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So your last generation iPhone still gets updates? I would not call that a excellent benchmark in my book. The trouble with iOS devices is that they stop being

So your last generation iPhone still gets updates? I would not call that a excellent benchmark in my book. The trouble with iOS devices is that they stop being usable the moment you can no longer update the OS in the way that most applications only support the newest OS (happened to several iPads here with e.g. Amazon app, Twitter, Youtube) - because updates roll out to the majority of users so fast compared to Android. "stop getting updates 2 years in." With Android most applications still support 4.X when Oreo comes out.

Gaelan 9y ago
6 is almost 3 generations ago. The 7S/8 (we're not sure) comes out tomorrow. You can buy a 7 now. The 6S was released 2 years ago. The 6 was released 3 years ago.
- lucaspiller 9y ago
  I have a 5S and it still gets updates and works the same as the other poster described. I haven't even replaced the battery and still get a days usage.
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spike021 9y ago
I have an iPhone 6 (not 6s) and can still use pretty much "most applications that only support the newest OS". The only things I can't do involve hardware-based features for things I don't have in my phone.
steevdave 9y ago
It takes only one slip up to screw your security. One targeted attack that you don't notice because you're in a rush. I love my MotoX 2013, but it never got updates (Sprint model, Sprint blamed Motorola, Motorola blamed Sprint); it's succeptible to Stagefright so I can't use it anymore. And it will never receive an update for it. As much as we use our phones and as much personal information is on them, security updates should be first and foremost. Yes, AOSP exists for some devices, but 9 times out of 10, something breaks when using it. When Android moves to a new way of doing audio or video, drivers stop working, and some people try to come up with shims, but as others point out. The developer of it gets a new phone and the project dies. My Nexus 5 (November 2013) hasn't gotten a security update since October 2016. My iPhone 5 (September 2012) just got an update to 10.3.3 in July. Android devices are notorious for being slow to get updates, if you ever get them at all. Yeah it can be cheaper to get an Android device, and I have quite a few, but they simply aren't up to the same standards that iPhones are.

Gaelan 9y ago

6 is almost 3 generations ago. The 7S/8 (we're not sure) comes out tomorrow. You can buy a 7 now. The 6S was released 2 years ago. The 6 was released 3 years ago.

lucaspiller 9y ago
I have a 5S and it still gets updates and works the same as the other poster described. I haven't even replaced the battery and still get a days usage.

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spike021 9y ago

I have an iPhone 6 (not 6s) and can still use pretty much "most applications that only support the newest OS". The only things I can't do involve hardware-based features for things I don't have in my phone.

steevdave 9y ago

It takes only one slip up to screw your security. One targeted attack that you don't notice because you're in a rush. I love my MotoX 2013, but it never got updates (Sprint model, Sprint blamed Motorola, Motorola blamed Sprint); it's succeptible to Stagefright so I can't use it anymore. And it will never receive an update for it. As much as we use our phones and as much personal information is on them, security updates should be first and foremost. Yes, AOSP exists for some devices, but 9 times out of 10, something breaks when using it. When Android moves to a new way of doing audio or video, drivers stop working, and some people try to come up with shims, but as others point out. The developer of it gets a new phone and the project dies. My Nexus 5 (November 2013) hasn't gotten a security update since October 2016. My iPhone 5 (September 2012) just got an update to 10.3.3 in July. Android devices are notorious for being slow to get updates, if you ever get them at all. Yeah it can be cheaper to get an Android device, and I have quite a few, but they simply aren't up to the same standards that iPhones are.