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iPhone iOS 7.1 golden master next week?
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There's no way they would release 6 betas for a .1 release. Golden Master is probably coming today or tomorrow or next Monday or Tuesday.
Has it been speculated that a 7.1 release could coincide with a hardware release?
(say, a slight iPad Air refresh in March with TouchID?)
Given all the attention it seems Apple is pouring into larger iPhones and the iWatch, 2014 might be a "meh" year for the iPad....which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The iPad Air is a monster.
Think they should move iPads back to a March timeline - this would help. Do an iPad Air point upgrade in March 2014, full blown iPad mini retina, iPad 12.9 upgrade/release in March 2015.
iWatches and iPhones in September/October.
(say, a slight iPad Air refresh in March with TouchID?)
Given all the attention it seems Apple is pouring into larger iPhones and the iWatch, 2014 might be a "meh" year for the iPad....which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The iPad Air is a monster.
Think they should move iPads back to a March timeline - this would help. Do an iPad Air point upgrade in March 2014, full blown iPad mini retina, iPad 12.9 upgrade/release in March 2015.
iWatches and iPhones in September/October.
They most certainly can and if you're a DEV and have been following the beta forums, you'd know there are several critical bugs that Apple is working to resolve in 7.1 that still exist in beta 5. Bugs that are show stoppers for a number of DEVS.
iOSBry
Seems like it already couldn't be reproduced in iOS 7.1 betas.
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They probably should have and essentially released 7.1 as 7.0.
I can't decide whether to hope it's soon or hope it takes awhile yet. Only my iPhone 5C is running iOS7, it's associated to my MBA, everything else (in the way of smart devices) calls my MBP home and I have left them all running 6 until the dust settles with the next release of 7. So there'll be a lot app upgrades for those devices too, I have avoided updating any of them all this time.
There are no rumors of an iPad release.
There are rumors of AppleTV, Mac Mini, and launching third party car displays.
The rumor I read (probably BGR) is only an iPad Air 2 this year, no Mini or larger iPad.
I like to see the iWatch and IP6 sooner than September but I know that is just wishful thinking.
Beta 6 today or what ?
Hope not. If beta 6 today, just means longer til GM and release.
I hope the GM comes out today. I want to get off the beta already.
Given the pain I had trying out the beta on my main phone that's not used for development, I have hereby learned my lesson and won't try this again, that's for sure.
(It's not bad now, but around beta 2 and 3 it was torture! Resprings, resprings...)
Given the pain I had trying out the beta on my main phone that's not used for development, I have hereby learned my lesson and won't try this again, that's for sure.
(It's not bad now, but around beta 2 and 3 it was torture! Resprings, resprings...)
Golden Master is the term for the final software version (aka the version that will eventually be released to the public) but is first released to developers.
Essentially, it's the intended final version of software. It gets released to developers first. If there are no show-stopping bugs reported, it is then released to the public soon after.
This release can't come soon enough. The constant RELOADING of tabs in Safari has been driving me insane. It's hard to fight the urge to throw the iPad out the window, along with the iPhone.
I also hope they fixed the problem of Airplay timing out when the device goes to sleep. Maddening..
I also hope they fixed the problem of Airplay timing out when the device goes to sleep. Maddening..
Boygenius (Jonathan Geller), the guy who runs BGR, wrote on twitter for about 30 minutes ago that we will not be seing any more iOS 7.1 betas, just the GM. I don't know if to trust him or not.
https://twitter.com/boygenius/status/435823661418037248
https://twitter.com/boygenius/status/435823661418037248
Obviously you mean March 4 for the GM, but I really don't think there would be a 2 week waiting period between the GM and public release. Aren't they the exact same thing? I was thinking a week at the most