Well damn. Not surprising, but was definitely hoping to start this week with a fresh RC.
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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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Looks like the turkey coma is strong this year 
.. RC could still happen later today, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it tomorrow with a public release next Monday.
.. RC could still happen later today, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it tomorrow with a public release next Monday.
I’m not surprised at all. Maybe tomorrow, but Wednesday would be a good guess too.
Best guess is tomorrow for 18.2 RC and Wednesday for 18.3 b1
I was thinking because of the retail deals going on, Apple is motivated to skip Cyber Monday seeding. The gift card event continues thru 12/8. A lot of the gift card amounts have decreased today compared to Black Friday.
Agreed, Tim and gang at Apple are probably busy shopping all the cyber Monday deals instead of working on iOS.
Found a pic of them from someone’s live feed.
I don’t think it works that way.
Could be, but didn’t they release 18.1 RC and 18.2 Beta 1 at the same time? I seem to remember when I updated having the option to either install the 18.1 RC beta, or hop onto 18.2 testing. 👍🏻. I think this would make more sense, that way you don’t have people install the 18.2 RC beta just to install the 18.3 beta 1 the next day. 👍🏻
I can't imagine that those two teams have anything to do with each other.
I don’t think anything will be released today. 🤣
Gurman indicates he expects RC as early as tomorrow. So there you have it folks.
Fork found in kitchen.
When was the last time we had a RC or beta seed on Cyber Monday?
But I did say that Apple employees were inclined to take an another day or two earlier, that implies more like Tuesday or Wednesday.
“Tomorrow will likely be Tuesday” - Mark Gurman
Saw this on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ThreeUK/s/Dr6BfL1olS
I think you’re right, btw I’m already looking forward to when me and @JFLECHUGA come visit you in Germany next fall for Oktoberfest. Will be a nice place to test out our new iPhone 17’s!!
When was the last time we had a RC or beta seed on Cyber Monday?
But I did say that Apple employees were inclined to take an another day or two earlier, that implies more like Tuesday or Wednesday.
Correlation ≠ causation
I’t would be my utmost pleasure to have you both as my guests at Oktoberfest in Germany.
I think we’ll get iOS 18.2 RC beta and iOS 18.3 Beta 1 today! 👍🏻
I think we’ll get iOS 18.2 RC beta and iOS 18.3 Beta 1 today!
We won’t see both releases on the same day. To my knowledge, a dual release like that has never occurred before. It didn’t happen for the iOS 18.1 release candidate (released on 10/21) and 18.2 beta 1 (released on 10/23).
I expect 18.2 RC today and 18.3 beta 1 tomorrow.
Are you sure about those release dates? I could have sworn that when I went to update, there was an option to go with the iOS 18.1 RC or to go with the iOS 18.2 Beta 1. I don’t recall having to wait two days. But I guess maybe I’m remembering it wrong?
iOS 18.2 beta 1 released October 23rd, iOS 18.1 RC October 28th.
However this time iOS 18.3 beta 1 will drop day after iOS 18.2 RC as per @gwhizkids who I agree with this time. 😁
I looked it up, and @gwhizkids is right, the iOS 18.1 RC dropped 21, and 18.2 Developer Beta 1 dropped on the 23rd. Maybe I was late to update? I don’t think I was. I’ve usually been updating the day a new beta drops. I don’t understand though why they wouldn’t drop them both at once, otherwise you install a beta, just to install another beta the next day or two. I admit though, I’m really excited about testing a new version probably with new features, so I’m a bit biased. 😂🤣👍🏻