On friday, I'm going to set my X up as a new phone, and then sign into iCloud. Seems to be the best move, no?
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Apple Releases First Beta of iOS 11.2 for Public Beta Testers
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The thought of immediately installing a first [read: buggy] beta onto a brand new $1000+ phone makes me shudder.
Remember when mobile phones came with one operating system? The only way to upgrade was to wait for your 2-year contract allowed you to get a "free" phone.
Beta or not, the final versions of iOS 11 are still battery killers. The smoothness of iOS 10 is missing. I hope they work out the issues in bringing back the buttery smooth animations.
It's great to see the versions being released and tested, I'm sure when we get to 11.3.3 we will finally have a stable version along with 10,000 more emojis 
....what is the point of this statement. What a bizarre opinion. In the end, it doesn't matter what .x it is, as long as fixes and features come about.
I don't think Apple would be able to maintain the same level of security and encryption they promise if iMessage were accessible via a generic internet browser. But I could be wrong about that, it could be that Apple don't want too many of their services available to competing hardware.
It’s a philosophical/academic opinion. Typically there is criteria for what counts as a major release versus point release versus bug fix release. The opinion of the poster is that those norms are not being adhered to.
I have to say having used this new 11.2 beta since it released, my iPhone 7 Plus is SO much smoother. I'm not one to complain unnecessarily about small things, but my phone just hasn't felt as stable and quick in iOS 10. Everything feels better in this update, carplay, switching between apps, responsiveness in general. Hoping that it gets even better with more betas
Well that’s no different than all the existing iCloud services, including mail, so I don’t see why that would be an issue.
so it would be ok to call it iOS 19.4.92?
there is a reason the OS is numbered a certain way. With iOS 11 apple seems to be making the 11.x update less important than previous iOS versions. I remember when the .X updates gave us portrait mode, car play, TV app, APFS, apple pay, apple watch support, etc.
Now the .X updates fix calculator bugs and give us new emojis.
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that doesn't even make sense
I agree with your comment. That would be the bigger perk of the iMessage synced to iCloud rather than the synchronized availability across all the iOS devices.
That's exactly how they don't want you to use it. They want to sell Apple products...
Let's hope they fix the battery burner they put back in with 11.1. Ever since upgrading to that my battery drains like it did back with the original 11.0.
Or the fact it just didn't work. It was a mess in early betas until they flat out removed it.
Nah, I mean, how is that any different from Contacts, Calendar, Notes, and iCloud EMAIL that they already do store? Why would Messages considered so much more precious?
Not to mention, Message archives are currently part of the iCloud backup, anyway. Restoring from an iCloud backup brings them back onto a new device. So your logic seems flawed to me.
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I heard it worked fine; beta testers I know who were using it without any issue were wondering why it was removed. I'm guessing not everyone had the same experience. However "Messages in the Cloud" for proper syncing between devices is different from a "web front-end for Messages in the Cloud, so it can be accessed via PC." I'm doubtful we'll ever see the latter (even though I'd love to see it!)