The iPhone 5, introduced in 2012, is getting iOS 10, which means security updates into 2015. That's a five-year span, which is much longer than the average pers

The iPhone 5, introduced in 2012, is getting iOS 10, which means security updates into 2015. That's a five-year span, which is much longer than the average person uses their iPhone 5. iOS 9 supports the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, which again is a five-year span (2011 to 2016). I have devices that are that old; the iPad 3 I have just prompted me to update to the latest 9.3 update, and it's so slow running newer apps that I gave it to my toddler to play games on instead. So I agree, three years is good, four years is better, but Apple is already at five years and has been for a while now.