Apple iPhone X and older iPhones are not getting iOS 17
Apple announced iOS 17 yesterday with several noteworthy features including StandBy mode, NameDrop and Live Voicemail. As is the case with new iOS versions, several older model iPhones are left unsupported and this year, it’s the iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models.
Those wishing to try out iOS 17 will need an iPhone XS series or newer device to be compatible with Apple’s requirements. The second and third-generation iPhone SE models are still supported so it seems the bottleneck for the iPhone X and 8 series is the aging A11 Bionic chipset.
Switching to iPadOS 17, we can see that Apple is dropping support for its first generation iPad Pro models as well last the fifth-generation iPad that launched back in 2017.
Reader comments
Apple supports its devices for the longest out of all phone companies...i simply can't understand how you can be complaining about them no longer supporting a phone that is almost 6 years old when androids only get 4 years of updates max
Sad news.
- Anonymous
- 3SI
I want an iOS update that is so smooth and lightweight that it reintroduces support for older models. But that won’t happen because Apple wants money