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iOS 11.x.x Release Speculation Thread
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That Apple Pay security hole seems to affect all Apple Pay authorization that serious that Apple decided to ship another beta... The main question: Are the final releases also affected?
I would change my bank for Apple Pay. I’m currently not very satisfied with my bank (Sparkasse) I think they would be last bank who offers Apple Pay
I predict iOS 11.3 beta in February. (A little inside information) 
Timmy:
"We're also going to... first in a developer release that happens next month, we're going to give people the visibility of the health of their battery."
Timmy:
"We're also going to... first in a developer release that happens next month, we're going to give people the visibility of the health of their battery."
That's almost certainly 11.3. This wait has been so long.I predict iOS 11.3 beta in February. (A little inside information)
Timmy:
"We're also going to... first in a developer release that happens next month, we're going to give people the visibility of the health of their battery."
Nice.I predict iOS 11.3 beta in February. (A little inside information)
Timmy:
"We're also going to... first in a developer release that happens next month, we're going to give people the visibility of the health of their battery."
I’m not sure about knowing the health of ones battery though.. does anybody really care about that? They care that the health of the battery now has an artificial impact on performance
Hi also Said that Slowdowns will be optional decided by user
While it may be artificial, once the throttling is turned off and people start experiencing spontaneous shutdowns (which I have seen, and it’s not like you can immediately reboot), that battery health data will be important to show them the initial move was the right one.
With iOS 11.3 beta announced for February, my guess would be CW 6 (February 5th to February 9th). With that being said, iOS 11.2.5 should ship the same week. Additionally HomePod shall be available the same week - with an announcement during the Earnings Call on February 1st
That earnings call could of course also be used to announce new countries for Apple Pay. It all makes sense now.
So for now we should expect a 11.2.3 for the iMessage freeze bug and another beta for 11.2.5 or GM...
And now we know, why Apple decided to have some space between iOS 11.2.1 and iOS 11.2.5..
Maybe it will be shown to have been viable. But I think allowing users the choice is right.
Did your phone ever shutdown?
My guess is they left the open versions (11.2.3 and 11.2.4) in case 11.2.5 was late to the party. Since 11.2.5 seems to be tied to the HomePod and they weren't sure when that would be ready to ship, they needed the other 2 "slots" in case they needed to rush some fix out the door prior to the HomePod shipping. I'm also guessing that with the HomePod allegedly near shipment, they won't use those other 2 slots and pack all the fixes into 11.2.5. My 2 cents!
Such fixes (like the one for the iMessage resprings) justifies a iOS 11.*.* update even without long testing and affect on other issues. Those are „easy“ to replicate and fix.
This iOS 11.2.5 beta testing is obliviously due to launching Apple Pay in new countries as there‘s a lot of background work to do. Especially, with almost no features shipping along iOS 11.2.5.
so 11.2.5 final should be pretty soon, possibly next week? if 11.3 beta is scheduled for early february
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No, I think we'll see 11.2.5 very early February, with the first beta of 11.3 short after it.
Tim Cook stated in an interview with ABC but who knows when it will actually out maybe after 11.2.5 public release
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Wow. Major auto correct happened with that post. Let’s try again:
No one ever said it was coming early Feb. that’s only speculation. All we know is sometime next month.
My guess though would be early February. HomePod launch announcement will perfectly fit during the earnings call - especially to silent the investors. So in CW 6 iOS 11.2.5 will come alongside the HomePod. In the past couple of years, Apple always had a beta testing Periode alongside a release of a final (mid-term) version.
IOS 11.2.5 seems to be in the polishing phase. Isn‘t it that betas has an expiry date? I can remember that they had it in the past.
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