That means nothing. Apple could've been planning to release it this way all along. They usually never follow patterns with the iOS betas.
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Will beta 6 come out today, or will Cook troll us again thread!
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That means nothing. Apple could've been planning to release it this way all along. They usually never follow patterns with the iOS betas.
In fact, they never have. Every single previous iOS iteration (except iPhone OS 2.2, which had only two betas) had betas released at irregular intervals.
There is no way to predict, based on past behavior, how many iOS 7 betas there are going to be, and when they will be released. Personally, I'm hoping for beta 6 today.
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The fact that it was published immediately after the dev portal came back online? I really don't care, I don't develop around beta schedules, but I think that whoever denies the "2-week beta release schedule" is rather obtuse.
Beta 4 didn't come out until three days later on the following Monday. I wouldn't consider that "immediately".
Take a look at the chart I posted. There has never been a 2-week beta release schedule. Never. The only thing predictable about the timing of beta releases is its unpredictability.
Below the chart at http://willhains.com/iOS-version-history, you'll notice it states that GMs are listed as a new beta. iOS 5 only had 7 betas.
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Also, iOS 5 came out in October with iPhone 4S, not September, giving it an extra month.
Denying something that isn't real isn't being obtuse, it's dealing with reality rather than some sort of imaginary wishful thinking.
I was thinking about that today, and wondering how Apple decides its time to release another beta. I'll never know, of course, but I suspect it has to do with how much progress they're making squashing known bugs. Maybe if they think they've gotten most or all of them, they release another beta. But if they're only about halfway done with fixing known problems, maybe they wait until they've made more progress.
Reliable sources stated beta 6 will be the last before GM, so therefore I do know
I still wanna know how these sources know how many betas there will be. Where are they getting this information from?
Judging by the anonymity, probably peeps in apple, or very close. Sources also have heads up before beta 2 & 3, since certain sites are trusting them, I'd say they must have some clout
Reliable sources stated beta 6 will be the last before GM, so therefore I do know
What reliable sources?
Look around online, macrumors, BGR and 9to5mac all posted about it. Judging by the fact they all also ran articles about sources saying when beta 2 & 3 were coming out, I'm inclined to go with them. More reliable than people on here randomly guessing based on previous releases....
Guys Guys Guys it was me. I jumped into my TARDIS and went into the future and saw how many betas iOS 7 will have and I told BGR.
In that case, you should go and add something to the "Guess the iPhone 5S secret feature" thread.