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[Discuss] Nexus 5X



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.
>
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