Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR
by 0x0 on Sunday January 06, 2019 @07:39PM
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The fact that the 5s got iOS 12 is more of an exception than the rule. The 5 stopped at iOS 10, and the 4s stopped at iOS 9, so the general trend should have stopped the 5s at 11.
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Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR
by thisacctforreal on Sunday January 06, 2019 @09:57PM
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The 5s was the first 64-bit ARM CPU in a phone, I've got my fingers crossed it might recieve iOS 13.
Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR
by alistairSH on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:44AM
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Aren't Apple OS updates typically tied to actual hardware constraints (vs a x-year obsolescence cycle)? With the 5 and iOS10, Apple stopped supported 32-bit hardware, right? I don't recall a time where Apple just said "that phone is too old and slow" - it's always been "that phone doesn't have [hardware architecture X]".
Point being, the cycle isn't known. The iPhone 7 could be supported for many years. Or, hardware design could change in 2019 and even the XS and XR could be obsolete.
If that was true, the 3GS, 4 and 4S should also have gotten iOS 10.