“App thinning” will be a major boon for 8GB and 16GB iPhones and iPads

Ars Technica
By Andrew CunninghamJun 8, 2015, 9:39 pm1.3k ptsHot
iOS 8 wasn't kind to users of 8GB an 16GB iPhones and iPads. Its over-the-air updates required multiple gigabytes of free space, and installing it reduced the amount of free space available on your device. It brought with it the iPhone 6 Plus, which introduced a new "3x" asset size that made apps even larger…

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