Re: iOS 18 will be compatible with the same iPhone models as iOS 17

Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

Chris wrote on Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:58:58 -0000 (UTC) :
 

The iPhone XR was released in October of 2018, so when iOS is released
in September, that will be 6 years.

 
Also note that iOS 15 has received several security updates recently which
means iphones going back as far back as the 6s (launched in 2014) are still
getting some support.

 
Not one of you Apple zealots has any idea how operating systems update.
 
It's no longer shocking that you Apple religious zealots have no idea that
Google has been fully supporting over two dozen core Android modules since
Android 10, updating billions of Android phones, every month, for years.
 
<https://www.androidheadlines.com/2022/01/google-monthly-changelog-play-system-updates.html>

You clearly confuse operating systems with system software. They are not
the same. Simply updating a piece of software does not update the OS. Only
an idiot would misunderstand that.

 

Always remember Apple has the *worst* operating system support in the
industry, in that only a single release is fully supported, and even that,
only for five years (whereas Microsoft fully supports operating systems for
over fifteen years, and Google/Samsung are seven years & seven versions).

 
For only a handful of their phones, you mean.

 
Given the policy only came in in the last few months exactly zero phones
have been supported for more than four years by Samsung/Google. Whereas
Apple has a history of supporting phones for 5-6 years.

 
It's no longer shocking that

You ignore uncomfortable facts.