Darran
Well-known member
Carriers here in the US get the last betas of iOS that they have to "sign off" on before Apple releases...
Really? Are you sure about that? I've never heard of that so will take your word for it but I can't see how that would even be possible. It's normally a matter of days between the GM Beta release and the official public release and I can't imagine carriers being that quick to sign off never mind update and test against their carrier settings and network etc. I'm sure most will agree that it seems to take forever for most large companies to perform any tasks nowadays and even then needing to be chased for a response.
Here in the UK there's probably a dozen or so carriers and it just wouldn't be possible unless we waited months for all to test and sign off on. I'm sure there are some form of sign off on big development builds and the introduction of new devices but not for every iOS release.