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Will app size be larger because of Retina?
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Yes, I am an app developer, but i haven't optimized my apps yet, but when I went from the 3GS to the 4 the size did increase a bit
Devs. are going to take advantage of the higher res. Games will be larger for sure, photo related apps as well. Stuff that is more work related is likely to stay the same though...
I'm thinking the 1080p movies will be a lot larger, so I was thinking the apps would be a lot larger too.
Macworld posted an article that did some detailing about this:
http://www.macworld.com/article/165..._apps_and_the_coming_ipad_storage_crunch.html
(Try not to vomit when the author mentions the iPad's "hard drive." I can't believe a computer magazine would hire someone dumb enough to write that.)
The short answer is "of course!" This makes my decision to get a 64GB iPad 2 last year even smarter since I'm selling it to my dad. I have a 16GB iPhone 4S, and it's KILLING ME.
If you're going to do more than the basic email, Internet and a few simple apps, 16GB is cuh-razy.
http://www.macworld.com/article/165..._apps_and_the_coming_ipad_storage_crunch.html
(Try not to vomit when the author mentions the iPad's "hard drive." I can't believe a computer magazine would hire someone dumb enough to write that.)
The short answer is "of course!" This makes my decision to get a 64GB iPad 2 last year even smarter since I'm selling it to my dad. I have a 16GB iPhone 4S, and it's KILLING ME.
If you're going to do more than the basic email, Internet and a few simple apps, 16GB is cuh-razy.
Yes they will be larger, but we don't know by how much.
What 1080p movies? The 1080p movies on iTunes are only 10-15% larger than the 720p movies, because of H.264 4.0 compression.
Be glad you can actually GET 1080p movies on the iTunes store...
Here in the UK, some of the tv shows have moved, but the movies are all still 720
Australians don'tBe glad you can actually GET 1080p movies on the iTunes store...
Here in the UK, some of the tv shows have moved, but the movies are all still 720
In fact, we recently only got 720p available to purchase... six months to a year ago, maybe. I've got a lot of movies all in SD
'Retina' means 'higher resolution'. Higher resolution = more information. More information = more space. This generally only applies to images. Every app's usage of images varies, so a low image app or even a non image app wouldn't increase very much at all. High artwork apps such as games will moreorless take up a lot more room.
Money would seem to be the obvious reason. The cost of the new iPad materials will be higher than previous generations. I assume they had to pick and choose where to cut corners: memory and FaceTime cameras, being two.
Personally, I am fine with their choice.
So next time around they can consolidate the models into Black 64GB 4G, White 64GB 4G, Black 128GB 4G, and White 128GB 4G.
Probably because of cost. Maybe next year will have 128GB because consumers have been waiting for it, including me. They just might be setting us up for that because Apple is offering a16GB model for $399 & $529. Next year they might just offer the 3 you mentioned, plus a 16GB version. If that happens, then I'll be upgrading the following year. I like being on the first cycle of upgrades instead of the second cycle.
yes, they are new file sizes listed in the App Store.