WWDC 2022, which will take place between June 6 and 10, has less than a month left. The event, in which iOS 16 will certainly be the star, a new revision of the iPhone operating system and the recently terminated iPod Touch. It’s possible that ipadOS will get even more news, or at least a good set of long-awaited features, and maybe we’ll see a long-awaited leap from Mac Pro to Intel Silicon, or even a hypothetical return of the iMac Pro, that would be news after so many rumors. But finally, IOS 16 will generate the most conversations.

He will perform at WWDC 2022, there is no doubt about that, which is still not so clear is whether the final version of iOS 16 will arrive in September or OctoberAnd that’s because we’re still waiting for reports of a possible delay in the launch and arrival of the iPhone 14 as a result of recent coronavirus outbreaks in China, which have hit some nerve centers in its production. So if the iPhone 14 is eventually postponed to October, it’s likely the iOS 16 as well, because they usually always come hand in hand.

What doesn’t stay at all, like every year, is doubts about which devices will be able to update to the latest version of iOS. Users of older devices that are still current see the Sword of Damocles as it sees Apple’s end of its life cycle, preventing them from taking advantage of new operating system features and, more worryingly, the latest possible security updates. Many have taken a break from previous updates, but iOS 16 could change that.

And it’s waiting for confirmation from Apple, which of course we won’t have until WWDC 2022, MacRumors is proposing an interesting theory that could help us complete the iOS 16 fund, and that is that this new version of the operating system requires at least three gigabytes of RAM. And if so, if the boundary point is marked by RAM and not a SoC device, we can determine that there are five devices that will not be able to switch from iOS 15 to iOS 16. These are as follows:

• iPhone 6S
• iPhone S6 Plus
• iPhone 7
• iPhone SE (first generation)
• iPod Touch (7th generation)

The most surprising case is undoubtedly found in the seventh generation iPod Touch. Recall that this generation came on the market in the spring of 2019 and that since then it is the latest Apple MP3 player. On the one hand, this raises our doubts about this theory, but on the other hand, it would explain why Apple chose this moment to end the life of the iPod Touch.

However, they may raise an exception because the iPod Touch has fewer features and therefore allows it to be upgraded to iOS 16. And, as Apple said in its player statement, it will continue to sell until existing stocks run out. And that’s it It doesn’t make much sense in May to sell the new device, announcing in June that it will run out of updates.

No wonder, by the way, you will find the iPhone 6S and its Plus edition as well as the first generation iPhone SE, on the list of candidates to leave the building. It’s a little more shocking to see the iPhone 7 as well, but we have to keep in mind that we’re talking about a phone that came on the market in 2016 and that still receives updates today. And yes, in this case, it would only be a standard model that would not be upgradable to iOS 16, because the iPhone 7+ has three gigabytes of RAM compared to two gigabytes of the iPhone 7.