No. GM is typically day of keynote, we are currently expecting it on or very near to the 12th, less than 2 weeks now.
They need time to flash GM to the millions of devices in China, box them, pack, and pallet them, ship them, sort, ship again, etc.
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iOS 6 GM - Due 12th Sept
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They need time to flash GM to the millions of devices in China, box them, pack, and pallet them, ship them, sort, ship again, etc.
No, Apple's releasing the final product to customers around September 21. GM will be released to devs much sooner than that. There is no way that they launch a beta and then announce/release a GM a week and half later. We're in the home stretch and the next iOS 6 release will be the GM.
Just to see where you're coming from, what date would you give for beta 5?
They normally release iPhones in June.
The normally release iPads with numbers in the name.
They normally release betas that are locked down and installable only on registered devices.
Don't see this happening. As a developer I need the GM for final updates for my apps. Apple knows this so...I would expect we are out of the beta release phase.
not always, there was one that i remember for sure came out on a friday, dont remember if it was ios 4 or 5, and i think there may have been one or two on a tuesday...
No. Because that would mean no GM in 12 days.
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For iOS6 so far, but for iOS5 we had Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays as well.
Sorry, I should've qualified my statement with "for 6.0", betas have always came out on Mondays. The precedence was set on 5.1, if my memory serves.
In any case, iOS beta was twice released with 28 and 29-day gap, so I am not saying it won't be done. But it is extremely unlikely, especially since Jim Dalrymple confirmed iPhone announcement date (which is also iOS 6 GM date) as September 12.
I think we'll see one more beta Tuesday, and then the GM will roll out on the 12th. And don't think Apple's iOS software developers have this long weekend off ... they're going OT to get this out the door for early next week. If we don't see anything by Tuesday, then it's safe to say there will be no more betas.
The GM launches the day of the keynote, but the customer version won't be ready until a day or two before or after the new iPhone ships.
That gives them ~ 14 days too.
The GM launches the day of the keynote, but the customer version won't be ready until a day or two before or after the new iPhone ships.
That gives them ~ 14 days too.
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regardless of date they have always stuck to releasing the GM day of iPhone announcementThey normally release iPhones in June.
GM launches on the day of the keynote/announcement.
Historically,
- 2.0 (iPhone 3): 15 days between final developer beta and GM, 12 to 22 days between each beta
- 3.0 (iPhone 3GS): 33 days between final developer beta and GM, 8 to 14 days between each beta
- 3.2 (first iPad): 12 days between final developer beta and GM, 8 to 14 days between each beta
- 4.0 (iPhone 4): 20 days between final developer beta and GM, 12 to 14 days between each beta
- 4.3 (iPad 2): 30 days between final developer beta and GM, 7 to 13 days between each beta
- 5.0 (iPhone 4S): 34 days between final developer beta and GM, 11 to 18 days between each beta
- 5.1 (3rd generation iPad) 58 days between final developer beta and GM, 14 to 28 days between each beta
If 6.0 (6th generation iPhone) comes out on September 12, it will be 37 days between final developer beta and GM, 14 to 21 days between each beta. If beta 5 comes out on Monday, which is unlikely since it's a US holiday, it will be 28 days after beta 4 and it will leave mere 9 days for GM release on September 12.
Ah, I was thinking of the release date to the public, as the GM is almost always the same version in technicality. The version is released to the public typically a week after the GM is released to the developers.
My sources told me you don't know what you're talking about.
But seriously, someone who just joined MR....I believe you....yeah, right.
I'm guessing it's Miss Cleo.. Just a guess. Also, my sources tell me you're full of it
Well, let's leave It, I don't wanna talk more than I should. But I know for sure that new iPhone will be announce at the end of September and launched in the beginning of November.