Yes now that aspect has settled in one just has to wait until Jan 6th. People really need time off to be with family this time of year.
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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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A lot of the sites used the Mac Rumors article 18.2.1 coming soon article as a basis of it arriving shortly. A example of being ridiculous in guesses.
Forbes
You can see absolutely no insight to Apple Employees off for the two weeks, treating them like a company that doesn't offer hardly any vacation days. I guess it's because some confuse the retail sector of Apple with Apple Office workers.
A lot of the sites used the Mac Rumors article 18.2.1 coming soon article as a basis of it arriving shortly. A example of being ridiculous in guesses.
Forbes
You can see absolutely no insight to Apple Employees off for the two weeks, treating them like a company that doesn't offer hardly any vacation days. I guess it's because some confuse the retail sector of Apple with Apple Office workers.
Here’s the bottom line: If this is a critical update (e.g., a zero day patch), it doesn’t matter who’s on vacation, it’ll get pushed. If it’s not critical and just a bug tweak then, no, it likely won’t show until after January 1st.
This is the same way any provider of critical services and first responders work.
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Releases close to Christmas or New Years. From wikipedia
18.2 Dec 11th
17.2.1 Dec 19th
16.2 Dec 12th
15.2 Dec 13th
14.3 Dec 14th
12.1.2 Dec 17th, rereleased Dec 20th
11.2 Dec 2nd, 11.2.1 Dec 13th, 11.2.2 Jan 8th
10.2 Dec 12th
9.2 Dec 8th
8.1.2 Dec 9th
iOS 7 nothing for Dec
You can look at the possibility of anything occurring this time of the year and the chances are almost nil. There is a big gap of anything being release in the next two weeks looking back 10 years.
Sure if there was a zero day solution ready to deploy, but Apple doesn't do that immediately, it usually got to be thoroughly vetted. Most discovery come from 3rd parties and then its looked at across all OS's as applicable.
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If there’s anything iOS 18 taught us it’s that the roles from the past don’t apply anymore. There’d been so many firsts which never happened with prior releases so I’d be cautious making any sort of bold predictions with this one.
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This is the normal quiet time for software activity from Apple. IOS 18 has moved past it separating AI capable iPhones vs non AI capable iPhones. (18.0/18.1 -> 18.2 unified). Aside from Mondays beta seeding everything appears normal now. 🎄🎅
For what it’s worth
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Found that interesting that is almost 0% anyone will gift a iPhone for Christmas. If you get one consider you lead a charmed life with an extraordinary family. 🎅🤶
Santa tracker this year is powered by AirTags. I know the man, who knows the woman that knows the elf that put them on his slay.
Pretty confident that 18.2.1 will drop today.
I'd like to have your confidence.
Is it a Christmas miracle? Beta 2 as a gift from Tim?
not sure if joking but Apple confirmed they are out of office until Jan 2nd. That is probably the earliest we see it
Im thinking Monday or Tuesday for 18.2.1 but would be nice today
Unlikely today unless it’s a zero day fix.
But like all large companies, some employees are always working.
Sure there is that far out possibility, but the last 10 years of iOS history its never happened during the last two weeks of the year (Christmas/New Years).