Apple will introduce iOS 16 in June. The update, which is expected to come with many innovations, will unfortunately bring the end of some models.
According to the comprehensive analysis, Apple products also have a lifespan, which is explained by an average result of 4 years and 3 months. The determination of these figures is based on industry research.
Since 2007, Apple’s total device sales are said to be 2.05 billion units. According to the research, 750 million of these devices are not in use. The average lifespan of Apple devices is determined after the analysis made by evaluating the products sold annually and the products that are not currently in use.
Updates are like refreshing the brain of a phone. Phones that do not receive updates lose their application support over time and as time passes, the phone loses its value and functionality.
There are many problems such as not being compatible with the latest mobile applications. They are not providing software support in some programs, and the emergence of vulnerabilities due to not receiving security updates. For this reason, there is a very tight connection between the frequency of updating and the lifetime.
Apple gives its products at least 5 years of update support. In this way, it prevents the formation of an electronic dump by keeping old smartphones up-to-date. With the iOS 16 update, which is expected to be introduced soon, some models will lose their update support. They are not capable of running new versions in terms of hardware. According to the news of iDropNews, the models that cannot get the IOS 16 update and therefore will fill their milestones. They will be iPhone 6s, 6s Plus and SE (1st generation).
