iOS 18 Rumored to Be Compatible With These iPhone Models

[JapanApple]

Surprising to see those bottom models still support it.

 

[tsukeyomi]

The iPhone Xʀ on iOS 12 is one of the best performing iPhones ever, with an outstanding 16-hour SOT with light use. Not close to the 13 Pro Max on iOS 15, but a two-day phone for many users. It’s sad to see its state on iOS 17. Further degradation, here we go!

Mine will obviously remain on iOS 12.

I'd be truly very curious to see the difference of an iPhone XR running iOS 12 vs one running iOS 17 and, better yet, iOS 18 when it comes out. Some objective side by side comparison would be lovely to see!

 

[FeliApple]

I'd be truly very curious to see the difference of an iPhone XR running iOS 12 vs one running iOS 17 and, better yet, iOS 18 when it comes out. Some objective side by side comparison would be lovely to see!

The true issue nowadays is battery life. There’s probably a noticeably significant performance difference, but it’s totally usable. Battery life is mediocre at best when updated.


What I said notwithstanding, there are still very annoying issues that happen, like keyboard lag. I have zero keyboard lag on iOS 12, users are tired of it on iOS 17. Those issues accumulate, and users rightfully complain, not least because they cannot go back to iOS 12. Mine is happily - and flawlessly - running iOS 12.

 

[leonremi]

Pretty much as expected, but how much of a leg up is an iPhone 16 Pro going to have over a measly XS for AI applications? It doesn't seem likely for the processing to happen on device.

So little power needed to land on the moon.
So much power to be able to spew out an endless stream of bulls*it.

 

[Atog]

So little power needed to land on the moon.
So much power to be able to spew out an endless stream of bulls*it.

If you don't count Saturn V ofc.

 

[Aoligei]

They dropped the X and 8 last year, I don't trust this list tbh.

Only reason they'd possibly support the XS and XR will be because of Google and Samsung now doing 7 years of support.

I dread to see how bad the XR will run on iOS 18 and what actual features it'll get.

Only thing I care about is RCS messaging and I don’t care about any AI features. If iPhone XS gets supports for RCS, then I am golden with iPhone XS as my work phone.

 

[EugW]

Only thing I care about is RCS messaging and I don’t care about any AI features. If iPhone XS gets supports for RCS, then I am golden with iPhone XS as my work phone.

Yup. My kid is using our old XR. RCS support for group chats is literally the only thing I’m looking for with iOS 18. Well that, and bug fixes.

As far as performance is concerned, I think it is very good on iOS 17. Speed-wise I would have no major issue with the XR, even as my primary driver, aside from occasional lags with app switching. (I suspect that is memory related, not SoC related.) My main complaint with the XR is with the camera quality. In fact, that is the main reason I will be upgrading this year from my 12 Pro Max. This thing is very fast on iOS 17, but the camera setup is falling behind.