Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience

On 2024-05-12 06:50, badgolferman wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

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-- Does Android provide ALL security updates for every major version of
software release?

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No. That would be a huge amount of effort as there have been 14 major
versions. Probably the most 2-3 recent are supported.
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-- Is there a reason not to upgrade to the newest major version of iOS
within a few weeks of release?

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Nope.
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-- How old must an iPhone be before it can support the newest iOS major
version release?

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Not sure what you mean here, but iOS 15, 16 and 17 have received several
updates this year. IOS 15 supports back to the iphone 6 which is nearly
nine years old.
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 According to the articles Arlen provided, Apple admits to only fully
supporting the current software version (17) with security updates. How are
you claiming 15,16, 17 are supported?
 

But how old does an iPhone or iPad have to be before it can no longer get the latest OS?
iOS 17 supports iPhones as far back as the iPhone XR released in October 2018, and the iPad is no different.
Assuming iOS 18 is released on the usual schedule, Apple devices fully 6 years old will finally stop being supported.