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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [RUMOUR] Apple to change OS numbering system
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 22:41:22 -0000 (UTC)
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Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> On 2025-05-28 22:44:05 +0000, Your Name said:
> 
>> Rumouredly Apple is not going to call the next version of their 
>> operating systems iOS 19 and iPadOS 19, and instead will start 
>> referencing the year. Like some other sectors*, they will stupidly use 
>> the *next* year rather than the year it is released ... so get ready to 
>> (perhaps) expect iOS 26 and iPadsOS 26 to be announced at the 
>> Developers Conference.   :-\
>> 
>> * Car makers already use the same model date of the following year.
>> Magainze producers use a similar date of the following month / week.
>> 
>> 
>> Apple rumored to release iOS 26 at WWDC, instead of iOS 19
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> iOS 26 could be launched at WWDC instead of iOS 19iOS 26 could
>> be launched at WWDC instead of iOS 19.
>> 
>> Apple could make a big change to the way it numbers its
>> operating systems, with a year-based system renaming iOS 19 as
>> iOS 26, and macOS in the same way.
> <snip>
>> 
>> <https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/05/28/apple-rumored-to-release-ios-26-at-wwdc-instead-of-ios-19?utm_medium=rss>
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> Rather than pointlessly changing the OS numbering system, it would make 
> slightly more sense to change the device numbering system to be the 
> year of actual release so it was easy to know how old an iPhone, iPad, 
> etc. are (especially since the installed OS version changes).
> 
> 
> 

There’s nothing wrong with the current system. What they’re doing is
basically rebadging a Ford Ranger pickup truck and now calling it a Mazda
B-series.