Apple’s iOS 11 update means iPhone 5 and 5C will no longer receive updates, while some apps and games will be incompatible after switch to 64-bit.
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-5-5c-obsolete
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Apple’s iOS 11 update means iPhone 5 and 5C will no longer receive updates, while some apps and games will be incompatible after switch to 64-bit.
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-5-5c-obsolete
some are now, ABP does not work on 32 bitQuote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Slightly misleading headline from the Graun as it won't render them obsolete, they just won't be able to update to the latest version of iOS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Now is probably a good time to check what the term obsolete actually means :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by itkman
Guilty as charged.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
In the interest of balance , is this any different to android phones. It being updated to the latest version ?
You can still update old android phone, even if the phone manufacturer stops supplying an update. It's a cost consideration on behalf of a specific phone manufacturer, not a limitation of the OS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fine Lines
This has been happening since 2008, nothing new here
That very much depends on how you want to do it. My 2.5yr old Samsung tablet was bought with Android 5 on it. It got Android 6 the day Android 7 came out. I very much doubt Samsung care about the tablet enough to release any new updates so it is therefor now obsolete.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
I could install cyanogenmod onto it (and indeed have but rolled back due to...), but then things like Sky Go won't work.
while true, in real terms the 'droid OS will mean the phone will run clunky and the apps will struggleQuote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
so when the newest 'droid update gets too far ahead, the phone / tablet will not run it
In saying that, my old Samung runs all current apps, even though the OS is not the latest. It does get security updates though.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue matt
Yes, but i bet you will see a difference on a new machine running the same app as your old samsung ( though the Sammy's are normally well speced and the 'droid app designers seem to aim at getting them running well on the lower speced machines )Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
I have been selling old " Nook color or Nook HD's " 100 of them , well 110 to be precise as i blagged 10% for them that wouldnt work, though all have been fine ( infact 2 people have had them of me on here, all gone now though folks :thumbup: ) , installing " kitkat " on them and running them as a 'droid tablet
while they are not the fastest, they came with " Nook's version of 'droid " ( it was very trimmed down ) I installed kitkat and its stable, will run online games like " clash of the clans " etc etc but it is fairly slow, it plays Video's in 720, so on a 7" screen its fine
BUT if i install Lollipop or anything since then, they grind to a halt, so we have kitkat that is 3 years old ( ish ) and running on 7 year old machine, cannot moan if you are still getting life out of a 7yr old machine :thumbup:
Phone manufacturers such as Samsung, LG and HTC skin the UI layer of the Android OS, hence there is cost involved when updating older models, and that is the specific reason why they stop updating them, beyond any technical considerations.
I've got an old Nexus 7.2 tablet which still works great for everything.
Apple are slightly different in that they own the software and the hardware, so they control the entire iPhone ecosystem.
Android already rendered them obsolete
and we're off :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
yea, you could well be rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Apple only sold slightly more than 10 million iPhone 6 units during the launch weekend , 13 million iPhone 6s in the first 10 days, and 13 million iPhone 7 at the launch
they are wobbling