchased from iTunes over cellular networks. They can only be streamed on wifi.
My question is why is this limitation still in place as only Apple does this? Every other video streaming site lets us stream over cellular EXCEPT Apple.
My question is why is this limitation still in place as only Apple does this? Every other video streaming site lets us stream over cellular EXCEPT Apple.
It seems like the Apple video app is treating it like a download instead of a stream, thus hitting the 100MB store limit
At least now we know what you're saying.
Its a specific app limitation.
Cause clearly I stream video thru the cellular network via many different ways daily.
Also find this annoying. I have unlimited LTE and should be able to download anything over the air I want.
Only if you jb your device or if Apple decides to remove that limitation for their app.
Same here, and they jacked it up to $49.99. I can't wait for the 9.2 jailbreak so I can start tethering again. 50gigs was my norm.
That's not streaming. The only Apple device that "streams" iTunes moves in full, is the Apple TV.
Streaming involves watching a video file before the file has finished downloading. iTunes won't allow that on iPhone, iPad, iPod, or even PC and Mac. The only way to do that on iPhone and iPad is to download the video in its entirety and watch it locally. But you won't be able to start watching it until it's finished. Previews and Trailers will stream, but entire movies or TV episodes will not.
It's quite clear that it's an intentional move. There's nothing to fix because it's not broken.
Streaming involves watching a video file before the file has finished downloading. iTunes won't allow that on iPhone, iPad, iPod, or even PC and Mac. The only way to do that on iPhone and iPad is to download the video in its entirety and watch it locally. But you won't be able to start watching it until it's finished. Previews and Trailers will stream, but entire movies or TV episodes will not.
It's quite clear that it's an intentional move. There's nothing to fix because it's not broken.
It is intentional -- but it doesn't make any sense when I can stream a movie from several third party apps all day but can't stream a movie that I purchased from iTunes. What is the rationale for that I wonder?
