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Back on two weeks beta track today?
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Is he the one who claimed that beta 4 would actually be called beta 5 or am I thinking of someone else?
Yeah, he has no more information than the rest of us, but thinks he's some insider. For beta 4, he was guessing days left and right and eventually he was right.
Two data points are not nearly enough to establish a predictable pattern. The only pattern that's held up so far is that Apple has released the next beta exactly one month before the expiration of the current one. If that pattern holds (a big "if") we should expect beta 5 next Monday.
If you look at past versions of iOS, Apple has never kept a consistent release interval. Therefore, I see no reason to expect them to do so now.
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...and that's the pattern I'm referring to. Betas 2, 3, and 4 have followed this pattern thus far. I know we can't know for sure which is why I'm just speculating based on past iOS 7 betas.
My apologies if I misunderstood you. I thought you were arguing for a consistent two-week release interval.
I'm expecting (hoping for) beta 5 next Monday, but being a relentless optimist, I'll be checking at 1:00 Eastern time today, just in case.
My apologies if I misunderstood you. I thought you were arguing for a consistent two-week release interval.
I'm expecting (hoping for) beta 5 next Monday, but being a relentless optimist, I'll be checking at 1:00 Eastern time today, just in case.
No come on, 1 week beta??
I guess that could be in a case where iOS 7 was unusable due to a major bug.
Yes, I know in the end we are guessing, but someone can say "beta 5 in 2 months" my money is on next monday, following the 1 month release before expiration "pattern".
My money's on next Monday, too, but it can't hurt to check.
If they do release a new beta after only a week, I don't think it'll be because beta 4 is exceptionally buggy. I think it'll be because they're running out of time before the public release, and they want to get as much feedback, and as many corrections done between now and then as possible.
Still, as I said, I think it'll be next Monday.
My apologies if I misunderstood you. I thought you were arguing for a consistent two-week release interval.
I'm expecting (hoping for) beta 5 next Monday, but being a relentless optimist, I'll be checking at 1:00 Eastern time today, just in case.
It's fine.
I'll be checking today too even though I know there's probably chance at all.
My money's on next Monday, too, but it can't hurt to check.
If they do release a new beta after only a week, I don't think it'll be because beta 4 is exceptionally buggy. I think it'll be because they're running out of time before the public release, and they want to get as much feedback, and as many corrections done between now and then as possible.
Still, as I said, I think it'll be next Monday.
But I don't think they are running out of time, we're about half way there, it's a fall release, that's August and 21 days of september minimum, that's close to 2 more months until public release.
Actually, iOS betas do need the dev center. OS X previews don't require XCode previews but iOS does in order to develop on. We can't have an iOS beta without XCode and the only way they distribute the XCode previews is on the dev center.
iOS 6 came out on September 19th when fall officially started on September 22nd
Ok, you win, August plus 19 days of september minimum.
I'm going with the 12th as well. Look at the pattern:
Beta 1: Released June 10, 2013, expires July 24, 2013
Beta 2: Released June 24, 2013, expires August 8, 2013
Beta 3: Released July 8, 2013, expires August 29, 2013
Beta 4: Released July 29, 2013, expires September 12, 2013
A new beta released one month before the last one expires.
So based on that pattern, beta 5 will be released August 12, next Monday.
Beta 1: Released June 10, 2013, expires July 24, 2013
Beta 2: Released June 24, 2013, expires August 8, 2013
Beta 3: Released July 8, 2013, expires August 29, 2013
Beta 4: Released July 29, 2013, expires September 12, 2013
A new beta released one month before the last one expires.
So based on that pattern, beta 5 will be released August 12, next Monday.
Yeah, that's him!
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Ah, I though he did have some sort of inside info. My bad.
If today's release showed anything at all it's that there is no pattern that can be expected.
