Apple's iOS software was known for its reliability and convenience features until the release of iOS 7 in June 2014 in which many new features were stuffed; in consequence, the handsets performed poorly, causing performance drawbacks called "bugs". Last month, iOS 8 was released and it was no exception. Many problems with battery life, SMS, Wi-Fi, front-facing camera, installation, and e-mail were reported. In response to the continuous complaints, Apple released iOS 8.1 and ioS 8.2, but the problem still persists.
In response to that, as reported by 9to5Mac, Apple is offering a pre-launch iOS 8.3 software through the public beta program next month for a select 100,000 people who registered for beta testing. The beta testers represent various backgrounds.
This is the first time Apple has held such a beta program for iOS software, which is a good customer-focused initiative as Apple has been proven to fail to satisfy its customers. Apple might be inspired by the success of the Mac OS X's open beta testing; the Steve Jobs founded technology giant became pretty successful in its release of Mac OS X Yosemite software upon its level of customer satisfaction.
Apple had given a chance previously to the first one million users who had registered for the OS X's beta testing program. However in the case of iOS 8.3, the number of beta testers has been reduced significantly to maintain the product's exclusivity.
Hopefully, this can help resolve the bug issues in the iOS series. The beta testers' feedback will tell if there are bugs or which bugs need to be removed. The beta release is meant to improve the level of customer satisfaction by improving on the bug-affected features Apple may miss working on before the official release of iOS 8.3!
