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From the article: > Apple is still shipping security updates, albeit on iOS 9, for the iPhone 4s which was released in 2011 (5 years ago). The iPhone 5 is stil
by illumin8 10y ago
From the article:
> Apple is still shipping security updates, albeit on iOS 9, for the iPhone 4s which was released in 2011 (5 years ago). The iPhone 5 is still being kept up to date with iOS 10.
Apple has a very good track record here. Based on past experience, it's likely that the iPhone SE will continue to receive security updates well past 2020.
- pm90 10y agoThis is exactly why I switched. My Nexus 5 which worked perfectly for a couple of years, suddenly crashed. And I looked up the new Nexus/Pixel phone and decided it was much better to switch to iPhone SE for a smallish phone which would be cheap, dependable, reliable and supported for a longer time.
- 0xFFC 10y agoMy Nexus 5 glass broke last week, I am in exact position as you, after looking at market I thought there is no way I am buying another phone from Google(let alone other manufacturers). Now I am happily switching to iPhone SE which I am 100% sure will get supported more than pixel phones.
- zanny 10y agoMeanwhile, Windows 7 is supported until 2020, and was released in 2009, and could run on hardware up to about ~7 years old at the time. That means an effective support period of about 18 years. The entire cellphone ecosystem is toxic because of how it treats hardware as disposable in an effort to coerce money from users. I find that phones of the Galaxy S3 / Moto G first gen era are sufficient for 80% of use cases, but since the software stops working and depends on Cyanogenmod for long term usability it is a PITA and lets the hardware manufacturers off the hook for gross mistreatment of users.