Six-year-old iPhone 6S still gets iOS 15 updates, becoming the oldest smartphone still supported with software

The iPhone 6S will turn 6 years old this September, one of the oldest smartphones still used by a lot of people. If you also have an iPhone 6S and haven’t planned to upgrade to a newer iPhone, then Apple has good news for you. That is the iPhone 6S will still be updated to the latest iOS 15 this fall.

The first-generation iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, and iPhone SE, launched with iOS 9, will be the oldest devices to receive Apple’s new iOS update.

Six years is an awfully long time for a mobile device, and it is certain that the iPhone 6S will become the oldest smartphone still supported to this day. iPhone 5s when it received the last update, iOS 12, was only 5 years old.

On the side of Android smartphone manufacturers, Samsung has also made efforts to extend the support period for its smartphones, but only up to 4 years. While other manufacturers usually only support up to 3 years.

Of course, there will be many new iOS 15 features that won’t work on the iPhone 6S’s outdated A9 chip. For example, features that scan text from photos, portrait mode in FaceTime or AR directions in Apple Maps, because all require an A12 Bionic processor or higher.

According to Ars Technica and Macworld, iOS 14 on the iPhone 6S does not reduce performance or processing speed. This is a very impressive thing, because the iPhone 6S all have very outdated hardware. So we can also expect that iOS 15 will work well on these six-year-old iPhones.

But if you don’t want to update to iOS 15, because the current version of iOS 14 on iPhone 6S works great. Then you can choose to continue using iOS 14 and only receive Apple’s latest security updates or bug fixes. This is also something that Android smartphone manufacturers should learn.

Reference: theverge