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[Discuss] Nexus 5X



I find it hard to believe they can?t implement common shared objects

On 9/29/15, 4:06 PM, "Discuss on behalf of Chris P. OConnell"
<discuss-bounces+joe=polcari.com at blu.org on behalf of omegahalo at gmail.com>
wrote:

>Wows... too bad, it's a good idea and a nice way to save space.
>
>On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On 9/29/2015 3:45 PM, Chris P. OConnell wrote:
>>
>>> I heard Apple is doing something smart with their new iPhone 6S.
>>>Instead
>>> of downloading an app that has the code needed to run on all iPhones
>>>the
>>> new model will download just what's required to run.  This is their
>>> justification for continuing to sell a phone with only 16GB of
>>> non-expandable storage.
>>>
>>
>> Apple call it "app slicing" and it's been disabled. Turns out it doesn't
>> actually work properly. Specifically, sliced app backups can't be
>>restored
>> to other devices you own.
>>
>> --
>> Rich P.
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