iOS 13 Update: Which iPhone Models Will Be Supported?

Apple’s current update for its latest iPhones is iOS 13. While the new update introduces new features, the company won’t be pushing out the update on all of its devices. So which iPhone models will still receive the newest update? Find out below.

Apple is always regarded to be better than its rivals when it comes to supplying firmware updates to its smartphones, according to iPhonehacks. In fact, the iOS operating system has been consistently getting updates at a reasonable span of time. However, the problem is that only the latest devices are destined to be supported by newer software updates, rendering some of its older devices obsolete.

While Apple has yet to announce the units that’ll receive the new update, the company has a pattern when it comes to is supported devices. Apparently, most iPhones last up to five major iOS updates until Apple stops including them in the latest update. The company is said to be doing this since the release of the iPhone 4s in 2011. The only exception to this is the iPhone 5s, which received six updates.

Basing from this pattern, the device that would receive the new iOS 13 would be starting from the iPhone 6s generation. Therefore, it’s possible that iPhone devices released during or after 2015 would be the ones eligible for this new update.

Apple has yet to officially announce the devices that would receive the iOS 13 update. At the Worldwide Developers Conference 2019, the company put the new iOS 13 as one of the centerstage reveals with its new features but didn’t say much about which devices will still be compatible with the new release.

For now, fans will have to wait on Apple for more details about the iOS 13 outside of its new features and services to support. The company has been focusing on marketing its new services to be offered later this year.

Along with these services, Apple has been unbundling its devices and services as new independent operating system firmware, such as watchOS, and decommissioning iTunes for more focused apps to handle its products.