iPad Pro How do 10.5 IPP Owners Feel About Being Left Out of iPad OS 18?

[Dylan33x]

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I voted yes just for the principle of it. Meanwhile, my Pro 10.5 is still running iPadOS 14. 😅😂

Let me know if you ever decide to sell this, please. Lol

 

[snipr125]

Just because IOS 18 is available on an older iPad, you don't have to install it if you dont want to as it will probably slow down the device considerably. I can install IOS 18 on my ipad air 3 (A12 chip) but will leave it on ios 17.7 which is quite stable and weeks long battery life on standby.

 

[0423MAC]

Looking at support from Apple purely based on specs is going to frustrate people. There is a long history of them dropping support even though we all know the hardware is likely capable of running the latest operating system for the device.

The better way to view it is based on the last time they introduced and sold the item.

Yes it sucks, but its part of their business model.

I knew I responded here before, but this is all one needs to understand when it comes to software support from Apple.

The best way to look at it is between initial release date and date it was discontinued. Apple actually has a pretty good track record when it comes to these things. The last major hardware they dropped OS updates quickly was on the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G, but it was clear by then that those 4GB and 8GB models were basically unusable with how quickly iPhone OS and the App Store had grown.