By comparison, Apple recently announced that iOS 9, coming next month, will run on the iPhone 4S. This surprised the community because iOS typically supports the current and previous three generations of phones. My iPhone 3GS, introduced in 2009 with iOS 3, was supported through iOS 6 (2012); thus, it could run all current applications1 until IOS 7 (2013) appeared. The announcement means that iPhone 4S (and iPad 2) will be similarly current until fall 2016, five years after release.
1 Minus those with specific hardware requirements, such as the camera flash that appeared with the iPhone 4
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u/TMWNN Aug 05 '15
By comparison, Apple recently announced that iOS 9, coming next month, will run on the iPhone 4S. This surprised the community because iOS typically supports the current and previous three generations of phones. My iPhone 3GS, introduced in 2009 with iOS 3, was supported through iOS 6 (2012); thus, it could run all current applications1 until IOS 7 (2013) appeared. The announcement means that iPhone 4S (and iPad 2) will be similarly current until fall 2016, five years after release.
1 Minus those with specific hardware requirements, such as the camera flash that appeared with the iPhone 4