With iOS 16 currently running on 11 different iPhone models (and their respective variants), and ceasing to support phones powered by the Apple A9 and A10 processors respectively, it is speculated that this year it would be the iPhone 8 and iPhone. 8 Plus the phones of the brand that would run out of their share of iOS 17.
Actually, the brand has not given clues so far as to whether its future version of the mobile operating system will no longer be compatible with more phones, but there are many who anticipate that the last of the classic iPhones will become obsolete . This is despite the fact that sometimes as many as three generations of the software have been introduced without removing an iPhone from its list of incompatible phones.
Also, Apple has never stopped supporting multiple processors in two iOS versions in a row, so it could keep the current compatibility list starting with iPhone 8 until the future iPhone 15, or, in the worst case, drop support. for the A11 chip, which would mean removing the iPhone 8 and iPhone X from the equation .
Despite the fact that it has already been said, both actively and passively, that the next version of iOS will contain minor changes and that it will not be a major update (because of the efforts dedicated to the software that will lead to the expected glasses of virtual reality of the brand), this year we would have to say goodbye to the phone launched years ago and focus now on all those phones with the current design.
Without iOS 17, what does the iPhone 8 lose?
Ok, we already know that the brand’s iPhone 8 will most likely stay on iOS 16 and never receive updates again. What does this mean? Are we going to have to stop using WhatsApp? Are we more exposed to a virus sneaking into our expensive device? Is the mobile going to work badly?
The good news is that even devices that no longer receive major iOS updates receive updates from time to time , mostly to plug security holes and protect customers from potential threats that could put their phones at risk. In this way, although the iPhone 8 may not receive iOS 17, it could receive small versions of i 16 in the form of iOS 16.x that would fix a small problem with the terminal.
The bad news is that these patches are only released to fix critical bugs, that is, small performance problems that may appear on a particular phone and lower-priority security issues will not be resolved, as Apple focuses development. in the latest version of iOS. For that reason, if the company’s phone runs out of iOS 17, it certainly presents a security risk.
Of course, you will be able to continue using, at least for now, applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and a host of other services, even if you do not update to the latest version of the operating system, which, yes, would have new functions that they would not reach your phone .