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Apple To Unveil iOS 6 At WWDC 2012

Posted by Soulskill on from the system-requirements:-one-button dept.

redletterdave writes "At next week's WWDC 2012 in San Francisco, Apple is expected to unveil new laptops, desktops, accessories, and software features for its Mac OS X platform. But on Friday afternoon, several pictures surfaced on Twitter showing banners released around Moscone West in San Francisco, saying 'iOS 6: The world's most advanced mobile operating system.'"

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  1. Re:How much? by Cinder6 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, people will hate that $0 upgrade fee.

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  2. Re:I know it's pointless by scot4875 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    GP said "I've used both".

    I've also used both. There are nice things about iOS. It's definitely prettier (though ICS is damn slick) and slightly 'smoother'. For features that matter, though -- such as being able to use my own hardware the way I want to -- Android wins hands down.

    --Jeremy

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  3. Some older iPhone designs are "free" by perpenso · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Can anyone zoom in enough to spot the price sticker? I reckon the charge to upgrade for existing users isn't going to go down too well...

    The price sticker will probably say "Free".

    Probably right, that is unless the upgrade is unavailable for your device (i.e. older iPhones), or breaks it. Under those circumstances, I contend the upgrade price will be the price of whatever phone Apple is pimping at the time of iOS 6's release.

    Today Apple is offering an iPhone 3GS 8GB for "free" (with an AT&T plan) and it runs the more recent version of iOS. There will probably be a similar plan for iOS 6.

    Personally I wouldn't be surprised if iOS 6 supports the 3GS. The 3GS is basically using the same CPU and GPU architectures as the more modern phones, unlike the discontinued 3G. So unless they want to go pure Retina display there isn't much reason to pass on the 3GS. Now if Apple does go the pure Retina display route then as an iPhone 5 is released the original 4 will probably become the "free" phone and offer iOS 6.

  4. Re:I know it's pointless by leenks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have owned both (and used a number of ICS devices) and feel far more comfortable in iOS. Maybe that is familiarity, but most of it is fluidity. I have to use crappy Windows and Linux environments all day. Something that feels more fluid, consistent, and integrated is most welcome when I finish work and am reunited with my mobile devices.