I'm not claiming it's incredibly likely or gong to happen, but there's a definite possibility.
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Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 10.2.1 to Developers
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To be sure there are no late, game-breaking bugs before millions of people use it?
Because 24 hours will really be able to test that? My point is this. Its very unlikely that 10.3 will come out tomorrow because it just doesn't make any sense. Could it, yes, but I wouldn't bet on it. Apple has never released two different iOS versions in beta one day apart from each other. Its very possible the Twitter 'leak' was BS just to spur up talk.
Its also beta 3 of a X.x.1 build. Hardly anything is going to be that unstable it needs testing beforehand. I'm willing to bet its the final release build.
To verify if any show stopping issues? Like no cell service (remember 8.0.1) or OTA installation issues? Any number of reasons like that. This may be the final release of 10.2.1 and it could potentially go live to the general public this week if all is well. Then devs could be ready for 10.3b1 starting tomorrow potentially as they would not need 10.2.1 to test anymore.
Also if you have learned anything these past several months, Apple is not necessarily doing things these days like they have always done in the past.
Hard to say. Apple has certainly been breaking more and more patterns in the past year or two, and in particular with various iOS 10 betas and releases, so, while I agree it's essentially less likely compared to other possibilities, it's hard to say that it's really unlikely (or likely). Almost seems like sticking with 50/50 is the way to go these days.
That's true but Apple released iOS 10.2 beta 5 on a Friday and then 10.2 beta 6 on the Monday after which is very similar. It's also important to acknowledge that this is the version directly preceding 10.2.1. Who knows what they'll do?
They did this recently with an iOS 10 build (forget what specific update)
Devs will find all the **** with the very newest one and public will find all the annoyances with the one that's just about to go out
Think that's why devs get the update 1 day early before public beta because incase something horribly goes wrong devs (who don't care about their entire device crashing) get f***ed while the public waits
To be fair, that kind of situation is a bit different in that it's for the same version, meaning they would want to get a new beta out with some important fix as soon as possible and have more people move off of the previous build onto this one to test the latest for that particular release. In this case it would be for two different releases. That said, as I also similarly mentioned in an earlier post, given how they've been doing things with betas and releases in the past year or two, that "who know's what they'll do" is quite applicable.
I agree, it does not seem super likely. I would, however, point to an iOS 9 release that broke cellular to explain why it's worth having at least some people test it before you launch it to the public.
Yeah but look at watch OS 3.1.1. It was in beta for how long, and it still broke Series 2 watches? 24 hours really isn't long enough to test a build to make sure there are no issues.
What does sonny dickson say about this??? After all he started the rumor that Apple should realese the 10.3 beta in january 10... he should say something about this....
Actually to be fair, Sonny Dickson said 10.3 would be released on the 10th. So he's not wrong yet. However, if we don't see it tomorrow my guess is next week.
Hey, I wonder if this will finally fix the iMessage quick-reply lag that's been going on since iOS 10 for 6 plus owners? Who am I kidding? That doesn't sell new phones!
To be even more fair, even if it doesn't happen tomorrow, if that person actually had some inside knowledge about the release, it's possible that at the time that was the schedule in place for it all and it might have just changed since then. At the same time it's quite possible there is no inside knowledge in play at all.
Certainly still at play. When it comes to if said person had insider knowledge, I'd almost guarantee that Sonny Dickson HAS the inside knowledge, he's got a much more reliable track record than your "average Twitter user".
But no one really knows except for Apple. We can speculate all we want. Like you said, Sonny might've been spot on regarding the 1/10 release date for 10.3b1. That also could've changed internally.
What I DO know is that a barrage of forum replies on MacRumors will not make any difference to 10.3.
Beta release to Public Testers as well, however it's only 65MB update for an iPhone 7 Plus so nothing massively new and probably just bug fixes and performance tweaks.
What is that? Notes sync fine with iCloud for me. Is there some other issue you are referring to?
At the local cinema?
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You're doing it wrong. It syncs fine for me. Perhaps reset your phone or replace it.
Please see 4 page thread: iCloud Notes Only Syncing One Way
Correction, 5 page.
Yes, because you don't experience an issue must mean its not an issue.
Thank you.