In my opinion apple should release a beta 6 before the GM. There are still some annoying bugs in there. If they release a beta 6 tomorrow, they are still good in time with the 15th March.
Apparently only apple knows...You will have to wait
March 15th doesn't make any sense.....its a Saturday.
More likely the 17th - we see a Beta 6 on the 3rd, GM on the 10th then official release on the 17th.
Or Beta 6 on the 3rd, GM on the 17th and official release on the 24th.
Either way - we're still a few weeks off at least. I don't mind them taking their time. They have that luxury right now whereas when the 5S was coming out, iOS 7 HAD to be ready (it wasn't - at least not in the way I imagine Apple preferred it to be).
Relax - crashes are annoying, but they are minor inconveniences. 7.1 will come (soon) and when it does, we'll get to enjoy iOS 7 the way Apple intended from the start.
In all honesty, I think I might be going back on my thought its better for Apple to keep up with the annual release even if it means a less than stellar OS. Don't get me wrong - I'd still MUCH rather be on 7 than iOS 6, even with the bugs, but part of me just would like for Apple to take its time.
But alas, the market doesn't work that way. Release on schedule, but with some bugs, and you're crucified. Don't release on schedule and you're crucified. Ahh well.
Wonder how much they could help themselves if they released stock app updates via the App Store independent of OS updates (ala Android)....they should move this way.
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I say let these threads keep on coming until they release a damn update. I've had more springboard crashes on 7.0.6 on a 5s and iPad air in a week than I get in a month on 7.0.4. My iPad now crashes doing the most random things whereas before it was very seldom.
This is total BS and Apple should have had this as a top priority months ago and release a small update.
This is considered a show stopping bug. Instead 6 months later and it's still an issue not to mention worse.
3 weeks ago they finally admit it and here we are with an update that doesn't fix the issue.
I love these products but the more people complain the more they see. And yes I'm gonna say this with full confidence, it's a different Apple now and there's no way in hell Steve would let this go for 6 months. By the second springboard crash he would have been in there throwing his iPad against a wall saying " fix this it sucks". This is an issue that affects millions and millions of devices. It's definitely 64 bit related.
Not sure how all the executives at apple are ok with having shiny new devices with the new apple screen of death.
You're mistake is thinking this happens to everyone.
I've had ONE springboard crash on my 5S and a handful of app crashes over the course of ownership (release day 5S).
Truth is, some are experiencing lots of crashes, and some of us aren't experiencing many at all.
Just relax - the fix is coming. You act as if Apple is purposefully sitting around saying "HAHA look at jonnyb098 - he's so pissed!!! *Tim picks up phone* Hey Ive, Federighi - hold off for a little longer on that 7.1 update. We want to see these guys squirm."
They'll release it when its ready. Or would you rather them release two major updates in a row that aren't ready for primetime?
Truth is - they were forced to released iOS 7, and right now they can take their time (no unofficial "deadline"). Let them get everything right and release a rock solid 7.1. Honestly, after the redesign, 7.1 will likely be what the next few years of iOS are built on.
To a certain degree, its like we're back at iOS 1.0 - with some HUGE fundamental changes having happened. It won't be like this forever. Only a few more weeks at most.
