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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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It would be nice, but my gut tells me no. I think just 18.0B7, and 18.1B3. Same AI as before just fixing bugs. Just doesn't seem like a big one today
Hmm don’t forget Apple is a few weeks ahead on the beta cycle.
They were testing beta 6 a few weeks ago internally. So it’s likely they have finished or near finished with iOS 18 betas…
That. Is. And. Ever. Was. Simply. Wrong!
I really don’t know where that „fact“ is coming from. That’s not how software development works and would be totally pointless.
Just look at the compile-dates of the kernel of a random beta build: it was compiled some DAYS before that build went live.
At some time, they branch off a build from the main development tree and define it as a beta seed. And that ist usually a few days before that build is released. Then this build is compiled - quality checked - recompiled if needed (and that are the small letter at the end of the build) and tested again. But that usually does not take more than a week.
So even internally, they are not „weeks ahead“ or have the completed builds of upcoming betas lying around and just let time pass.
Yes I never understood why it would work this way , every year it comes back ,what would be the point to let users test already old builds ?That. Is. And. Ever. Was. Simply. Wrong!
I really don’t know where that „fact“ is coming from. That’s not how software development works and would be totally pointless.
Just look at the compile-dates of the kernel of a random beta build: it was compiled some DAYS before that build went live.
At some time, they branch off a build from the main development tree and define it as a beta seed. And that ist usually a few days before that build is released. Then this build is compiled - quality checked - recompiled if needed (and that are the small letter at the end of the build) and tested again. But that usually does not take more than a week.
So even internally, they are not „weeks ahead“ or have the completed builds of upcoming betas lying around and just let time pass.
Out!
(Somewhere in an alternate universe)
(Somewhere in an alternate universe)
