How long can you safely use your old iPhone?

For a smartphone, how long it is safe to use the device is not a matter of usage time, but rather the type of software the phone can run and whether it fixes vulnerabilities. latest security holes or not. Smartphone users tend to let their phones automatically update their software when the phone can. That’s especially true of the iPhone.

Apple supports its smartphones for at least 5 years, sometimes longer, after a new model is released, providing devices with the latest iOS versions and the latest patches for vulnerabilities. known. That’s pretty “generous” as most people buy a new smartphone every two or three years.

For example, if you are using iPhone 6, released in September 2015, it can be difficult to upgrade to iOS 14, released in September 2020. But you will be able to use iOS 13, which was released in September 2019.

The oldest iPhone that iOS 14 (and iOS 15) can run is the iPhone 6s, from September 2015. Many had bet that the iPhone 6s wouldn’t be able to run iOS 15, but Apple surprised many by giving the six-year-old phone (and the first iPhone SE) an extra year of life in September 2021.

There isn’t much iOS malware yet, so the chances of your phone being infected are very small, even if you’re using an iPhone that’s more than six or seven years old. Apple’s operating system upgrade is too easy and convenient.

As of January 2022, according to Apple’s own figures, about 72% of iPhone users have upgraded to iOS 15 and receive periodic security updates – but that’s only on devices under 5 years old. . Perhaps Apple doesn’t want to reveal how many people are still safely using older iPhones.

The old iPhone has not been abandoned by Apple yet

VTV.vn – Despite being more than 7 years old, some old Apple devices such as iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 are still updated by the company with new security patches.

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