Related to this, Apple just began production of iPhone 6s in India, allowing them to sell them for cheaper in India than units they would usually import from Ch

Related to this, Apple just began production of iPhone 6s in India, allowing them to sell them for cheaper in India than units they would usually import from China. That’s 2015’s flagship iPhone being produced brand new. So don’t expect older iPhones to go away anytime soon, especially if India is within your target market. Even in first-world countries this is an issue. My employer continues to support iOS 9 in their app because the balance of the cost of continuing to support it versus the cost of losing those customers on an iPhone 4s or iPad 2 is justified. Even if we bump it up, it probably won’t surpass iOS 12 (to continue supporting the iPhone 5s and 6) for several years. I wonder if this means they’ll continue supporting the 6s for longer than other phones, like the 5s which enjoyed 6 years and 6 major iOS releases of support. It feels irresponsible to know there are still millions of instances of a smartphone in active use around the world, that stopped getting security patches. When Apple released GPS fixes for older phones, as well as new updates for the old thin Apple TVs with UI that still looks like iOS 6, and recent iTunes Windows updates (which bundle WebKit and other Apple core frameworks), they didn’t backport any patches for vulnerabilities that are well-known in these older releases. The cost/benefit almost definitely doesn’t add up favorably when their business primarily relies on hardware profit margins, I know, but it still seems like a responsible thing to do. https://9to5mac.com/2018/06/26/iphone-6s-production-india/ https://9to5mac.com/2018/06/26/iphone-6s-production-india/ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222