Just yesterday, Apple gave the first brush strokes to iOS 17, a new update of its well-known mobile operating system, which is presented as smaller but interesting review. We had to wait a while, but today we were finally able to confirm the list of iPhones compatible with iOS 17, and the truth is that the worst signs have come true.
The bitten apple company left out the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X from this update, three smartphones that use the same SoC, and Apple A11 Bionicand that they were the first to jump on the six-core CPU and have a neural processing unit. They were also configured with 2 GB (iPhone 8) and 3 GB of RAM (iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X).
So the minimum level to update to iOS 17 is iPhone XS. The iPhone XS now becomes the oldest Apple terminal to have support, and its hardware serves as a reference. This model had a Apple A12 SoC and 4 GB of RAM. However, just so you don’t doubt I’ll leave you with the complete list with all iPhones compatible with iOS 17:
- iPhone XS.
- iPhone XS Max.
- iPhone XR.
- iPhone 11.
- iPhone 11 Pro.
- iPhone 11 Pro Max.
- iPhone SE 2nd generation.
- iPhone SE 3rd generation.
- iPhone 12.
- iPhone 12 mini.
- iPhone 12 Pro.
- iPhone 12 Pro Max.
- iPhone 13.
- iPhone 13 mini.
- iPhone 13 Pro.
- iPhone 13 Pro Max.
- iPhone 14.
- iPhone 14 Plus.
- iPhone 14 Pro.
- iPhone 14 Pro Max.
It is clear that the end of support for the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X is bad news, but we must remember that these terminals entered the market in September 2017, and therefore they get a total of six years of updates. No Android smartphone will ever get such support.
On the other hand, Apple also confirmed it devices that will be able to update to iPadOS 17and the list is much shorter as only iPad mini 5th generation and above, iPad 6th generation and above, iPad Air 3rd generation and above, and iPad Pro 2nd generation and above will be supported.
If you have a device that has run out of support, don’t worry, you will still be able to use it for a while without problemsbecause the iOS 15 and iOS 16 versions are still perfectly functional and maintain a perfect level of compatibility.
Source: Muy Computer
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