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This new page

iOS 8 doesn't even exist yet! I think we should only add a new page for iOS 8 when it has actually been announced at WWDC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.20.5 (talk) 08:48, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We have sufficient evidence that iOS 8 will be announced at WWDC. Including a banner which has a number 8 on it which very likely indicates an official assistance of iOS 8. Justinhu12 (talk) 01:13, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's been announced. Now it's time to clean up the page, removing speculation about things that weren't announced and providing citations for thing that were. Guy Harris (talk) 18:52, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the speculation box. CatanOverlord (talk) 18:55, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Release Date

Surely the release date can't be spring 2014 for the southern hemisphere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danskal (talk • contribs) 22:16, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why not? Guy Harris (talk) 22:22, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is the convention on this? Using seasons seems a bit silly considering a significant part of the world's population is in the southern hemisphere. I know it's a US convention, e.g. Fall 2014, but wouldn't it be better to say "4th Quarter 2014" or similar? 80.43.92.122 (talk) 10:39, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No support for iPhone 4?

I guess it's time for that long awaited upgrade for many users who are still on 4. Also, I saw an article that many people will be forced to upgrade their iPhone since iOS 8 no longer supports it. Giggett (talk) 23:15, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What's your point? MrCellular (talk) 23:45, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion?!?!

I'm not familiar with articles around Apple products, but I just checked on the Windows 8 article, and it doesn't have nearly the level of detail about product specs that this one does. That laundry list looks like both advertising/promotion for Apple, and a free specialized service to Apple users not in line w/ Wikipedia's information mission 'for the masses.' I propose killing that box, and letting some knowledgeable person replace it with a summary of the new system's features. Regards Tapered (talk) 04:06, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How about you get the Windows 8 page to the same level instead of whining aroound? MrCellular (talk) 08:33, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you, Tapered, the list of new functions just seems like an advert. Some sections are not even written from a neutral point of view. Also rating this article about some mobile operating system that is not even released as High-importance on the project's importance scale is way over the top IMHO. –Frankly, my dear... _{I do give a damn!} 18:54, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think we should remove information that has already been announced by Apple? We have an article about iOS 8, obviously we're going to include what we know. If it bothers you, I suggest making contributions to the Windows 8 article like MrCellular suggested. If the consensus was that the article was written like an advertisement, we could put an advert template at the top of the article, but I don't feel like there's enough consensus. Absolution3241 (talk) 10:47, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Messages will be automatically deleted?

This is the last sentence of the lede: "Voice and video messages will be automatically deleted unless the user saves them for future reference." Is there a source for this that anyone is aware of? -- BCorr|Брайен 00:30, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]