Microsoft lifts the 20MB app download cap over cellular, now 50MB

4. -box- posted on 22 Jan 2013, 00:35 3 3

I sincerely doubt a mostly-unnoticeable data cap (which exists on other platforms as well) is on shoppers' minds when deciding what phone to buy. Typically the only times such large downloads occur is over WiFi anyway.

As a Windows Phone user for almost a year, I can honestly say I have never noticed such a cap or been inconvenienced by any such thing.

6. jopancy posted on 22 Jan 2013, 06:59 0 0

FYI, the now "lowly" symbian belle allows unlimited downloads via cellular 3G networks. I have downloaded a file as large as 200MB using the UCWeb broswer download manager.

Now, if that "out-dated" OS can do that, I wonder why a "modern" OS like Window Phone 8 can't?

My view: Mandatory data caps on phones is really stupid. why not make a provision for users to set their own limit per session or download? That's more reasonable.