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Apple imposing size and price caps for AppStore?
MacNN is reporting that Apple may be imposing file size and price caps for iPhone/iPod touch applications. According to the post, Apple would be limiting file size of applications to 2GB. Of course, most of the applications will be significantly less than 2GBs. The post goes on to say that applications that are not free will have pricing tiers between $.99 and $999.99. The higher end of that spectrum will undoubtedly be Enterprise-style applications. MacNN also posted pictures what the AppStore inside of iTunes will look like in addition to images of the upload and pricing tier tools that developers have access to.
How much are you willing to pay for applications on the iPhone/iPod touch? Be sure to take our poll and sound off in the comments!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Luigi193 said 5:20PM on 6-12-2008
Yeah $5 is my limit...
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TBS said 5:30PM on 6-12-2008
It really depends on the app, complexity of the solution offered, features etc.
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Jacob B said 5:32PM on 6-12-2008
Come on, who is ever going to go over this limit. Even GPS software with full maps of europe could fit within the limit.
Who is ever going to spend $999 on software though the store. If enterprise is buying software, it is not going to be any thing like this per licence - the software will either be downloaded directly from the iPhone, or though iTunes, not in bulk.
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Honza said 9:45AM on 6-13-2008
FYI - my Tomtom map collection is around 5.7Gb.
connorcam said 5:32PM on 6-12-2008
Depends on the application. For a simple app, $5. Full console game, $20.
Or I could just wait until the DRM is cracked. :P
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Tyler said 5:51PM on 6-12-2008
I would pay $5-15 for quality applications, and am very excited for Spore. Feature games like Spore I would happily pay much more. However, I am anticipating many applications made for general, niche purposes, like we see with Widgets. These should not require even a $.99 payment, and requiring even $.99 will limit sales significantly overall.
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w00t said 5:38PM on 6-12-2008
There is absolutely no need for an app to take up a quarter of the space of the phone (especially one with a permanent unlimited conection te the internet), or cost 5 times more than the phone itself!
If anything these limits are quite conservative!
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Thayne said 11:19PM on 6-12-2008
I think you mean liberal.
Duscrom said 1:27AM on 6-13-2008
iPod touch does not have a permanent connection.
d said 5:38PM on 6-12-2008
Yeah, i wouldn't pay more than $20, let alone $1000
I don't see the point of the min. though
i guess they want at least 30 cents per app?
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Michael Beck said 3:10AM on 6-13-2008
Well the min is free.. but if you charge it has to be at least .99
Nate said 5:42PM on 6-12-2008
If I have and iPhone and it blows up or something... will all of my apps be able to load into my new iPhone like music and video? Or will apps be restricted to one device?
-Nate
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Logan said 5:51PM on 6-12-2008
I would imagine the $0.99 lower limit is because any app costing less would probably not even cover the credit card processing fee and any other fees.
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ziggieboi said 9:21PM on 6-12-2008
I can see myself purchasing small priced software for my new iphone, now that I think about it, I'm sure there will be tomtom software for about $100.00 eh, that kinda blows but they have to make money somehow.
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Jeff said 6:26PM on 6-12-2008
It really depends upon the application. I don't have a set spending limit on anything, but like value.
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NutMac said 5:57PM on 6-12-2008
Although I voted for less than $5, I can see some apps costing well beyond $20. For instance, although Nintendo DS games typically cost $20, premium titles (e.g., Mario Kart DS) cost $35. Thanks to expensive map data, GPS navigation applications aren't cheap either, at around $100 (I am not sure whether Apple would happily serve around 1 GB worth of map data for such app, however).
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BR said 6:52PM on 6-12-2008
Here is what I think is going to happen to the iPhone 3G - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQuTzsHUnaY
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shakeboy2k said 7:04PM on 6-13-2008
You're probably right on that one. But as a side note, was a video necessary? You could have articulated that in words in three minutes and I could have read it in less than one.
tkjazzer said 7:08PM on 6-12-2008
where is the $0 option? come on engadget! get your polls better.
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coyotebush said 12:07AM on 9-10-2008
Note this sentence:
applications *that are not free* will have pricing tiers between $.99 and $999.99.