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It's a shame there isn't an alternate software path for iOS devices that have aged out of security updates. I have an iPad whose hardware has life left in it,
by emptybottle 5y ago
It's a shame there isn't an alternate software path for iOS devices that have aged out of security updates.
I have an iPad whose hardware has life left in it, but as time goes on it's more and more it's worrisome to run a connected device without security updates.
- bxparks 5y agoYeah, I have an iPad4 that looks like it's brand new. I bought it for my mom, she treated it like a baby for a few years, then returned it to me. It is stuck on iPadOS 10.3.3. It now sits on a shelf, running Yahoo Weather and nothing else. What a waste of a perfectly good hardware.
- musicale 5y agoIt's too bad. Apple hardware tends to last a lot longer than the software. At least my iPad Air 2 from 2014 is still getting updates.
- knolan 5y agoThat’s a nine year old tablet. It’s far from useless just because it runs iOS 10. My partner’s mother has an old iPad mini from the same year and it’s perfect for FaceTime calls. It’s basically an iPad 2 SoC. I wouldn’t do any personal banking on it however.
- 2muchcoffeeman 5y agoMy mom still uses my iPad 2. 11 years. It must have stopped receiving updates a couple of years ago. But they won’t upgrade. The only reason they upgraded their phones was that their storage ran out and they wanted more pictures of their grandkids.
- prawn 5y agoOur oldest of five iPads is an original from 2010 which maxes out at iOS 5.1.1, mostly used by our youngest child. It's very clunky and limited. Anyone in the house older than 4yo doesn't really tolerate it. Hopefully given its limited use (no browsing, etc) any security risk is minimised?
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoI use these types of things for testing. I recently brought a used SE (1st gen), as a low-end test (running iOS 14). I also purchased a used iPhone 8Plus.
- pndy 5y agoI've got original iPad and first iPad Air once the first owner got newer devices - both are mainly used as ebook readers (with third-party apps).
- mcswell 5y agoI have a Windows phone that sits next to my bed and functions largely as an alarm clock. But every once in awhile I take a picture with it (it has a very good camera) or look at the weather forecast (more useful than my iPhone's weather app) or browse the web with it. I could be wrong, but I doubt whether any viruses going around now can live on it, since its cpu code is entirely different from that of a PC.
- diebeforei485 5y agoIt is ultimately better for the ecosystem (including developers) if people move on. As soon as your hardware stops getting the next iPadOS version (for iPads this is like 6+ years after release), the clock starts ticking and you have perhaps a year while you can still trade it in for a meaningful value.