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No iOS 19: Apple Going Straight to iOS 26

Don't know why people are claiming that this "locks in" a 12 month cycle... If anything, it gives a stronger case to the idea that they could add gap years. Ie, iOS 26 for 2025-26, iOS 28 for 2027-28. Wouldn't have to go in numerical order with this scheme.
 
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Just like how Microsoft skipped Windows 9.
Bad decision IMHO. Will just cause more confusion.
I wonder if they'll drop the California names for macOS.
 
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I love this idea :) It's silly when different Apple operating systems are on completely different numbers.
 
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Makes more sense for hardware, similar to cars (we used to have it the way for Macs). Many times I’ve had to look up the year certain iPhone or iPad models were built in.
 
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.wojtek said:
WTH is "vehicle-style numbering"? o_O
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Cars (at least in America) are numbered by model year. These model years are tied to the company's fiscal years. Thus, 2026 car models will be coming out in the Fall of 2025 (first Quarter FY26). So Apple's OS will follow the same nomenclature as car model year numbers.
 
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Royksöpp said:
Is this an April fools joke?
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I see so many people taken aback by this, to point of posting this same query "is it April fools".

Makes me realize just how rigidly set in their ways some people are. Explains a lot of the consternation that gets posted any time any break from pattern or routine occurs.

Like many people, especially software people, my first response to this is "finally". The numbering has gotten way too high, and Apple was long overdue for a move to yearly versioning/numbering. Hopefully the hardware is next. Nobody wants to buy an iPhone 20. But an iPhone (2026) is going to look just as attractive to buyers as a new vehicles do.
 
Next thing we know, the same thing is going to happen to WWDC OH GOD IT'S HAPPENING
 
I think this is a FABULOUS idea! Also, a GREAT marking idea would be to do the same with the phones. ( shaming people in having old phones.) (Yes, I am a stock holder LOL!
 
DotCom2 said:
I think this is a FABULOUS idea! Also, a GREAT marking idea would be to do the same with the phones. ( shaming people in having old phones.) (Yes, I am a stock holder LOL!
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So am I, but I would rather shame Apple for failing to put out a compelling reason to upgrade those older phones.
 
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