According to a study carried out by ABI Research, a company dedicated to technology market studies , the applications for the different Apple devices have increased in weightAnd it is that each time they take up more space inside our iPhone and iPad, an issue that can seriously affect when choose one or another model with more capacity or give the step and start using and being more aware of the storage service of iCloudBut where does this increase come from?
This study shows that, between the months of March to September, the average weight of applications for the operating system iOS has increased by 16 % An issue that becomes even more pronounced if those apps are videogames, where the percentage increases to 42 % in the same period of time. A very remarkable growth, especially if we compare it with its direct competitor, Android, where growth only reaches 10 % Although everything has its explanation.
Apparently, there are two basic issues that affect this fact. The first is a decision by Apple which consists of increasing the application download limit from 20 MB to 50 MB Something that also directly affects developers, who have a broader margin of maneuver for your applications and, especially your games, using more and better filesThis directly affects the final weight of the application or video game. To which we must add that the compatible applications for both devices have the files for the smartphoneand for the tablet, although only those that correspond to each case are used, once it has been downloaded.
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The other question comes hand in hand with the screen Retina And that is, having a panel of high definition it is useless if we do not have content created to enjoy this quality More detail and definition means larger and heavier files And again, even more so in games, where theis sought spectacularity and detail Therefore, this rapid growth in the weight of applications is the price to pay for good image quality and games with breaking graphics
But, as we said at the beginning of the article, this not only affects applications And we remember thatdevices Apple does not have support for memory cards that expand storage capacity Therefore, it must be taken into account that, if the progression of growth in the weight of applications continues , users with smaller capacity devices, 16 GB, should learn to discriminate more efficiently what apps and games they install. Or, as a solution, invest those saved euros by choosing the cheapest model to expand in taking advantage of cloud services , that is, the Internet storage of iCloud
What is really clear is that both Apple and the developers and the users, are willing to take advantage of the technical benefits of these devices.However, does more size necessarily mean more quality? Are we seeing an improvement in applications thanks to the introduction of the Retina display? Do not hesitate to tell us your opinion.
