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iOS 14 Compatible With iPhone 6s and 6s Plus and Later
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I'm happy i was wrong predicting iOS 14 wouldn't support 4" SE. I'll replace a battery in mine for the 4th time and use it for another year
aaaaand iOS14 will last until Sept/Oct 2021 for that iPhone 6S, which gives it a 6 year latest iOS support track .. and who knows, could be getting iOS15.
Second best news of the day!
In Nov 2014, and again in 2015, I bought the Air 2. I handed them down to my kids 3-4 years ago, and they get A LOT of use. So to have them running strong with updates for another year is really great. That means I’m getting basically 7 years of modern OS support since I first got the model.
In Nov 2014, and again in 2015, I bought the Air 2. I handed them down to my kids 3-4 years ago, and they get A LOT of use. So to have them running strong with updates for another year is really great. That means I’m getting basically 7 years of modern OS support since I first got the model.
Apple‘s greatest tablet survives another iOS Update! The 1GB of RAM is what held the old devices back. I predict iOS 14 will be the last version the Air 2 gets.
The Air 2 will be 6 years old when iOS 14 launches. Meaning, a full 7 years of support!
There's nothing stopping android apps from getting updates or new features. It is only apple devices (mostly MacOS devices) that need the newest OS version to get app updates.
Amazing. All this stuff and they do this too. Nice Apple, really nice.
And that triple core CPU. It was a couple of generations after that before Apple got back to more than 2 cores on iPad's if memory serves - I always figured this was why it was such a beast. (had one too)
And that triple core CPU. It was a couple of generations after that before Apple got back to more than 2 cores on iPad's if memory serves - I always figured this was why it was such a beast. (had one too)
Wow! I had not even thought about that! Apple products are more expensive to buy, that's for sure, but you get SO much value out of it! A 6 year old iPad running the same safe and secure version of the OS as a brand new one. Privacy and security online are now more important than ever before.
My mom's Samsung tablet is about as old as my iPad and hers doesn't even get security updates anymore. Don't even think about OS upgrades.
iPhone 6s. It was berated as a minor update at launch because it looked the same. With the additional cpu and graphics performance, and double the ram, it was predictable that it would live a much better life. I had both 6 and 6s and am happily still using the latter.
For me, I’m still planning on upgrading to the new iPhone (maybe Pro) on day one whenever that is. The 6S Plus has served me well but I really would like a vastly better camera.
We’ll see how iOS 14 performs on the 6S line.
I’m hoping Apple will find a way not to display unwanted photos on my home screen when I’m showing my phone to friends and family
Why, so the Apple Watch can perform even worse with SE and 6s on iOS 14 than it does now on iOS 13?
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The 5s got 6 years of software updates (iOS 7-12), and the 6s will also be getting at least 6 years of software updates (iOS 9-14). With the A10 (which is the chip in the iPhone 7) still being sold in many devices I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the iPhone 7 getting at least 6 years of support (and possibly 7 years even).
Seems like there's an option to hide photos already.
Because reading comprehension is key. What part of cross platform don't you understand?
Then you look at the Mac side and see release after release, Macs being dropped arbitrarily.
MacbookPro's 2012 and up and are still running Catalina, that's (at least) 8 years of support.