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Apple on Tuesday Issued beta green iOS 10.3.2 for developers, which stopped supporting 32-bit devices such as iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and the fourth generation iPad. In the system recovery application, only 64-bit devices are listed in the device list. Although the Cupertino company has not officially confirmed anything like this, it could be inferred that it will stop supporting the older hardware architecture.

As noted by the server The Apple Post, V iOS Restore images are no longer available iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and fourth generation iPads, although iOS 10.3 has yet to be released for these devices. The devices listed have the A6 chip, which is the latest chip built on 32-bit architecture.

ios restore image list

In 2013, it was released iPhone 5s with the A7 chip, which marked the beginning of the end for 32-bit hardware and 32-bit apps. And a year after the introduction of the iPhone 5c Apple alerted developers to new policy App Store, which required applications to be updated to support 64-bit versions.

Apple last year he even warned users iOS 10, that 32-bit applications could negatively affect system performance. Users will experience issues when opening 32-bit applications in iOS 10.3 displays a warning: "This application will no longer work in future versions of the system" iOS, “ which is a clear indication that the system will stop supporting old devices.

iOS 10.3.2 32bit apps

Source: Apple Insider

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