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About the security content of iOS 12.4.9

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Re: About the security content of iOS 12.4.9

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Post by bradlys »

als0 wrote: post #13
alewi481 wrote: post #10

I'd like to give kudos to Apple for including the iPhone 5S in this security update, which was released on September 20, 2013, over 7 years ago! Supporting a product for even 3 years is rare in the smartphone world.

The 5S is still the perfect iPhone.

Well, let's not get crazy. It's fine (I'm using it currently because my Samsung S9 died) but it's definitely no perfect phone. It doesn't even have water resistance and the screen to body ratio is pretty bad, IMO.

Only upside is the thing is built in such a way that it has barely taken any damage from the years of abuse I put it through.

I'm likely getting an iPhone 12 Pro Max very soon and will continue to only use the iPhone 5S I've had since 2013 as a backup.

Re: About the security content of iOS 12.4.9

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Post by curt15 »

namanaggarwal wrote: post #18
alewi481 wrote: post #10

I'd like to give kudos to Apple for including the iPhone 5S in this security update, which was released on September 20, 2013, over 7 years ago! Supporting a product for even 3 years is rare in the smartphone world.

Also to Google for finding majority of them

If only Google could put this much effort into supporting its own Pixel devices, which stop getting updates to the base OS after just three years.

Re: About the security content of iOS 12.4.9

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Post by snazz »

jamiehall wrote: post #9

Linking to the 14.2 list ( https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929 ) might be better? After clicking the headline link, it took me a few seconds to understand why we were caring about updates for the iPhone 5 and 6...

I think it's worth linking the 12.4.9 page because it's impressive that the software update is available going all the way back to the iPhone 5s. That's some serious longevity.

Re: About the security content of iOS 12.4.9

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Post by asimilator »

swiley wrote: post #4

Maybe I got hit with one of these, my phone stopped being able to answer phone calls and auto focus stopped working (like something re flashed the firmware on a bunch of the internal peripherals.) I was going to wait until the software on my pinephone was more mature but that pushed me over the edge to get power management working on my own and make sure it could make phone calls. I think dumping iOS has done a lot f…

> I was going to wait until the software on my pinephone was more mature but that pushed me over the edge to get power management working on my own and make sure it could make phone calls.

I guess stress is personal, because this sounds way more stressful than anything I've had to deal with on iOS! And I say that as someone who'd like to get a more open (hardware and software) phone in the future.

Re: About the security content of iOS 12.4.9

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Post by snazz »

ezekg wrote: post #16
als0 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The 5S is still the perfect iPhone.

How do you still have one that's running OK? My Apple products almost always "die" after a few years. I had the 5S but one day it crashed and would not turn back on no matter what I did. The iPhone I had before that did the same thing.

Is that a common issue? I've certainly heard about devices losing battery life and cameras progressively getting worse, but complete death is very uncommon unless you use it without a case and drop it all the time or something.

I still have a working iPhone 5 (no S) with a home button that spins and a slightly broken screen bezel but no other issues.

Re: About the security content of iOS 12.4.9

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Post by chews »

als0 wrote: post #13
alewi481 wrote: post #10

I'd like to give kudos to Apple for including the iPhone 5S in this security update, which was released on September 20, 2013, over 7 years ago! Supporting a product for even 3 years is rare in the smartphone world.

The 5S is still the perfect iPhone.

The 12 mini is gonna be my next daily driver.

Re: About the security content of iOS 12.4.9

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Post by win32k »

heavyset_go wrote: post #8

I think it's interesting how iOS exploits are cheaper[1] than Android exploits, because iOS exploits are so plentiful in comparison to Android exploits. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/for-t...

Why are you citing a year+ old article? It's clearly out of date. iOS is a much more secure platform, and exploits are much rarer than Android exploits.

HN has really gone down in quality of readers/commenters.

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