wraggster
September 16th, 2015, 20:09
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/88db33b9a7c19771ce7139b4894bb77a/202640288/apple-utilities.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/15/apple-on-removing-default-ios-apps/)
Apple's iOS devices have long included apps that you're unlikely to use (do youreally need a stock tracker?), and that list only seems to be getting (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/09/apple-watch-apps-ios-8-2/) longer (http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/08/apple-news-app/). That's potentially a big problem, especially when the company is still shipping16GB flagship iPhones (http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/09/iphone-6s-6s-plus-hands-on/) where every megabyte counts. However, there might be some relief in sight. In a chat (http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/twenty-minutes-with-tim-cook#.mcGkQ8JQ2) with BuzzFeed News, CEO Tim Cook says that his company will eventually "figure out a way" for you to remove some of those apps. You won't get to yank all of them (that "might cause issues" with some device features, Cook says), but this could spare you from creating a folder for the bundled apps that would otherwise gather virtual dust.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/15/apple-on-removing-default-ios-apps/
Apple's iOS devices have long included apps that you're unlikely to use (do youreally need a stock tracker?), and that list only seems to be getting (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/09/apple-watch-apps-ios-8-2/) longer (http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/08/apple-news-app/). That's potentially a big problem, especially when the company is still shipping16GB flagship iPhones (http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/09/iphone-6s-6s-plus-hands-on/) where every megabyte counts. However, there might be some relief in sight. In a chat (http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/twenty-minutes-with-tim-cook#.mcGkQ8JQ2) with BuzzFeed News, CEO Tim Cook says that his company will eventually "figure out a way" for you to remove some of those apps. You won't get to yank all of them (that "might cause issues" with some device features, Cook says), but this could spare you from creating a folder for the bundled apps that would otherwise gather virtual dust.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/15/apple-on-removing-default-ios-apps/