iOS 6.0.1 hits Apple’s update servers with a 983 MB thud

Apple just released the latest update to its mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. iOS 6.0.1 includes a number of bug fixes and updates, and it weighs in at pretty much a gigabyte.

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Update: if you install directly to your iPhone over WiFi, the update is only about 70 MB, as two of our readers have commented. Downloaded via iTunes, the package is much bigger.

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The update fixes an issue that blocked iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly while not connected to iTunes, a more serious problem that could block iPhones from accessing cellular networks (in other words, acting like a phone), and a Wi-FI connection issue for both iPhone 5 and the 5th-generation iPod Touch.

Here’s the full list of upgrades from Apple:

• Fixes a bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air
• Fixes a bug where horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard
• Fixes an issue that could cause camera flash to not go off
• Improves reliability of iPhone 5 and iPod touch (5th generation) when connected to encrypted WPA2 Wi-Fi networks
• Resolves an issue that prevents iPhone from using the cellular network in some instances
• Consolidated the Use Cellular Data switch for iTunes Match
• Fixes a Passcode Lock bug which sometimes allowed access to Passbook pass details from lock screen
• Fixes a bug affecting Exchange meetings

This has got to be one of the larger iOS updates in recent memory — especially for a point release. iOS 6 itself was only about 600 megabytes, and iOS 5.1.1 was only 40-50 megabytes, although size does vary by device that is getting updated.

Get it soon … even Apple’s update servers could soon be inundated with an update of this size.

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