Removal of apps from iphone before syncing

While I've trolled through various threads I must confess to being completely confused as to why itunes wants to delete all my apps or music from my iphone if I want to add a new song, ringtone or whatever. It seems that once removed I am able to reinstall later.
Seems so illogical to have to do that everytime one wants to add something to my iphone.
I'm hoping someone can tell me that I'm missing something and it can't be as bad as I'm saying. Because if it is this bad then despite loving the iphone I will be strongly tempted to go Android where one can just drag and drop.

Nancy ...
The apps that run om your 3G (which can only be updated to iOS 4.2.1) may not run on your iPhone iOS 6.
On your iPhone 5 open the App Store then locate one of the apps that didn't sync.
Tap Details and look for: Requires

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I'm sure this has been asked for before, but are there any plans to add this feature?
It would be nice to be able to remove an app (after all I only have 16gb of space and can't keep adding new apps) and have iTunes keep a back up of it's data so it's restored when you re-add the app.
The iPhone is overtaking devices like the PSP and DS in game sales, so it's clear that a lot of people use the iPhone for gaming. With other portable games consoles, you can choose what games you want to take with you when you're out and about without fear of losing saved games if you decide to leave one at home. It would be a great feature if you could add and remove games at will just as simply as adding or removing playlists. After all, you can remove a playlist from your device to make room, but can always re-add it later.
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teleh wrote:
This tends to be off-topic at this point so if you're happy to delete my posts I would appreciate, if you'll delete them all, rather than just leaving me out in the cold out of context.
I cannot delete your posts. As I explained, only the Hosts can.
And if you can find it in your heart to actually pass on the feedback that the pre installed apps not being able to easily be gotten rid of is a problem, then that would be great.
Use the feedback link I gave in my first post.
Apparently one of your hosts deleted his own post where he called me an idiot for necroing this thread, where it's still an issue. Obviously I'm not so naive as to think it'd be changed on one person's say-so, but the fact that he deleted his own post is problematic and goes to trust and accountability.
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