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Does Apple announce each model's end-of-life date (in terms of security maintenance) in advance?
by gregknicholson 9y ago
Does Apple announce each model's end-of-life date (in terms of security maintenance) in advance?
- actionscripted 9y agoAs I understand it you generally have 5 years for hardware and software support with software requiring that you upgrade to major versions as they're released for continued updates. Perhaps someone can share a link or provide better details for software support/EOL info? Here's their vintage/obsolete products info page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624
- gregknicholson 9y agoAs an ordinary consumer using my phone, how would I know when it's going to become unmaintained and I'll need to buy a new phone (if I want to continue having security maintenance)? This is one thing I think Linux distros could do better: not just advertising upgrades to the next release, but warning when the current release is (soon to be) no longer maintained.
- saagarjha 9y agoThey don’t announce it, but based on their current cycle, which has been going on for at least 5+ years, they drop support for an “A” chip every year. Currently the last chip to lose support was A6, so you should get about five years out of an A11.