How Long Does Apple Support Older iPhones For With Software Updates?

Apple’s policy when it comes to older phones has to do with the fact that the tech giant knows that sometimes when it releases a new phone people will start looking into buying older models and a big part of the reason why that is the case has to do with the fact that these older phones are going to end up becoming much cheaper than might have been the case otherwise thereby allowing buyers to get a top notch and high end phone whilst at the same time not having to spend too much money on this sort of thing.

With all of that having been said and out of the way, how long does Apple actually support older iPhone models? The first iPhone got two updates before support discontinuing, but the trend over the past ten years has shown that Apple has steadily increased the period of time during which people might just be able to keep using their phones. Newer models are often updated to five or six new versions of iOS before support is discontinued, something that indicates that the tech giant is becoming more lenient with users that are using older models because of the fact that they want these users to stay loyal to their favorite brand.

The iPhone 5S got updated 6 times before support was discontinued, and with the iPhone 6S, 6S Plus and SE being supported to this very day it’s quite likely that this record is going to end up being broken. This is a good trend because of the fact that it will encourage users to keep their phones for longer and can discourage wastefulness as well as ensure a greater value for money whenever someone actually does decide to end up buying a particular Apple product all in all.

Via: Statista.

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