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Apple Seeds New iOS 12.1.3 Beta to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

My iPhone 8+ just sounded two times the FindMyiPhoneSound.

Only two times and there was no message nor email.

Quite strange.

Apple checking us out? ;)
 
Modem got a firmware update to 1.03.02 -> 1.03.05.
AT&T carrier update went to version 35 (was at 34.x with Beta 1).

No noticeable improvement in signal quality, but that will require a bit more time to fully test.
 
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nutmac said:
With iOS 12 being a "Snow Leopard"-ish iOS release, with some tentpole features but focused mostly on improving performance and stability, I wonder if we will get any major new features on 12.2 or 12.3 releases.
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I can't imagine seeing anything major. Especially because everything Apple promised for iOS 12...has been delivered. So it's not like they have to play catchup like they had to with some of iOS 11's bigger features. Since there's nothing to catch up on, I can't imagine seeing anything big in the next bigger releases. But we'll see!
 
C DM said:
Which is fairly subjective. We can see how all went down in the days of iOS 6 and then iOS 7. Something like that is likely to happen again in the near future of major iOS releases when Apple updates the design (or essentially redesigns). That said, it's kind of neither here nor there in the scope of this particular thread.
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Hopefully they'll make it better, we've still got the hideously ugly UI from iOS 7.

I powered up one of my old iPhones the other day, one that still has 6 on it. It's so pretty, it's sad what Apple foisted on us with iOS 7. Sure, the functionality is better, but it just looks awful compared to 6.
 
MikeSmoke said:
Stability and performance over new features. Especially for devices that will not be supported by future iOS versions. Many have learned that lesson the hard way.
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With iOS 12, Apple went above and beyond by supporting devices up to 5 years old. I don't expect that to happen with iOS 13. I wouldn't surprised if all devices with a processor older than an A10 don't get supported by iOS 13.
 
smulji said:
With iOS 12, Apple went above and beyond by supporting devices up to 5 years old. I don't expect that to happen with iOS 13. I wouldn't surprised if all devices with a processor older than an A10 don't get supported by iOS 13.
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iPhone 6 and above for iOS 13. The 5s has seen its last update with iOS 12.
 
I7guy said:
iPhone 6 and above for iOS 13. The 5s has seen its last update with iOS 12.
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Don't bet your boots! Consider that the iPhone 6, and ESPECIALLY the 6 Plus are constrained more by RAM than CPU performance, and both have the SAME amount of RAM as the 5s (1GB)—and that the ONLY difference between the 5s/6 and the 5 lineage that came before was 64-bit and 32-bit CPU—when goes the 5s the 6 and 6 Plus will undoubtedly follow. (Definitely the 6 Plus; the extra pixels on the 6 Plus with 1GB of RAM was a performance design flaw from Day 1. The 5s is more performant on iOS 12 than a 6 Plus at most tasks.) The 6s and later--including the SE--all have 2GB of RAM, which isn't just "double", because of OS baseline, it comes out to be more like 3x more available memory.
 
ScooterComputer said:
Don't bet your boots! Consider that the iPhone 6, and ESPECIALLY the 6 Plus are constrained more by RAM than CPU performance, and both have the SAME amount of RAM as the 5s (1GB)—and that the ONLY difference between the 5s/6 and the 5 lineage that came before was 64-bit and 32-bit CPU—when goes the 5s the 6 and 6 Plus will undoubtedly follow. (Definitely the 6 Plus; the extra pixels on the 6 Plus with 1GB of RAM was a performance design flaw from Day 1. The 5s is more performant on iOS 12 than a 6 Plus at most tasks.) The 6s and later--including the SE--all have 2GB of RAM, which isn't just "double", because of OS baseline, it comes out to be more like 3x more available memory.
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5 years of support unless Apple makes some exceptions. Next year the 5s turns 6, which means unless Apple changes it's policies, the 5s has seen its last update.
 
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I7guy said:
iPhone 6 and above for iOS 13. The 5s has seen its last update with iOS 12.
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Honestly, doubt it. The A8 SoC in the iPhone 6 has only 1GB or RAM and showing its age. The A9 processors are still not bad but I still stand by my hunch that iOS 13 will drop support for any device that has an SoC older than the A10.
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I7guy said:
5 years of support unless Apple makes some exceptions. Next year the 5s turns 6, which means unless Apple changes it's policies, the 5s has seen its last update.
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Saying Apple has a policy of supporting iOS devices up to 5 years old is an assumption unless you've seen the actual policy. iOS 12 is the first version of iOS that I'm aware of that supports iPhones that are as old as 5 years.
 
smulji said:
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Saying Apple has a policy of supporting iOS devices up to 5 years old is an assumption unless you've seen the actual policy. iOS 12 is the first version of iOS that I'm aware of that supports iPhones that are as old as 5 years.
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- ipad 2/4s released with ios 5 last supported release ios 9
- iphone 5 released in 2012 with ios 6 last supported release ios 10.

The 5s is a specific case as I think apple wanted to get all their 64 bit processors on ios 12.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624

You're right. I have no "proof" just an opinion, but we will know this September.
 
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