Google has confirmed today that direct downloads from the Android Market are now capped at 4GB, compared to the previous 50MB for APK files.
The extra resources are allowed to be up to 2GB, in two files, for a total of 4GB. Developers can now have users download (for the most part) the full app, instead of just downloading an APK from the Market, and then downloading all the additional ... [ read the full article ]
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I gave up on Android last year and bought an iPhone 4s not because of the App-Size limit, but because I could not get much more than 20 Apps squeezed into the stupid in-phone memory (even after moving what I could to SD)!!
I'm desperate to get back to Android! Apple is doing my head in with its potty file and "iCloud" policies. Don't get me wrong, the 4s is a great phone, I just would like to use a phone my way, not Apple's.
If this App storage limit goes (is gone?), then I'm looking for a new Samsung asap.
