Re:“Google Is as Close to a Natural Monopoly as the Bell Sys...
by scarface74 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @07:16PM
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I never understood how 'SoC manufacture X doesn't release updates for that SoC' translates into 'we can't update/support this device anymore
Apple uses some third party chips but they haven't had that problem. Currently, iOS 10.3 supports the iPhone 5 - released in 2012. I suspect that iOS 11 when it comes out in September will keep support for all 64 bit iPhones. That would mean the iPhone 5s introduced in 2013 will be supported until September 2018.
Apple uses some third party chips but they haven't had that problem. Currently, iOS 10.3 supports the iPhone 5 - released in 2012. I suspect that iOS 11 when it comes out in September will keep support for all 64 bit iPhones. That would mean the iPhone 5s introduced in 2013 will be supported until September 2018.