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Worth noting that first generation iPad, the current model until March 2011, will only run iOS 5.1.1 and has essentially been obsoleted by now. Yes, it is theo
by ronaldx 13y ago
Worth noting that first generation iPad, the current model until March 2011, will only run iOS 5.1.1 and has essentially been obsoleted by now.
Yes, it is theoretically possible to support earlier versions but Apple makes it practically very awkward: around half of the top apps don't support iOS 5. Apple's own apps apparently don't support iOS 6.
- frou_dh 13y agoWhich makes it odd that 2011's iPad 2 is not only still supported, but still on sale.
- MBCook 13y agoThere are two reasons. First, the original iPad was somewhat underpowered. There is a reason the iPad 2 felt so much faster. The second reason is because of the iPad mini. The non-retina Mini is an iPad 2, just in a smaller package. I know some developers were complaining after the retina Mini was announced because Apple didn't update the non-retina version to the A7, so the effectively still have to support the iPad 2.
- drham 13y agoApple does at least allow download of the last compatible version for iOS apps. Unfortunately this also puts developers in a really tough spot if they have a large number of iPad (or other users of obsolete devices) as they are unable to ship updates to that obsolete version and they are forced to either disable this download completely abandoning the customers or have it available and be unable to make any bugfixes or other updates