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thanks a lot.
saved me lot of bucks. i could have walked into store and sales person would have sold me iphone 12. these kind of things happen to me due to my outright payment by cash or card.
No, iOS, iPadOS tvOS, WatchOS, and MacOS software upgrades do not cost any sort of money. It is totally free and you can install them as soon as they are re released.
Maybe it is worth noting that the system upgrades are free for many years. It is only when older hardware does not support certain features of a new release of iOS when you get stuck to the latest release of iOS which is supported by your phone. That happens usually after some 5 to 7 years. But even after that you may get (free) security updates to the previous release for another couple of years. The current iOS 14 does support the iPhone 6s (release September 2015) but not the iPhone 6 (released September 2014).
There is hardly any other smartphone which gets fresh updates every year for such a long period.
There is hardly any other smartphone which gets fresh updates every year for such a long period.
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Usually you do not really need to check a support website to get info on whether or not an update is available. The System Preferences App of your iPhone will show a red number when a system update is available and if you wish updates can even be installed automatically.
