Ι was thinking the same.BUT maybe until iOS 6 is officially released to all the users in October Apple will stop selling it:|Yes, but they still sell it, so I am not so sure that argument is very solid. As I see it, the only reason to deny the 3GS iOS 6 support are hardware restrictions, the 256MB RAM specifically. If that turns out not to be a concern, I expect Apple to actually make iOS 6 available for the 3GS. If only to show the competition how supporting your products is done.
There's a cycle Apple has implemented, and they've stuck to it. I would bet money that the iPhone 3GS will be stuck at iOS 5 forever and always.
I see you are from Melbourne, Australia. One of my favorite places, very beautiful. Could you give any details about the 3GS sales of Australia?
As far as my description of the phone as GSM, yes, overly descriptive. You have me there.I hope I have clarified statements better now.
Thank you for your comments.
This is a really hard call actually.
Both the iPhone 3G(s) and iPhone 4 have the exact same processor and graphical chipset. The only difference is that the 4's hardware got a Mhz boost to help power the Retina display. eDRAM on the 3G(s) is 256MB, though, while the iPhone 4 has 512MB. If that were the only determining factor the original iPad and iPod Touch 4th('10-'11 models) would also not be getting iOS 6.
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The iPhone 3G(s) and iPhone 4 shared the same Cortex-A8 processor.
No, the same thing was said for the iphone 3G.
And they dropped support for it with 5.0
And this year they will drop support for the 3GS and next year stop support for the iphone 4 with ios 7.0 etc....
They dropped support for the iPhone 3G at 4.2.1.
That's what I was saying. Dropped support for the 3G at 4.2.1 , for the 2G at 3.1.3 and most likely for the 3GS at 5.1.1
Logically I don't see the 3GS getting ios 6.0
The only technical reason for them not to support it would be the fact that it only has 256 MB of RAM and the fact that it doesn't have a retina display, causing them to need to create two versions of all their UI elements. Other than that, I don't see any factors such as the subsidized cost being an issue, since you're really paying $350 for the phone over the term of your contract.
I thought somewhere in Apple's corporate documents that they have to declare to FTC, SEC, FCC or some other government entity (I cannot remember which) that Apple stated they intend to provide system support each model typically for 2 years. It sounds to me like this means the 3GS won't get iOS 6.
Not to be that guy, but you said 5.0![]()
Yes, I meant with 5.0 they dropped support for the iPhone 3G.
Meaning they didn't support it on 5.0 or higher firmware versions.
Probably a little confusing![]()
It had long been unsupported by iOS 5.
iOS 4.3 dropped support for the iPhone 3G/iPod Touch 2G. So the last available update for the iPhone 3G was almost a year old by the time 5.0 was released to the public. You can't forgot about the good 'ol 4.3.X days now.![]()
Good news for you. For everyone else it will mean that iOS6 doesn't have enough new stuff in it to warrant the more powerful phones.looks like 3Gs will be getting iOS 6! and this is KICK ASS!
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/1...5316k-and-safari-6-developer-preview-at-wwdc/
looks like 3Gs will be getting iOS 6! and this is KICK ASS!
You can thank 9 to 5 Mac with this "photoshop" pictureNice Photoshop.![]()
Good news for you. For everyone else it will mean that iOS6 doesn't have enough new stuff in it to warrant the more powerful phones.![]()
And as good a reason to jailbreak as any - if iOS6 runs terribly on the 3Gs, we jailbreakers can downgrade back to 5.1.1 (or 4.x or whatever).
As you can see all the 256MB devices have more or less the same specs. So if Apple is going to support one of them then it is just logical that Apple also has to support the others.
EDIT: Looks like the 3GS is getting iOS 6.0. This means that Apple is probably extending iOS support on iPhones to 4 versions instead of 3! That means my 4S is going to last me a full year longer!
looks like 3Gs will be getting iOS 6! and this is KICK ASS!
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/1...5316k-and-safari-6-developer-preview-at-wwdc/
question is how many people logged on to their developer account to check after seeing the image lol