Apple has once again proven that even its older products are by no means obsolete and that it is thinking about them in terms of software updates. In addition iOS 26.2.1 quietly released another update last night, which will please especially nostalgic people with old hardware. New iOS 12.5.8 is aimed at iPhone 5s and iPhone 6, i.e. phones that Apple introduced in 2013 and 2014. In other words, iPhone The 5s has been receiving software support for an incredible 13 years since its launch, iPhone 6 then 12 years.
This is not a classic security update, but a relatively important intervention in the functioning of the system. According to the release notes, Apple extended the validity of the certificate on which key services such as iMessage, FaceTime, or device activation itself. Without this step, these features would stop working after January 2027. Thanks to the new version iOS 12, but both older iPhones will be usable for many more years, at least in terms of basic services.
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It is also interesting that iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 received their last update before this one in January 2023, when Apple dealt with security patches. Nevertheless, the Californian giant is returning to these models, which shows how seriously it takes long-term support for its devices. Officially, although Apple guarantees miniAt least five years of security updates, but in practice it often goes much further.
A great proof of its long-term software support is, among other things, iPhone The 6s, which has been on the market for 11 years and received a security update last September with iOS 15.8.5. And just today a version was added to it iOS 15.8.6, which, like older models, extends the validity of certificates. Apple thus showing again that even very old iPhone it doesn't necessarily end up in the electronic graveyard just because of the software.
I still have a first generation iPhone SE as a backup phone, almost 10 years old today, and lo and behold, after replacing the battery, it works like new.
So too. Everything works, including banking. app.
Considering that I'm a bit smarter than the average monkey, I have two phones in my SE after changing the battery. After, of course, it hit the radiator without the cover and then on the tiles, I now have one front and one rear iPhone SE .
WTF? :D:D:D why should it stop working iMessage or FaceTime? :D:D:D We are really going to praise that MroneDo these services work? After all, it goes without saying that it will work even without an update :D Well, I've had enough...