iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
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Re: iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
#2People complain a lot about planned obsolescence but i'm mildly impressed, even if this update is only to keep the lights on and nothing else.
I remember people complaining that the design of the 5 was already outdated when it was new and they needed to have bigger screens and be thinner to compete with Samsung...
Re: iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
#3TLDR it replaces an expired certificate, no software is being "updated" here.
Wake me when old versions of OS X can access the App Store again.
Re: iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
#4TLDR it replaces an expired certificate, no software is being "updated" here. Wake me when old versions of OS X can access the App Store again.
Cant you technically access the old jailbreak app stores on a 5? I would assume these phones were jailbroken far more commonly than modern iPhones. I feel like I dont hear about anyone jailbreaking them anymore.
Re: iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
#5TLDR it replaces an expired certificate, no software is being "updated" here. Wake me when old versions of OS X can access the App Store again.
What versions can't access the App Store anymore? I've tried Catalina recently, and that still worked fine, but it only stopped getting security updates in 2022, so it's only been a few years.
Also, I've barely ever used the OSX/MacOS app store anyway, and from what little I've heard from other people, it's not really all that great nor popular a place to get your software from.
Re: iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
#6TLDR it replaces an expired certificate, no software is being "updated" here. Wake me when old versions of OS X can access the App Store again.
Cant you technically access the old jailbreak app stores on a 5? I would assume these phones were jailbroken far more commonly than modern iPhones. I feel like I dont hear about anyone jailbreaking them anymore.
Yeah a lot of the features people jailbroke for are generally available these days.
Re: iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
#7I'm not a fan of Apple's walled garden mindset and resistance to inter-operating with other platforms, but this degree of legacy support is a case of Apple doing a good thing and deserves praise. Note: I'm not saying that Google/MSFT et al are much better than Apple, but they're not quite as bad.
Re: iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
#8tokyobreakfast is right that this is just a certificate fix, not a real software update. But it's still notable.
Lots of old devices become paperweights because of expired certs or backend shutdowns. The fact that Apple even bothered to push this to a 13-year-old device is unusual. Most companies wouldn't.
Re: iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
#9TLDR it replaces an expired certificate, no software is being "updated" here. Wake me when old versions of OS X can access the App Store again.
What versions can't access the App Store anymore? I've tried Catalina recently, and that still worked fine, but it only stopped getting security updates in 2022, so it's only been a few years. Also, I've barely ever used the OSX/MacOS app store anyway, and from what little I've heard from other people, it's not really all that great nor popular a place to get your software from.
10.12 appears to have issues
Re: iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
#10I'm not a fan of Apple's walled garden mindset and resistance to inter-operating with other platforms, but this degree of legacy support is a case of Apple doing a good thing and deserves praise. Note: I'm not saying that Google/MSFT et al are much better than Apple, but they're not quite as bad.
I know folks that have 18-month-old flagship Android phones, that can’t get the latest Android releases.
When they ask me what Android phones to get, I always say a Pixel, because they will at least get the latest OS support in a timely fashion.
They are also excellent phones.