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Subject: Re: If you own an iPhone X or older - you should throw it over the next bridge
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:42:15 -0000 (UTC)
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Chris wrote on Wed, 31 Jul 2024 07:15:50 -0000 (UTC) :

>> While I understand that you wish to live in the past, most phones sold
>> today are Android, and most Android phones are Samsung phones, and the new
>> Samsung phones are supported for seven years and seven releases.
> 
> Like I've said, let's see how that pans out. Samsung haven't supported
> anything for longer than about three years so we have four years to wait to
> see what caveats or changes they make to that claim. Which is what I
> suspect they'll do. 

You clearly don't understand that all common consumer operating systems
except those from Apple are supported in independent layers, some of which
are fully supported forever (in that there is no EOL date).

Given you (say you) earned a PhD, you'd think you'd comprehend that.

Since you earned that PhD (or so you say), you'd know about Windows
drivers, for example, and about Android's project Mainline, Chris.

By way of stark contrast, when iOS 18 ships, the entire iOS monolith dies.
Meaning you should throw an iPhone X & older phone over the next bridge.

   iPhone X support === Windows XP support

>> Apple is on record for five years.
> 
> Plus a history for the last 10 years of supporting all their phones for
> five years or more.

There is no difference between Windows XP & the iPhone X when iOS 18 ships.