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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by 5h on Monday February 08, 2016 @09:56AM (#11058399)
Looking at my phone, a few make me wonder how we got here today.

Skype 149MB, Chrome 134MB, Sheets 122MB, Slides 115MB, Docs 101MB, Outlook 101MB, HSBC 73.97MB, Uber 60.98, Fitbit 79.77 ...

Skpye, HSBC, Uber & Fitbit all seem way larger than they should be

I've never knowingly used the Slides app.

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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by ksec on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:35AM (#11058629)
Since All Browser on IOS uses the same rendering and JS engine, I fail to comprehend why it is larger then even an Desktop App which includes its own engines.

HSBC is nothing more then a web view. 80MB? Seriously?

There is something seriously wrong with the iOS App Ecosystem bloat.

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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by 5h on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:42AM (#11058678)
The above is Android - I should have said that - but I think the same applies to both ecosystems.
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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by roddux on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:10AM (#11058475)
I'd hazard a guess that part of the reason is about storing multiple copies of textures at different resolutions. At least, I think it works that way on the Apple store.
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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by ksec on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:32AM (#11058614)
That is no longer the case since iOS 9 I think. Unless they didn't update / use the new App Thinning function.

But even if they get 30% reduction promised by App Thinning, they are still HUGE!.

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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by fractalwrench on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @04:23AM (#11064149)
This also applies on Android, supporting most modern devices requires 4 different sets of assets, which have all got larger as screen density has increased.
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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by pjc50 on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:19AM (#11058537)
I had a look at app sizes on my phone and noticed a "cluster" around 60MB. I wonder if there's some common, huge, framework?
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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by mahyarm on Monday February 08, 2016 @02:40PM (#11060383)
Binary serialization definition classes can take a large amount of binary size. Create 100 model types for protobuf with a lot of variables and you can have 3.5MB of C++ binary!
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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by maz-dev on Monday February 08, 2016 @02:24PM (#11060297)
Maybe crosswalk[1], it takes about 50mb.

[1] https://crosswalk-project.org/

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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by 5h on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:43AM (#11058686)
I've noticed this too, curious now - I'll ask some of my mobile developer contacts.
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