Mid Atlantic Consulting is wrong

A couple of days ago Mid Atlantic Consulting published an article detailing how iOS 6 has a limit on the number of apps that can be installed on an iOS device. I call bullshit on this for a couple of reasons.

I talked to some of my sources about the claims of the blog and the supposed limitations of iOS 6. Mid Atlantic says at 500 apps, the device will slow down and at 1,000 apps it won’t even boot. The person I was speaking with had over 1,100 apps on his phone running iOS 6 and said there was no virtual or other type of limit on the number of apps that could be installed.

There is, of course, a limit on the number of space that an iPhone has. After a certain number of apps, depending on what they are, you just simply run out of space on the device. That’s got nothing to do with an Apple imposed app limit though.

The second issue I have and call bullshit on is that Apple contacted them and said they are working on a fix. The fact is, there is no fix that needs to be implemented, because there is no app limit.

The last point I’ll make here is that by publishing the initial article, Mid Atlantic broke the NDA imposed by Apple. If Apple was going to contact them, it would be to cancel their developer account, not to offer them help.

Developers have avenues to register bugs with Apple. Posting on the Web is not one of them.

http://twitter.com/jsullivanjr Jeff Sullivan Jr

As Jim would say: “Yep”
http://michael.mesme.org/ Michael Salmon

In iOS 5 there are limits on the number of apps that can be installed. Are you saying that that limitation has been removed in iOS 6?
- Rafael Fischmann
  
  There isn’t any limit. There’s a limit for icons, yes: 12 per folder, 16 per page, 11 pages, plus 4 folders in the dock with 12 apps each. However you can still install more apps than that, they’ll be accessible via Spotlight.
  - Richard
    
    You… can…. have …. folders… in … the …. Dock….. I feel so stupid right now. That is now my favorite “iPhone secret”
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Vera-Comment/100002347335999 Vera Comment
  
  No. There’s a limit to the number of icons you can see, but you can get to apps via spotlight even if you can’t see the icon.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Vera-Comment/100002347335999 Vera Comment

LOL – “At first, Apple’s stand was who needs that many apps. After many discussions, we were able to convince them that if they expect the iphone to replace your phone, your pocket gaming system, your smart-home remotes, your TV remotes, you day-timer, etc. then they have to allow almost unlimited apps.”

many discussions. Apple’s stance.. yeah. who was it you spoke to again?
Davchik

Actually i can confirm that bug is there, 3rd booting and my device stuck with 1300 apps.
Tucker Johnson

Did you read the article? You should check your facts. I am not even a tech and was able to reproduce this issue.

If you read the article it clearly says “virtual limit”. It’s a bug that locks your phone and will happen sometime after 500 apps but closer to 1000. It’s easy to confirm. Just install 1000 apps on iOS 6b3. Several of us just tested it ourselves. It exists. Took 987 apps and a reboot to lock my phone. Just saw the other comment where someone hit it at 1300 apps.

And it’s beta so it is not a huge issue unless it’s not fixed.

And the title of this article is a bug in itself. Maybe you think the article is bull but the company is? I think this article is bullshit but that does not mean that the loop is bullshit. Just that the author wrote this without testing it himself.

Very poor journalism.
- i342135329
  
  The Loop is journalism? LOL
Mike

Never heard of the loop until now. I guess they’re just trying to raise their exposure by using bad words. Saying someone is full of sh*t because one person the writer talked with “had over 1,100 apps on his phone running iOS 6″ is pretty lame. I would suggest he research his conclusions a bit more thoroughly and clean up his language if he wants to be taken seriously.