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Is there a matrix showing what features, by iOS, work with what device(s)?

For example, a highly touted feature of iOS 9.3 is Night Shift. But that feature is not available on the iPhone 5.

Not a big deal for me, but it would have been helpful had I known before I learned the hard way.

If such a matrix exists, will some kind chap or chapette please post the link?

TIA!
 
Is there a matrix showing what features, by iOS, work with what device(s)?

For example, a highly touted feature of iOS 9.3 is Night Shift. But that feature is not available on the iPhone 5.

Not a big deal for me, but it would have been helpful had I known before I learned the hard way.

If such a matrix exists, will some kind chap or chapette please post the link?

TIA!
Information is available in this link:

http://www.apple.com/ios/updates/
 
A matrix of region-specific features would be useful too. (I still can't believe the News app is in 3 countries only)
 
There's also another way to get "night shift", without official Apple support. F.lux, which is the origins of removal of blue-light and moving into that orange hue, can be side-loaded using Xcode and a Mac. There's a few github projects for similar things around the interwebz as well. They don't require a 64-bit architecture and run on almost all iOS devices that I'm aware off. This might be your best option for getting that feature on your iPhone 5.
 
Seems like there's a link to something like that (in the fine print at the bottom of that iOS updates page linked to earlier): http://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/

A great link (now bookmarked), but alas, it primarily shows where some features are available, but does not show what devices are required to show them.

And a big thanks to tremblewithfear6 for his post. I don't even think I would like Night Shift, but I just want know what's available where and on what devices (presuming the devices are up to date). I'm a bit surprised that someone has not created a web site to specifically address this issue. Of course, it could be that it's not a problem and 'tis only moi. Nah...
 
A great link (now bookmarked), but alas, it primarily shows where some features are available, but does not show what devices are required to show them.

And a big thanks to tremblewithfear6 for his post. I don't even think I would like Night Shift, but I just want know what's available where and on what devices (presuming the devices are up to date). I'm a bit surprised that someone has not created a web site to specifically address this issue. Of course, it could be that it's not a problem and 'tis only moi. Nah...
Sure, I was just responding to the regional limitation question that was posed.
 
A great link (now bookmarked), but alas, it primarily shows where some features are available, but does not show what devices are required to show them.

And a big thanks to tremblewithfear6 for his post. I don't even think I would like Night Shift, but I just want know what's available where and on what devices (presuming the devices are up to date). I'm a bit surprised that someone has not created a web site to specifically address this issue. Of course, it could be that it's not a problem and 'tis only moi. Nah...
I think just given the amount of features, making a list like this might be difficult (or annoying to put together).
 
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