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Apple will update iPhones for at least 5 years in rare public commitment
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- alwaysdoit 2y agoThis almost always means "security patches" but the general public almost always interprets this as "feature updates" and tech journalism never manages to draw the distinction.
- EduardoBautista 2y agoThey’ve updated the iPhone Xs to iOS 17 with new features and that phone is from 2018.
- 84ydk 2y agoAnd they just release iOS 16.7.8 last month, that was the 4th update this year for iOS 16, that goes back until the iPhone 8 from 2017. They also released iOS 15.8.2 this last march, this one goes back to the iPhone 6 from 2015, a device that is 9 year old and still getting security updates. So while they are only making a commitment for 5 years, in practice they are doing, and have usually done, for much longer then that.
- jmclnx 2y agoNice the are putting a commitment, but I think it should be 10 years due to expense of these phones. That should also apply to all other Smart Phones too. On the laptops I have, it is very easy for me to upgrade the software and the hardware, but since Cell Phones are locked down, we should have laws for 10 year support.