Are you profiling on the phone or on the simulator?
I've heard there are memory leaks in the NSURLConnection
class when on the simulator.
from http://www.iphonedevforums.com/forum/general-development-questions-advice/1086-memory-leaks.html
The NSURLConnection class itself has a leak in the sendSynchronousRequest method in OS 2.x. It's an issue that Apple is fully aware of.
Ben Scheirman
2009-08-25 19:31:54