Understand your frustration if you have one of the potentially affected devices.Stupid cowards. Drop support to fully functional working perfectly devices is nothing short than greedy pitiful treachery
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.
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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.![]()
Other than that's not what it is.however, this is too clear an egregious example of poorly grounded planned obsolescence to be honest
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
My wife has a 6s plus and it stalls 3 seconds before you do anything. Happens in most apps. Any ideas why?Still using 6S and no need to retire it, works perfectly. iOS 14 will be newest OS for almost year now and after that nothing dramatic happens in 1-2 years.
My iPad is running iOS 12 because support ended and works just fine. I don't know why I would need to upgrade it..
My VCR didn't own an also. It was its biggest regret.Good. Welcome people to the year 2020. Those same people can finally ditch their VCR’s also.
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.Stupid cowards. Drop support to fully functional working perfectly devices is nothing short than greedy pitiful treachery
That’s my wife’s experience regarding the unresponsiveness.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. 🤔
By supporting every bit of old tech and you just end up with a bloated, jack-of-all-trades mess of an OS.however, this is too clear an egregious example of poorly grounded planned obsolescence to be honest
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.you have to move on. Over 5 years of support for internet facing device is quite long already.
Except I'm still keeping the 6S anywayGood. Welcome people to the year 2020. Those same people can finally ditch their VCR’s also.
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.I'm assuming they'll drop support for the iPad mini 4, iPad Air 2, iPad (5th generation), and probably not the iPad Pro 12.9" (1st generation) nor the iPad Pro 9.7", since they did give the A8/A8X iPads one more year of support versus the iPhone 6.
Like Android, except somehow Android phones still go out of support after 1-2 years. Guess the manufacturers don't care about their reputations?By supporting every bit of old tech and you just end up with a bloated, jack-of-all-trades mess of an OS.