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Apple increases AT&T iPhone Download limit
Daniel Carey
Yesterday Apple announced that they'd be augmenting the download limit available over an AT&T 3G connection. It was enthusiastically upgraded for something… well, slightly better. The increase only allows consumers an extra 10MB, but I suppose that 20MB is better than the previous 10. In hindsight you'll now be able to download smaller podcasts, applications and perhaps future iBooks on the fly.
So why would Apple decide to make this change now? In theory there are two possible reasons. It could indicate that AT&T has reached a benchmark and decided to upgrade their network incrementally, however this is unlikely. The second theory appears to be much more plausible; Apple chose to increase the download limit available, to allow for full use of 3G in the upcoming iPad. Supporting this theory is Spanner Spencer of Pocket Gamer UK, he stated:
Double the available app size for remote users should therefore make for some doubly impressive products. In all likelyhood this is in preparation for the inherently larger size of iPad games and apps.
