iOS 19 Rumored to Be Compatible With These iPhones

[E.Lizardo]

13 and below are really bad for night shot

I don’t understand why ppl still have those devices

I don't have a spare $1,000+ lying around to replace a phone that perfectly meets my needs just for "better" night shots, which I never take. I'm just thankful I paid for my 11 pro max before I ended up having to survive on disability.

 

[pubwvj]

In honor of saving the planet, reducing reader and using older hardware as a low cost entry point it makes sense for Apple to maximize its backward compatibility. Phones where the hardware can not support newer features logically simply do not get them.

 

[No5tromo]

iOS 18 is already terrible on iPhone 12

 

[Homme]

iPhone 4s running iOS 9 wants to talk to you...

Regarding Luke Miani's video of iPhone XS running iOS 12.x with 100% battery health vs iPhone XS running iOS 17.x with 80 to 90% battery health, even if both are on 100% battery health, the one running iOS 17.x would still be slower...

Don’t forget 3G on iOS 4. It was so bad that Support ended halfway throught iOS 4’s lifecycle. This was the only iPhone to be slower than the iPod Touch released on that same year

 

[fiatlux]

Easy: Many people don’t do night shots to any relevant degree.

Personally, I’d still be perfectly fine with the 6S/SE1 camera.

Actually, i prefer my iPhone XS daylight shots to my wife’s iPhone 13’s. I finder that newer iPhones push the saturation and HDR effect a touch too far. I also happen to prefer the 2x lens to the ultra wide.

 

[fiatlux]

iOS 18 is already terrible on iPhone 12

I actually find it entirely ok on my old Xs…

 

[sdfox7]

don't see the reason they continue with those older model iPhones support when they will be hardly getting new features just pull the plug

They did that to iPhone 6 and that’s why we had iOS 12 support for nearly 6 years. Even now, many apps still actively support that operating system.

Ditto iPhone 6s and iPhone 7, iOS 15 is still actively supported by many apps since Apple made that the final operating system for those very popular phones.

Cutting off older devices just extends the lifetime of the final operating system, as well as creates fragmentation. Apple would rather release the newer operating systems for older devices when possible, than having to support five different operating system versions concurrently.

 

[Homme]

Ditto iPhone 6s and iPhone 7, iOS 15 is still actively supported by many apps since Apple made that the final operating system for those very popular phones.

Cutting off older devices just extends the lifetime of the final operating system, as well as creates fragmentation. Apple would rather release the newer operating systems for older devices when possible, than having to support five different operating system versions concurrently.

Ah but you forgot that app support for iPhone 8/X will be on the long term on the same level as 6S/7. Yes they got to iOS 16 but considering it is a years difference and 3 years between the X and the XR/XS ( if they get iOS 19) it may be possible. Netflix is the greatest example ( thank god it’s not of most importance compared to specific apps needed by humans) but During most of iOS/iPadOS 17’s cycle they randomly cut off support for iOS 16/iPadOS 16 that early…. And if again iPadOS 19 only drops 7th Gen iPad app developers will group that and the other A10 iPads in a similar pattern despite a newerOS ( but it’s funny that even the A10 2GB/3GB iPad ones support the latest netflix while A11 Bionic can’t lol

Proving the Preakness that is A12