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Rumor Claims iOS 15 to Drop Support for iPhone 6s and Original iPhone SE
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Sounds like I will not care and keep using my 6s. Works great and does everything I need. Should be good for a couple more years. 
Understand your frustration if you have one of the potentially affected devices.
Tim, is there more background to this rumour? For example, do these devices lack certain features that iOS15 will require? Or is it a business decision to limit the number of different iPhone configurations to be supported? Any link to being / becoming vintage / obsolete?
Good. Welcome people to the year 2020. Those same people can finally ditch their VCR’s also.
Apple will drop support for the iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus in next year's release of iOS 15, according to a rumor shared today by Israeli site The Verifier.
If the rumor is accurate, that would mean iOS 15 will be compatible with the following Apple devices:
The site said last year that iOS 14 would be the last version of iOS that the iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus would be compatible with, which wouldn't be a surprise as Apple often provides software updates for approximately four or five years after the release of a new device.
- 2021 iPhone series
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone SE (2020)
- iPod touch (7th generation)
The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus originally launched in September 2015, followed by the iPhone SE in March 2016.
The Verifier doesn't have the greatest track record when it comes to accurate leaks with both hits and misses, but it did accurately predict that iOS 14 would be compatible with all iPhones and iPod touch models able to run iOS 13.
There's no word on which iPads will be able to run iPadOS 15, but if iPadOS 15 is compatible with all iPads able to run iPadOS 14, it will work on the iPad Air 2, 3rd-gen iPad Air, iPad mini 4 and 5, 5th, 6th, and 7th-generation iPads, and all iPad Pro models.
Article Link: Rumor Claims iOS 15 to Drop Support for iPhone 6s and Original iPhone SE
How’s your VCR working for you still?Sounds like I will not care and keep using my 6s. Works great and does everything I need. Should be good for a couple more years.
While old iPhones running old versions of iOS and using old apps (except financial apps and eBay app) will work forever - Web browsers - all of them - will become more & more crippled as the years go by until they'll only work on a select few websites.
Based on how hellish iOS 9.3.5 is to use on the internet today, my guess is the 6S will experience "internet hell" in about 3-4 years from now running iOS 14.
Based on how hellish iOS 9.3.5 is to use on the internet today, my guess is the 6S will experience "internet hell" in about 3-4 years from now running iOS 14.
Other than that's not what it is.
Is it really a rumor or essentially just something that's more along the lines of an educated guess, which pretty much many have already made?
Apple will drop support for the iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus in next year's release of iOS 15, according to a rumor shared today by Israeli site The Verifier.
If the rumor is accurate, that would mean iOS 15 will be compatible with the following Apple devices:
The site said last year that iOS 14 would be the last version of iOS that the iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus would be compatible with, which wouldn't be a surprise as Apple often provides software updates for approximately four or five years after the release of a new device.
- 2021 iPhone series
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone SE (2020)
- iPod touch (7th generation)
The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus originally launched in September 2015, followed by the iPhone SE in March 2016.
The Verifier doesn't have the greatest track record when it comes to accurate leaks with both hits and misses, but it did accurately predict that iOS 14 would be compatible with all iPhones and iPod touch models able to run iOS 13.
There's no word on which iPads will be able to run iPadOS 15, but if iPadOS 15 is compatible with all iPads able to run iPadOS 14, it will work on the iPad Air 2, 3rd-gen iPad Air, iPad mini 4 and 5, 5th, 6th, and 7th-generation iPads, and all iPad Pro models.
Article Link: Rumor Claims iOS 15 to Drop Support for iPhone 6s and Original iPhone SE
just curious how are are you guys able to keep your 6s pluses until now?
My parents + in-laws had their 6s pluses on launch day and around a year ago, their phones were so slow, screen was almost unresponsive,and the lighting port was starting to wear out to the point were we decided to upgrade all 4 6s pluses in January 2020 to the IPhone 11.
Not sure what they we’re doing wrong. 🤔
My parents + in-laws had their 6s pluses on launch day and around a year ago, their phones were so slow, screen was almost unresponsive,and the lighting port was starting to wear out to the point were we decided to upgrade all 4 6s pluses in January 2020 to the IPhone 11.
Not sure what they we’re doing wrong. 🤔
My wife has a 6s plus and it stalls 3 seconds before you do anything. Happens in most apps. Any ideas why?
My VCR didn't own an also. It was its biggest regret.
If it is fully functional, it will continue to be so. Nothing cowardly about a business decision to stop coding and testing new software for devices that are over a half decade old. It is not Apple‘s responsibility to keep your old phone current with 2021 features.
That’s my wife’s experience regarding the unresponsiveness.
Say what you want but Apple supports their devices with useful and significant software updates for years, and years, and some more years... no one is even in the same universe.
I think this is totally fine. The SE and 6S work great on iOS 13, I wouldn't want to wait until they became unusable. And just because you don't have the latest iOS version doesn't mean you can't do anything. Most apps remain backwards compatible for several years, so you won't be missing out on anything. I really like my SE and I've had zero problems with it. I've never felt the need to upgrade since it runs everything smoothly.
I could see this going either way. They haven't completely dropped support for A8 devices yet and they've stuck to one chip generation per update-cutoff so far.
Also this is the same site that said iOS 13 would drop 6s and SE.
Also this is the same site that said iOS 13 would drop 6s and SE.
Hey people, let's mail Apple and tell them we would very much like to see another iOS for the 6s and original SE.
I'll be friendly and will argue with the environmental impact, and that it will make me only more excited to upgrade to a brand new sustainable device in late 2022.
Edit: just saw Apple made iOS 12 updates as recent as November 5th 2020. That is 7 years of software support for the 5s, wow! If they do similar for iOS 14, I'm totally happy!
I'll be friendly and will argue with the environmental impact, and that it will make me only more excited to upgrade to a brand new sustainable device in late 2022.
Edit: just saw Apple made iOS 12 updates as recent as November 5th 2020. That is 7 years of software support for the 5s, wow! If they do similar for iOS 14, I'm totally happy!
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By supporting every bit of old tech and you just end up with a bloated, jack-of-all-trades mess of an OS.
Tbh I was surprised to see iOS 14 still support the iPhone 6S. So it's no surprise that iOS 15 won't.
The 6S will still receive security updates until 2022. Then it is officially retired and starts to be a security concern.
The 6S will still receive security updates until 2022. Then it is officially retired and starts to be a security concern.
Still using my original SE and this thing is still smooth and fast on iOS 14. It could make it more years, no doubt, but Apple has to retire support for it sometime I guess. The only thing that sucks about this phone is the battery, but that’s because I’ve used it so much.
That and it'll still get security updates for 1-2 years after and work anyway for a while after. I hold onto my 6S but don't expect it to be supported forever.
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Not surprising. ML is playing an increasingly important part in Apple’s software and the 6s will just be too slow for that.
I’m surprised that they’re still supporting the 7 series - but perhaps it won’t get ML goodness.
iOS 14 will still be good for 2 or so years after the fall 21 for those left behind.
I’m surprised that they’re still supporting the 7 series - but perhaps it won’t get ML goodness.
iOS 14 will still be good for 2 or so years after the fall 21 for those left behind.
Yeah I'd bet that at a minimum iPad Air 2 (which is on it's 7th year of support now) and Mini 4 will be dropped as well. They actually received 2 extra years of software updates compared to the iPhone 6 (which was left on iOS 12), but it seems that has everything to do with the 2 GB of ram in the A8/A8x iPads versus 1 GB in the iPhone 6/+ and not the capabilities of the A8 itself. Apple may choose to clean house this time and make the minimum spec for iOS 15 the A10, but I guess we'll see.
Like Android, except somehow Android phones still go out of support after 1-2 years. Guess the manufacturers don't care about their reputations?