The latest build of the ongoing iOS 6 beta - releasing this fall, probably alongside the iPhone 5 - restricts the amount of apps a user can download. In some cases it even bars devices from booting. Apple has said it will work on the issue, but there's no confirmed fix date yet and, therefore, a slim possibility exists that the feature could (temporarily) launch alongside the next iPhone.

Found by Mid Atlantic, the bug creates issues including slow booting, auto-rebooting, and "other issues due to the OS rejecting the number of apps." Install close to 1000 apps and the stubborn device won't reboot, forcing a restore via iTunes.

When speaking to Apple, Mid Atlantic brought up the issues surrounding users installing 500 or 1,000 apps.

"[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[r] day time, etc. then you have to allow almost unlimited apps," Mid Atlantic said. The likely next-generation processor in the iPhone 5 could alleviate storage concerns over apps, if users do manage to download 500 or 1000 apps onto the iPhone 5.

Apple imposes a limit on the number of apps-per-folder, at 11. It's not clear why, but a large amount of apps in a folder means worse performance on the iPhone 4. The issue has been apparent in iOS 6 betas 1-3.

However, there has been demand for a 128GB iPad. If Apple wants the device to enter the post-PC era, especially with a non-removable battery, then it has to bring in larger storage capacity.

Prices for multiple-terabyte hard drives in PCs are falling, and building a custom PC can offer greater performance and power than an iPad does. The iPad's graphics performance is probably on par with early current-generation titles, as Infinity Blade uses Unreal Engine 3.

Apple said it will release a fix for the bug, but didn't promise it for the next iOS 6 beta. With the iPhone edging ever closer, and rumors surfacing pointing towards a release date in August 2012, the issue needs to be fixed ASAP.