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Apple Releasing iOS 6 Beta Build 10A5316k and Safari 6 Developer Preview at WWDC?

Cougarcat said:
What's semi-fishy about this is Safari 6. The developer beta is 5.2; if this is true, why wasn't it 6 to start?
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It's been version 5 since Snow Leopard and it has changed a ton since then so they probably felt that it deserved a new version number.
 
biohead said:
Interesting to see the 3GS still there! Of course no guarantee it'll still get a final release but good to see its at least made it this far!
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That makes the Android update policy look even more ridiculous. The iPhone 3GS came out June 2009, so with iOS 6 this phone will see update support for at least 4 years. My parents both got a HTC Desire which came out in Europe in March 2010 and are stuck at Android 2.3 with no chance of updating (4.0 is the newest version, with 5.0 coming later this year).

None of my friends ever sold his/her old iPhone, they always gave it to other friends, which will probably use them until they break - also because the iPhones stay fresh with yearly iOS updates. Android phones seem to be designed to be outdated after just 12-18 months.
 
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*Calypso* said:
That makes the Android update policy look even more ridiculous. The iPhone 3GS came out June 2009, so with iOS 6 this phone will see update support for at least 4 years. My parents both got a HTC Desire which came out in Europe in March 2010 and are stuck at Android 2.3 with no chance of updating (4.0 is the newest version, with 5.0 coming later this year).
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Looks like 2 major iOS upgrades is what you should expect, and if your device gets a 3rd, consider yourself lucky ;) Which seems more than reasonable considering the rest of the industry.
 
The Enterprise build is marked as iOS 6 Beta for IT.Not sure if it means that it's for the Enterprise development program.
 
Some people in this thread are claiming that iOS 6 will not be supported on the original iPad because Apple does not sell it - that's not completely true as they still sell tons refurbished. It's more about what the hardware can support.
 
Can't wait to see what Android features show up two years later on iPhones - must be an exciting time for all the cutting-edge iOS users.
 
It's strange that there is no iTunes beta... Does this indicate that it will be split up into separate apps that come with Mountain Lion?
 
*Calypso* said:
That makes the Android update policy look even more ridiculous. The iPhone 3GS came out June 2009, so with iOS 6 this phone will see update support for at least 4 years. My parents both got a HTC Desire which came out in Europe in March 2010 and are stuck at Android 2.3 with no chance of updating (4.0 is the newest version, with 5.0 coming later this year).

None of my friends ever sold his/her iPhone, they always gave it to other friends, which will probably use them until they break - also because the iPhones stay fresh with yearly iOS updates. Android phones seem to be designed to be outdated after just 12-18 months.
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But if 3GS support is dropped in iOS 7, then those who buy the 3GS now will get only 1 year of support. There's no way Apple could drop 3GS support less than a year after they stopped selling it, that would be a PR nightmare. They will probably drop the 3GS and introduce the new iPhone when iOS 6 is publicly available.
 
GoGa said:
It's strange that there is no iTunes beta... Does this indicate that it will be split up into separate apps that come with Mountain Lion?
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Not necessarily. Even if that happens they'd still need a new iTunes for windows (unless they also release seperate apps for windows?)
 
biohead said:
Interesting to see the 3GS still there! Of course no guarantee it'll still get a final release but good to see its at least made it this far!
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GoGa said:
So it looks like the 3GS will be getting iOS 6! Wasn't expecting that.
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They still sell the 3GS, of course it will get the latest OS. And yes, this is a guarantee it will get a final release; they would not issue beta versions for the device if they did not intend on continuing to support it.
GoGa said:
It's strange that there is no iTunes beta... Does this indicate that it will be split up into separate apps that come with Mountain Lion?
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No it's not. These links are the iOS betas and related documents only. iTunes is a separate category.
 
Safari 6 is only for Lion??! Apple, what ever happened to promoting your own web browser? I like Safari a lot and use it, but I don't want to get a bunch of versions behind then have to switch to Chrome or Firefox.
 
ct2k7 said:
Why would they require separate download links then? I suppose I'll find out when it comes as I have a personal and enterprise developer account.
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Just to differentiate. Might be different release notes.

MacinDoc said:
But if 3GS support is dropped in iOS 7, then those who buy the 3GS now will get only 1 year of support. There's no way Apple could drop 3GS support less than a year after they stopped selling it, that would be a PR nightmare. They will probably drop the 3GS and introduce the new iPhone when iOS 6 is publicly available.
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What PR nightmare? People buying cheap smartphones don't get mad when their devices aren't updated. See: Android.
 
Warbrain said:
There actually isn't that much of a difference between the 3GS, 4, and 4S. The 3GS is still a very powerful phone. Graphics is where the SoCs have improved.

But it is surprising that there isn't an original iPad in that list. Maybe it just wasn't found.
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It should be noted though that the iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, and iPhone 4 have the same GPU on their SoC. I think the only difference is the frequency at which it's clocked at.

But I really do agree that it's surprising the iPad 1 isn't on there.
 
bristleworm said:
True. And keep in mind that even if iOS 6 is available for the 3GS, that does not mean all new features will be compatible as well!
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I agree. I bet that only about 25-50% of the new features of iOS 6 will be available. Its called the "Compatible only cause we still sell it" update.

Like for example the 3D maps for the 3GS will most likely be a definite no-no. I think that iPhone 4 users would be lucky to get this feature. (Though to be fair, the iPhone 4 early adopters are to be available for the next gen iPhone when it is announced. Provided they didn't already use their upgrade.)
 
AriX said:
They still sell the 3GS, of course it will get the latest OS. And yes, this is a guarantee it will get a final release; they would not issue beta versions for the device if they did not intend on continuing to support it.
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I think Apple did do that once, they had support for a device, then dropped support after a few beta releases.
 
It'll be awesome if 3GS gets the update. It'll be a very big statement by Apple to support their hardware.

It is still a very capable phone, it has the same architecture as iPhone 4 and much lower resolution.



P.S. Those of you that complain about your 3GS being slow, do a fresh restore.
 
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