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Apple Seeds iOS 6.1 Beta 5 to Developers

In a relatively rare weekend release, Apple today pushed out the fifth beta of iOS 6.1 to developers. The release comes just two days before the fourth beta, which was seeded on December 17, is scheduled to expire.

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No public release timeframe for iOS 6.1 is known yet, but registered developers can download the latest beta via Apple's Developer page.

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Top Rated Comments

WeegieMac Avatar
180 months ago
Quite wrong. Almost every single GM build of iOS and OS X has been released to the public unchanged. Thats what GM is; the "golden master," or what every single retail disc would be pressed from in the old days of physical discs.
Oh please.

The GM is released on the Dev portal. I am more than aware what a GM is. I know it is the version, barring a major bug find, that the public get. The point is that the public get the public release, they never get the GM in name. While they are often one and the same, Devs get the file designated GM before it goes public.

Go "educate" someone else. My God.
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
180 months ago
why did they close the other thread? so we are forced to comment on MacRumor's post?
that's macrumors for you. a bunch of mods doing pointless things.

so a baseband change is the only thing apple can do in a month, truly innovative!
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
180 months ago
Quick question. Is that screenshot stolen? Lol
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Am3r1ca16 Avatar
180 months ago
What's even more interesting is that the beta was created on the 24th...

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OP I should at least get some credit for that Screenshot geez
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
avanpelt Avatar
180 months ago
I can't wait for 6.1 to be released and then 10 minutes later people take to the boards saying it's stale and boring and that they want iOS 7. It's almost like some people expect point updates to be major overhauls.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
180 months ago
Apple delaying releasing 6.1 because the jailbreak will be released immediately after.

Hurry up Apple, I want my 5 icon dock and SBSettings back!
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