iOS 18 Speculation Thread

[john991]

seems odd we would go from beta which was before thanksgiving break to public release next week and no RC?

Probably Apple feels latest beta is good enough. So bring on iOS 18.3 betas.

 

[iLuddite]

Ew—Apple is, like, totally giving me the ick 💁🤢

 

[JCCL]

I'm done with this company, you hear me? DONE!!!

 

[Orystal]

Probably Apple feels latest beta is good enough. So bring on iOS 18.3 betas.

If they think beta 4 is good I understand why the final versions are bad.

 

[Kal Madda]

That would be irresponsible. Is there any recorded instance of Apple ever skipping an RC and going straight from beta to public?

I believe I remember them doing that a couple times in the last couple years. It’s not necessarily “irresponsible” since the final public release usually adds bug fixes and other changes.

 

[2761216]

The last time they went this long on b4 was iOS 9.2.

 

[ttam110]

Random 4pm ET drop incoming

(pure speculation)

 

[2761216]

That would be irresponsible. Is there any recorded instance of Apple ever skipping an RC and going straight from beta to public?

They'd been in the business longer that either of us had been alive. They know what they're doing.

 

[gwhizkids]

Was hopeful we would see RC by now, but this probably tells the tale that this software has lots of issues still based on the delays we are seeing. Apple intelligence has been the worst deployment from Apple since Mobile Me.

I see you are privy to Apple’s internal release scheduling calendar since you know that the RC is delayed.

 

[dimon2242]

Beta 4 has a lot of visual glitches, so let’s hope it’s not final

What didn't stop previous releases)

 

[Anatolian]

18.2 rc exists only in our dreams.

 

[sbailey4]

That would be irresponsible. Is there any recorded instance of Apple ever skipping an RC and going straight from beta to public?

Yes mostly x.x.y updates but sometimes x.x as well. If i recall 15.7 and 16.7 are the most recent.

 

[Realityck]

From Tim Cook's Wired interview published today
Q: Some companies charge for AI-enhanced services. Did you consider that?

We never talked about charging for it. We view it sort of like multitouch, which enabled the smartphone revolution and the modern tablet.

Dec 4th Wired interview in full

 

[gtmead09]

It's viable to that they found something last min that made them change course to resolve an issue or patch a security situation.

 

[redbeard331]

Are we calling it??

 

[JFLECHUGA]

This afternoon I started charging all the devices until the batteries got fat and I was able to download the beta or RC that corresponded today, and Apple leaves me with the desire!!

 

[JFLECHUGA]

Are we calling it??

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Click NOOOOOOOW!!!!!

 

[JFLECHUGA]

Well, given what I've seen, change and close!!! Tomorrow we will wait again for it to be launched!!

 

[yeah]

They'd been in the business longer that either of us had been alive. They know what they're doing.

They bricked some M4 iPad Pros with iPad OS 18. I don’t think that counts as knowing what they are doing…

 

[iLuddite]

They bricked some M4 iPad Pros with iPad OS 18. I don’t think that counts as knowing what they are doing…

Yeah, yikes…and then how long did it take them to finally get it working again?

 

[FishyFish]

This is an absolute disgrace

 

[2761216]

They bricked some M4 iPad Pros with iPad OS 18. I don’t think that counts as knowing what they are doing…

Out of the millions of iPads and iPhones a few hundreds got bricked. It’s a complex software with millions and millions of LoC. They’re called software updates for a reason.
Always evolving, never perfect.

 

[Ament]

4pm ET drop incoming

 

[Pearsey]

Unless they've found a recent vulnerability so it's messing with the schedule, as I don't think b4 is fully baked for public consumption, it doesn't feel refined enough. its glitchy here and there and Mail seems like it still needs work. Ive had to add gmail 3 times to my phone to sort out syncing issues as a temp fix.

 

[Stiille]

Wondering what’s going on, and why they didn’t released anything by now…