Many iPhone users are angry that Apple with iOS 16 discontinued support for two generations of iPhone models — the iPhone 6S and iPhone 7
Apple this week finally unveiled iOS 16 and not everyone is thrilled. Although iOS 16 introduces a slew of new features, not all iPhone users will be able to enjoy them. With iOS 16, the list of supported devices only includes the iPhone 8 and models released afterward. In other words, iPhone 7, iPhone 6S, and original iPhone SE owners are out of luck. The fact that Apple dropped support for these iPhone models is arguably surprising. Note that iOS 15 supported iPhone models going back to the iPhone 6S and iPhone SE. This year, Apple dropped support for not one, but two generations of iPhone: the 2015 iPhone 6S and the 2016 iPhone 7. And even though these devices are about seven years old, and even though their user base isn’t too high, impacted users are none too happy about being phased out. Apple traditionally does a great job of supporting older iPhone models when it releases a new iteration of iOS.
