Alongside iOS 26.2.1, Apple today released an updated version of iOS 12 for devices that are still running that operating system update, eight years after the software was first released. iOS 12.5.8 is available for the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6, meaning Apple is continuing to support these devices for 13 and 12 years after launch, respectively. The iPhone 5s came out in September 2013, while the iPhone 6 launched in September 2014.
  • BCsven@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Either an execs kid has an old phone they don’t want to give up, or this pushes some update that allows authorities a backdoor. Apple never does effort for free

  • becausechemistry@piefed.socialEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I was told they did planned obsolescence, though.

    The Pixel 5a, released eight years after the iPhone 5s, stopped getting security updates a year and a half ago.