While Apple are still supporting six-year-old iPhones, it's disappointing that they're dropping support for six-year-old Macs.
There will still be security releases AFAIK.
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
#52I'm not actually super surprised by this. Considering that they didn't really update the system in any way that might push the current performance envelope, who's really surprised? Apple has done this for decades, and when they announce that iOS 16 is getting $KILLER_FEATURE they'll also unveil the heartbreaking announcement that the 6S is being sunsetted.
Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15
#53I moved from Iphone to android after the Iphone 5S. I had so many android devices after that, I don't even remember for which one. But for me android devices are good for one, two years, even when they have updates.
Now just got back to apple world with a 12 Pro Max. I expect it to be still fast and responsible long after most flagship androids from the same vintage will have been neglected to the role of paper weights.
Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Thanks!
Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Not really! There's not an iOS equivalent to the Android "back" concept.
On Android pressing "back" will take you to the last screen you were on; importantly this might be in the same app or a different one. It'll also do things like dismiss popups and hide the keyboard, since that's also moving back to a previous state.
The back-swipe on iOS is the equivalent of the Android "up" button, in that it's specific to the current app. It's also only going to work if the current app is deliberately supporting it, of course -- they might have their own UI chrome that doesn't respond to a swipe.
The other half of the "back" button behavior on iOS is that you can swipe left/right across the bottom of the screen to cycle between apps. (Or there's a special back-button in the toolbar if you've just followed a link that took you between apps.) So it does need more intentional-knowledge about what you mean to achieve.
Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15
#56I'm not actually super surprised by this. Considering that they didn't really update the system in any way that might push the current performance envelope, who's really surprised? Apple has done this for decades, and when they announce that iOS 16 is getting $KILLER_FEATURE they'll also unveil the heartbreaking announcement that the 6S is being sunsetted.
And zero people are at all surprised that you appeared to try to somehow spin this as a negative. It has become cartoonish at this point.
Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15
#57This 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…
I just bought a new android smartphone, and I have the current one since 2012 I never really needed to update the system: all the apps that I wanted just worked, and I didn't really needed new features from more recent versions of android.
It works still fine: performance is ok (maps is the only app that is a little laggy), the battery still last a full day.
But now the version of android on that phone is no longer supported by one of the app I use (banking app), so I'm forced to change it. I would have wanted it to last a few more years, but 9 years is still a long run.
I hope my new phone will last as long, and I choose it with that goal in mind (modern processor, 5G so I have it if I need, no samsung galaxy flagship that will be deprecated in a year, the possibility to install a custom OS instead of android if I need to, ...)
Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15
#58Highlights 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.
It’s looking likely that the EU will force them to add other stores. Don’t know whether that’ll apply to the US if they do.
Also the EU isn’t in Apple’s top 3 priority markets, so we’ll see.
Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15
#59I'm not actually super surprised by this. Considering that they didn't really update the system in any way that might push the current performance envelope, who's really surprised? Apple has done this for decades, and when they announce that iOS 16 is getting $KILLER_FEATURE they'll also unveil the heartbreaking announcement that the 6S is being sunsetted.
A phone can only last for so long, I imagine their number would be significantly reduced after 4 years of not selling them.
Re: The six-year-old iPhone 6S will get iOS 15
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
> whatever gesture means "back" on IOS Swipe right from the left edge of the screen.
Not really! There's not an iOS equivalent to the Android "back" concept. On Android pressing "back" will take you to the last screen you were on; importantly this might be in the same app or a different one. It'll also do things like dismiss popups and hide the keyboard, since that's also moving back to a previous state. The back-swipe on iOS is the equivalent of the Android "up" button, in that it's specific to the…
Agreed, it's not a perfect analog, but for me it did work out as a roughly equivalent replacement for what I used the back button for in Android. I've also had really good luck with most apps supporting the convention.
But YMMV of course, this is going to be largely dependent on your own usage patterns, app choices, etc.