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While iOS upgrades are usually free these days, it hasn't always been like this. According to wikipedia, iOS 1.1.3 was a paid upgrade on iPod Touches (while bei

by 0x0 9y ago

While iOS upgrades are usually free these days, it hasn't always been like this. According to wikipedia, iOS 1.1.3 was a paid upgrade on iPod Touches (while being a free upgrade for iPhones).

k-mcgrady 9y ago
The first few upgrades were paid for tax reasons as far as I remember. And then after a few versions they were able to change that.
- kalleboo 9y ago
  And only on the iPod touch, not on the iPhone. They also had to charge for a WiFi update on MacBooks for "accounting reasons".
  - k-mcgrady 9y ago
    Yeah I think the iPhone got around it because people were already paying monthly for it.
ahakki 9y ago
Yes, I remember that. I had to explain this to my parents so that they would let me use their Creditcard for this purpose.
JimDabell 9y ago
iOS updates have always been free. There's no such thing as iOS 1.1.3, only iPhoneOS 1.1.3.
- MBCook 9y ago
  No they are right. Due to some sort of accounting thing once upon a time on some of the first iPod touches there would be a small fee to upgrade the OS.
  - JimDabell 9y ago
    Yes, and that was iPhoneOS, not iOS.