In 2013 the iPhone 5s saw the light with interesting news such as the arrival of Touch ID or the first 64-bit processor. Almost 8 years later we find that this iPhone can update its software and despite not being included in the list of compatible iOS 13 and later, Apple has not forgotten this device and the iPhone 6. With these The latter shares the latest software the company has released in the last few hours: iOS 12.5.1 .
What’s new in iOS 12.5.1?
There are many users, a majority, who already have an iPhone 6s or later and who can receive regular updates to iOS 14 with the latest iOS news implemented by Apple. However, there are also many who still have in their possession an older iPhone such as the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The latter received version 12.5 by surprise several months ago to add notifications of exposure to COVID-19 . It is precisely around the correction of errors of the latter that this new update of iOS 12.5.1 focuses.
Remember that if you have one of these phones you can go to Settings> General> Software update to download and install this new version. The pandemic has changed many things in our lives and protecting ourselves is one of the main tasks we have, so Apple does not want to leave anyone out and wants to bring the possibility of tracking our exposure to the coronavirus to all users. Therefore, it is recommended that if you have one of these devices you update it as soon as possible.
Apple never forgets “old” iPhones
Cataloging an iPhone or any other product as old only for the years since its launch is the least daring, since in the end, if they are well cared for, they can be devices that have a longer useful life even than 4 or 5 years that will receive support via software . It is not the first time this in which we see how despite having left them behind in new versions of iOS, Apple has released system updates for old iPhone. We saw it a couple of years ago with the iPhone 4s when, by surprise, iOS 9.3.6 was released. Obviously not with the latest visual and functional novelties, but with important security measures and error correction.
It must be borne in mind that Apple has a very important competitive advantage in this section and that is that the fact that the company itself designs the software and hardware of its equipment allows them to bring the new versions of iOS to all devices at the same time and above doing it for many more years than the competition. In this case, only Google with its Pixels can be compared today, although the market share of these devices is not in the end as considerable as that of the iPhone around the world.
Today, the useful life of an iPhone in terms of software has an average of 5 years , currently having equipment such as the iPhone 6s that continue to receive updates despite being launched in 2015, which would actually take them at 6 years if we take into account that its foreseeable latest version will arrive in September 2021.
