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The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15

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Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15

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Post by tokamak-teapot »

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #32
pansa2 wrote: post #10

While Apple are still supporting six-year-old iPhones, it's disappointing that they're dropping support for six-year-old Macs.

Especially when some software vendors drop support of previous versions of macOS. Recently Sketch axed support for macOS Mojave, which was released less than three years ago ! And it is a real problem because a lot of fine functioning computers can't be officially upgraded to newer versions of macOS, rendering them essentially useless.

Why do they need to be updated to newer versions? I don’t see what makes computers useless if they aren’t on the latest major release of the OS.

I’m running a 2008 MacBook which works just fine for its purpose (digital audio) and isn’t on the latest OS.

They’re still releasing security updates for High Sierra, which supports hardware back to 2009/10.

Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15

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Post by rootusrootus »

iSnow wrote: post #30
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #21

Highlights a much better policy than Google with respect to their Pixel phones. Pixel 2 was released at the end of 2017 and stopped getting updates at the end of 2020. I was kinda pissed, as I really felt no other compelling reason to get a later model phone. I might get a Pixel 6 when it's released later this year because 5G network availability is starting to become a real thing, but at this point I feel like only…

Same for Sony. Got like 2.5y support and that's it, not even regular security updates. I am thinking about switching to iPhones. I just hope the anti-trust case forces Apple to allow other App stores or side-loading. That and the back button is what keeps me on Android, and I am sure I could accustomed to whatever gesture means "back" on iOS.

> whatever gesture means "back" on IOS

Swipe right from the left edge of the screen.

Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15

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Post by moh_maya »

ajfjrbfbf wrote: post #9
solidangle wrote: post #4

This is why I bought an iPhone 12. I had a Samsung Galaxy S8 before it and I was perfectly happy with it, except for the fact that it had reached the end of its scheduled security updates. The battery life was still good enough for my light usage, it still ran my apps without a hitch, and the OLED screen still looked great, but it had not received a proper software update in over a year and it had just received its f…

Why not just unlock the bootloader and install a custom ROM? As you describe it your phone still worked perfectly fine.

Bank apps don’t work. Some enterprise security apps don’t work. Rooting is a pain, and custom boot loaders require investment of mental bandwidth that I’d much rather dedicate elsewhere. Which isn’t to say I don’t see the value of it; a couple of years ago, used to play with them. But priorities have changed, and I just want a phone that works.

Switched to iPhone after being on android all this time (with a brief dalliance with Microsoft phone on the lumia 910, which I think is still one of the best smartphone UIs) for the same reason as parent.

Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15

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Post by charlus »

tokamak-teapot wrote: post #36
pansa2 wrote: post #10

While Apple are still supporting six-year-old iPhones, it's disappointing that they're dropping support for six-year-old Macs.

MacOS Monterey seems to support their hardware back to early 2015 / late 2014, according to Wikipedia. Which Macs that are six years old are being dropped?

MacBook 12 inch 2015 is no longer supported. Disappointing, it would probably run fine on mine.

Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15

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Post by dehrmann »

I wonder if anything about the hardware (really, the CPU) makes it easier to get modern iOS to run on it. Over in PC land, everything since the Pentium Pro has been modern enough that mainstream Linux distros support it out-of-the-box. That's 25 years of support. Supposedly FreeBSD still has 486 support.

Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15

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Post by kemayo »

charlus wrote: post #45
tokamak-teapot wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MacOS Monterey seems to support their hardware back to early 2015 / late 2014, according to Wikipedia. Which Macs that are six years old are being dropped?

MacBook 12 inch 2015 is no longer supported. Disappointing, it would probably run fine on mine.

I see their logic -- that was a famously underpowered computer (but delightfully compact). The same-year MacBook Air[1] blows its specs away, for instance.

[1]: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP714?locale=en_US

Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15

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Post by jdmoreira »

incanus77 wrote: post #35

My first-gen SE (same age as the 6S) is also supported and doing just fine. Second screen, third battery, works great for everything except spending extended idle entertainment time on it, which is why I still use it.

Do you use airpods with it? Curious about how that experience would be

Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15

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Post by elzbardico »

ajfjrbfbf wrote: post #9
solidangle wrote: post #4

This is why I bought an iPhone 12. I had a Samsung Galaxy S8 before it and I was perfectly happy with it, except for the fact that it had reached the end of its scheduled security updates. The battery life was still good enough for my light usage, it still ran my apps without a hitch, and the OLED screen still looked great, but it had not received a proper software update in over a year and it had just received its f…

Why not just unlock the bootloader and install a custom ROM? As you describe it your phone still worked perfectly fine.

I was an android early adopter, had my share of custom roms and their attendant issues with drivers. Enough to me. I admire those projects, but no, thanks, I have better things to do with my time.
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