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All Devices iOS 13 Minimum System Requirements Speculation
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Yeah I understand that, but I was just stating how it is. Apple's customers are not my concern. You'll be fine considering they axed A7 and A8 1GB devices anyways (Thank you Apple).
Lower RAM/processing amounts pigeonholing newer software features.
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Apple’s press statement states iPhone 6s and iPad Air 2 as the oldest devices that will run iOS and iPadOS 13.
Team RAM wins! 2 GB is the cutoff.
New software features will be available this fall as a free software update for iPhone 6s and later, and will be available with iPadOS for iPad Air 2 and later, all iPad Pro models, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 4 and later.
Perfect for us. I refused to buy the iPad Air and waited for the iPad Air 2, and I refused to buy the iPhone 6 and waited for the iPhone 6s.
The reason was specifically because of RAM.
The kids now use our two Air 2s and a family member uses the 6s.
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It's because they are dropping both the 5S and the 6.
They purposely omitted standby time on the 4S (during the keynote) because it was significantly worse than the 4. They'd rather people find this type of info out in fine print.
I knew it. A7 and A8 were axed except for A8 devices with 2GB of RAM. The A7 and A8 were a bit too slow anyway, and keeping them on iOS 12 is a good time to retire them.
Is this official? Where did you find this? I'm seeing some tech sites posting that it is A9 devices and newer on the iPhone side and A8 and newer on the iPad side which means the cutoff is basically devices with 2+ GB of RAM are getting iOS 13.
For most of us, there was never any doubt the SE would make the cut. The big question was the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
The odd one out is the iPad mini 4. A8 with 2 GB RAM. It will be supported but I suspect it may feel somewhat slow.
I got lucky, too; I have an iPad Air 2 and a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro, I was afraid both of them might not get updated to the latest OS, but I’m barely coming through
Guess it’s time to start saving up for a new iPad and MacBook for next year!
Oh yeah, that’s right. It’s an A8 not an A8X. Hopefully it’s ok on iOS 13. Apple mentioned it has performance improvements like iOS 12 did, but we’ll see.
Yep, the 2 GB cutoff is official - devices supported are listed on the official Apple press releases for iOS 13 & iPadOS. Which part is frustrating though? It is the first time they've ever dropped 2 generations of iPhones at the same time...
Mine runs fine on iOS 12, just don't try to run graphics intensive games on it. I'm not seeing anything with iOS 13 that should bog it down so I imagine it will be similar?
Dunno about Bionic but IMO this list of requirements bodes well for future iPadOS updates for my iPad Pro 10.5” with A10X and 4 GB RAM.
Glad I got it right this time. 1 GB wasn't enough RAM for the iPhone 6 even when it was new IMHO.
Hard to say - with the new iPod Touch I'd say A10 devies are safe for at least a couple years. A9 I could see going either way. The only thing that A9 is really missing is HEVC/HEIF encode (it does have HEVC/HEIF decode) which could play a factor.
It does have a slightly enhanced A8 though than on the iPhones
But yeah it is the odd one out though
It is the slowest device that made the cut. Here's hoping it continues to chug along ok. I have had my eye on a 2019 iPad Mini though...
What a rubbish move by apple regarding the 6th gen iPod touch. They should have upgraded it a year ago. People who bought the 6th gen a week ago get literally no support. All security support goes by September for them.
So much for environment concern. They NEED to split security updates from the main OS so they can at least deliver security to devices they prematurely cut OS support for.
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I was told I was a deluded spec obsessed person when I said the iPhone 6 had too little ram... guess I was right!
So much for environment concern. They NEED to split security updates from the main OS so they can at least deliver security to devices they prematurely cut OS support for.
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I was told I was a deluded spec obsessed person when I said the iPhone 6 had too little ram... guess I was right!