iOS 5.1 before Christmas?

[MacBookPro13"]

Hopefully?

 

[chenks]

no chance

 

[maflynn]

Not likely, with support staff on holiday, I don't think they'll want to release any major updates that could cause people to call or need help from apple.

 

[MacBookPro13"]

Damn

 

[thewitt]

I would say not until January, after the holiday vacation season and the Christmas new device support rush are over.

 

[maflynn]

Has there been any recent beta's provided by apple to indicate they're getting close?

For instance apple has provided a number of OSX seeds lately this is indicative of an update coming down the pike at some point

 

[roadbloc]

Lolno. And even if there was a chance, is a x.1 update from Apple anything to get excited over? All they do is make it even harder to jailbreak and maybe fix a bug.

 

[rdowns]

Not a chance in hell. Can you imagine all the iPhones opened up for xmas and then needing a software update? Not the experience Apple strives for.

 

[MacBookPro13"]

Not a chance in hell. Can you imagine all the iPhones opened up for xmas and then needing a software update? Not the experience Apple strives for.

Pretty sure that most of them will require a software update to 5.0.1 anyway, I do understand the point though.

 

[Menel]

Tuesday after xmas maybe, or Tuesday after new years.

I echo the other sentiments, Apple will not want to release a major update right before big family gathers and all, etc, people on vacation, don't want to risk the .5-1% that might have an issue with the update... because even .5% of Apple's install base is HUGE.

 

[white4s]

what fixes/updates are in 5.1?

 

[ECUpirate44]

Good because the jailbreak for 5.0.1 is almost done

 

[Munchkinsdad]

Once the jb for 5.0.1 is ready, I'm sure 5.1 will be a breeze to jb

 

[mms13]

Lolno. And even if there was a chance, is a x.1 update from Apple anything to get excited over? All they do is make it even harder to jailbreak and maybe fix a bug.

I'm personally excited for 5.1 in hopes that they improve battery life some more. My 4S battery is awful.

 

[Charcoalwerks]

what fixes/updates are in 5.1?

I don't notice any difference on iPhone4. I think it's mainly a Siri update.

 

[Burton8219]

I would say not until January, after the holiday vacation season and the Christmas new device support rush are over.

Exactly... also they're only up to the second beta. I would expect at least a couple more betas before a public release. They seem to wait a week or so in between each beta so at least 2 weeks or more I would say.

 

[Dwalls90]

We thought we'd see it before Christmas, as it seems ready for primetime given the beta releases and whatnot, but it seems that they'll wait until early-mid January at this point.

 

[BlackTofu]

It seems impossible...

 

[cookiesnfooty]

I had the 5.1 beta 2 on my phone and not much different in features and battery life only difference I noticed was ability to remove photos from stream.

I removed it as for some reason GTAIII was going crazy with controls and handling was poor since then GTA controls real good

 

[mattburley7]

in all honesty i dont think we will see iOS 5.1 till a new device is released.. the iPad 3. kinda hard to pin point a release date for 5.1 when apple never gave a time table like they did for 4.0 and 4.1. im going with either January or February.

 

[Mosco]

in all honesty i dont think we will see iOS 5.1 till a new device is released.. the iPad 3. kinda hard to pin point a release date for 5.1 when apple never gave a time table like they did for 4.0 and 4.1. im going with either January or February.

Well they have already released 2 betas for it. I doubt the iPad 3 would be out until at least February, so i doubt they would release enough betas to warrant waiting another month and a half to release it.

 

[itsjustmeee]

Well they have already released 2 betas for it. I doubt the iPad 3 would be out until at least February, so i doubt they would release enough betas to warrant waiting another month and a half to release it.

I agree. And besides, 5.1 is hardly a selling point. It's a fix. My battery life sucks on my 4s. 5.1 coming out with the release of a new product hardly makes sense since it's not going to sway anyone into buying anything.

 

[Ashwood11]

Not likely!

 

[mattburley7]

still thinking this wont be released for awhile unless there is no beta 3.

 

[Burton8219]

still thinking this wont be released for awhile unless there is no beta 3.

Two big holidays just passed... Don't be too surprised if no work was done on a new beta during that time. I'd say we have a new beta within a week, but wouldn't be surprised if it was a little longer than that.