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Hopefully these beta builds will be ineligible to write AppStore reviews or leave ratings, especially if this is ever extended to iOS. It was quite sad (and no

Hopefully these beta builds will be ineligible to write AppStore reviews or leave ratings, especially if this is ever extended to iOS. It was quite sad (and no doubt frustrating for developers) to see apps rated 1 star because "GARBAGE! DOESN'T WORK IN IOS7!!!!1" before iOS was even GM.

chc 13y ago
Yeah, this makes me so happy that I am not in the App Store right now. But for the same reason, I have to assume that this will only be relatively late-stage betas — encouraging ordinary schmoes to install known-unstable versions of your OS is a recipe for bad PR no matter how many caveats you throw at them.
- filmgirlcw 13y ago
  that's what I'm assuming but Apple PR hasn't responded with clarification. Pre-release doesn't have the same stigma as some of the builds, so that's encouraging. I'd assume it's not just for bug testing but also user-feedback on specific features/functions/usability issues. For instance, the 4K scaling in 10.9.3.
tbrock 13y ago
I'd rather have that problem than one that requires you go backwards: "I can't believe x app doesn't run on <ancient android version>"
- jeffgreco 13y ago
  Seeing increasingly large #'s of comments like that in the App Store from 4 and 4S owners.
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  - hrktb 13y ago
    4 and 4S can decently run the latest OS version. The 3G and 3GS were really bad in this respect, but all devices supported now are pretty decent. There can be performance problems, but apart from real time games I don't think it's a widespread issue (users of these devices are already used to general slowness)
  - ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
    Do you really consider the iPhone 4/4S obsolete? To me this sounds like an unrealistic idea of real-world upgrade schedules. The iPhone 4S was released in October 2011. I would hope that a device of cost O($1000) would last more than 2.5 years.
  - girvo 13y ago
    Well Apple still sell the 4S. So, it's understandable.
  - eunice 13y ago
    huh, I have a 4S as my primary device and it runs 7 & eveyr app I have very, very well is this re: top end games or something?

chc 13y ago

Yeah, this makes me so happy that I am not in the App Store right now. But for the same reason, I have to assume that this will only be relatively late-stage betas — encouraging ordinary schmoes to install known-unstable versions of your OS is a recipe for bad PR no matter how many caveats you throw at them.

filmgirlcw 13y ago
that's what I'm assuming but Apple PR hasn't responded with clarification. Pre-release doesn't have the same stigma as some of the builds, so that's encouraging. I'd assume it's not just for bug testing but also user-feedback on specific features/functions/usability issues. For instance, the 4K scaling in 10.9.3.

tbrock 13y ago

I'd rather have that problem than one that requires you go backwards: "I can't believe x app doesn't run on <ancient android version>"

jeffgreco 13y ago
Seeing increasingly large #'s of comments like that in the App Store from 4 and 4S owners.
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- hrktb 13y ago
  4 and 4S can decently run the latest OS version. The 3G and 3GS were really bad in this respect, but all devices supported now are pretty decent. There can be performance problems, but apart from real time games I don't think it's a widespread issue (users of these devices are already used to general slowness)
- ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
  Do you really consider the iPhone 4/4S obsolete? To me this sounds like an unrealistic idea of real-world upgrade schedules. The iPhone 4S was released in October 2011. I would hope that a device of cost O($1000) would last more than 2.5 years.
- girvo 13y ago
  Well Apple still sell the 4S. So, it's understandable.
- eunice 13y ago
  huh, I have a 4S as my primary device and it runs 7 & eveyr app I have very, very well is this re: top end games or something?