iOS 5 Update

iOS 5.1 Likely Coming on March 9th

Posted in iOS, iPad, News on 08/02/2012 by J. Glenn Künzler

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Many Apple users have been anxiously awaiting iOS 5.1 for some time now after iOS 5.0.1 failed to address battery drain issues affecting many iPhone owners. New clues have now been found suggesting that iOS 5.1 could arrive on March 9th.

YourDailyMac reports:

We today discovered that Apple published eleven new profiles for various iPhone-operators. These files are compatible with iOS 5.1 and are set for release on March 9. This could indicate that iOS 5.1 will be released around that date, is will be available for the following devices; iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 3G/4G, iPad, and iPad 2.

The profiles are meant for use by operators in Japan, France, Greece, Finland, and Sweden, although Apple typically releases firmware updates to all regions on the same day.

With many expecting the iPad 3 to be announced in March, it’s possible that the two events are related. Apple often releases firmware updates on or around the release dates of new products.

  • HM

    I still don’t get how there can be an iOS 5 when there is no IPHONE 5.

    • http://www.facebook.com/gilesbrett Brett Giles

      Well, that is a simple but slightly complex answer: Apple does not necessarily release a new iPhone or a new iOS every year, they half took a year off last year as far as iPhone (we got 4S but not 5) but they have consistently pushed out a new version of the iOS every summer. Now that there are so many different devices that use iOS, iPhone and iOS development are virtually independent.

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Glenn is Managing Editor at MacTrast, and has been using a Mac since he bought his first MacBook Pro in 2006. Now he's up to his neck in Apple, and owns an old iBook, a 2011 MacBook Pro, a MacBook Air, a third-generation iPad, 2 iPhones, and a Mac Mini that lives at the neighbor's house. He lives in a small town in Utah, enjoys bacon more than you can possibly imagine, and is severely addicted to pie.