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Ey man, I’m just looking out for my fellow speculators lol
So Beta 6 was last Wednesday. Is this a reason to wait a full week before RC and event announcement? As in tomorrow? I just can't see 420 being the day, and 27th is too close to earnings. But the iMac doesn't seem ready for an event.
A 200+ page thread, dedicated to guessing when the next beta of iOS will come out. For real.
Its a heckuva lot better than 500 page beta threads with random speculation thrown in.
proof? Really it’s common sense last beta like 6 will need a full week of testing. It’s stable really stable and now it’s time to make final adjustments and get RC out next week and after rc1 comes RC2 and than final. Especially when you break it down by weeks and what Tim Cook said at the end of month we will have 14.5
Beta 6 will have been out for 1 week tomorrow. Tim Cook said "it's just a few weeks now" on the 27th, 10 days ago. Is it always RC1 and RC2 or sometimes just one RC copy?
Edit: A little research shows 1 to 3 release candidates in the past. If beta 6 is great, then RC1 may be enough.
An RC is just that, a "Release Candidate" meaning it is potentially a candidate ready for release baring any last minute changes or issues. A second or third RC is not necessarily ever needed.
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Of course it is, since presumably none of us are really privy to Apple's plans and cannot provide proof of statements regarding such plans, including whether Apple is "testing all week".
Looks like another week and no apple event announcement.
Why do people seem to think they will skip the RC and go straight to public release? Madness.
There being more than 1 RC is more the unusual thing, and has been more prevalent lately, it won’t be the norm, I would say. When it was called GM, there being more than 1 was not the norm (not that it never happened, just it didn’t happen often).
I reckon we see RC tomorrow or Thursday (cos of Easter).
with an event being just a pre-recorded video, they don’t need to give as much notice for it, they could just give 3 days notice if they want. Though, I’d say more likely a weeks notice. I reckon we will see the new iPads in peoples hands by end of April.
There being more than 1 RC is more the unusual thing, and has been more prevalent lately, it won’t be the norm, I would say. When it was called GM, there being more than 1 was not the norm (not that it never happened, just it didn’t happen often).
I reckon we see RC tomorrow or Thursday (cos of Easter).
with an event being just a pre-recorded video, they don’t need to give as much notice for it, they could just give 3 days notice if they want. Though, I’d say more likely a weeks notice. I reckon we will see the new iPads in peoples hands by end of April.
They could just skip releasing the RC to the public and go straight to public release. As you just said there could be a event for new iPads. And when are those iPads made? And what they are running? So I think apple has already finalized the 14.5 update internally as of now.
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I have a feeling we might receive a new announcement this week.
RC - possibly tomorrow???
MY fingers are crossed guys.
RC - possibly tomorrow???
MY fingers are crossed guys.
How did this go in the past? Did the final release, perhaps 1wk after a RC release, happen anytime before the event?
IMO RC today, with an invite, then final release the day of the event to show off all the new features. That is unless their worried RC1 won't be enough.
IMO RC today, with an invite, then final release the day of the event to show off all the new features. That is unless their worried RC1 won't be enough.
By definition, they should always think the first released RC is enough. If they did not think it were enough, then it really wouldn’t be a Release Candidate, would it?