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Apple Admits iCloud Problem Has Killed iOS 9 'App Slicing'

Posted by samzenpus on from the bug-not-a-feature dept.

Mark Wilson writes: One of the key features of iOS 9 — and one of the reasons 16GB iPhones were not killed — is app slicing. This innocuous-sounding feature reduces the amount of space apps take up on iPhones and iPads... or at least it does when it is working. At the moment Apple has a problem with iCloud which is preventing app slicing from working correctly. The feature works by only downloading the components of an app that are needed to perform specific tasks on a particular device, but at the moment regular, universal apps are delivered by default.

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  1. It's delayed, not dead by dugancent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nothing has been killed. Enough with the hyperbole.

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    1. Re:It's delayed, not dead by khchung · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Nothing has been killed. Enough with the hyperbole.

      I guess you would have noticed by now. After a new iPhone release in Sept every year, there would be a slew of these hyperbole troll pieces in the media to try to lure more readers by riding the iPhone bandwagon, and /. is no different.

      And we have been lured in just as expected.

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  2. Re:Can anyone explain in actual meaningful terms? by gnupun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It'll decrease your profit by less than 2%.

    Are you sure about that? It'll increase their cost by a percent or two, but the profits will drop a lot as the 32 GB and higher models are priced over $200 than the 16 GB models.

    If a 32GB model existed, 64GB and 128GB sales would be a lot lower, decreasing overall profits by 20-30%. Therefore, this price gouging will continue for the foreseeable future where downloading a couple of 3D games will consume all your flash space in the 16GB model. So you're forced to buy 32GB and higher.

  3. Re:Can anyone explain in actual meaningful terms? by sribe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If a 32GB model existed, 64GB and 128GB sales would be a lot lower, decreasing overall profits by 20-30%.

    That's some pretty fuzzy thinking. I bet that the existence of a 32GB model would not affect 128GB sales by even 1 single phone.