it's time to talk about beta 5

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i think it's time to talk about beta 5 release date.

come on guys.

Just Beta 5!?

Let's talk about Beta 6, and 7!

I mean, what are we waiting for, guys!

 

[batting1000]

You heard? LOL from who?
There is no real schedule but every 2 weeks is what we've seen excluding this current beta because the dev portal crud.


I haven't had the chance to really play with beta 4 enough but so far, it's decent.

seems like every 2 weeks wasn't really the schedule given that beta 4 was released 3 weeks after beta 2 and there's nothing to point to the dev portal being responsible for that somehow.

Exactly. Every beta released so far (excluding beta 1 of course) has been released exactly one month before the previous beta expires. Beta 3 doesn't expire until August 29th and beta 4 came out yesterday, July 29th which is why it likely wasn't scheduled to be released the previous Monday.

 

[aimee.elizabeth]

You heard? LOL from who?
There is no real schedule but every 2 weeks is what we've seen excluding this current beta because the dev portal crud.


I haven't had the chance to really play with beta 4 enough but so far, it's decent.

Um yes I heard, well technically read. I don't remember from who but it was on MR. Don't know if it's correct or not, just reporting what I've seen.

 

[whiteshadoww]

Well, this thread was totally unforeseen

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17651033/

Go away if you don't like the thread or don't want to participate.

 

[KeanosMagicHat]

Monday, August 12, two weeks from today. Betas 2, 3, and 4 have all been released a month before their expiration date.

Beta 4 expires September 12th, so this gets my vote . . .

 

[C DM]

Go away if you don't like the thread or don't want to participate.

But I am participating. Just because you don't agree with what I might be saying doesn't mean that I shouldn't be saying it, right? Otherwise we got a double standard going.

 

[SirithX]

Exactly. Every beta released so far (excluding beta 1 of course) has been released exactly one month before the previous beta expires. Beta 3 doesn't expire until August 29th and beta 4 came out yesterday, July 29th which is why it likely wasn't scheduled to be released the previous Monday.

This seems to be a good indicator so far. The concept of it being an "every 2 weeks" thing, or "every 3 weeks" etc. doesn't really work since there has been no such precedent set in previous iOS release cycles.

http://willhains.com/iOS-version-history

Doesn't mean they couldn't adopt it this time around, but based on past history I find it to be an unreliable indicator. I won't be surprised if a beta comes out on a day that isn't a Monday at least once before GM.