Source inside Apple reportedly says three tablets will lose iPadOS support this year – do phone

The primary-technology iPad Professional fashions, the 12.9-inch variant launched in November 2015 and the 9.7-inch mannequin launched the next March, are dropping iPadOS support in line with iPhoneSoft, a French publication (through AppleInsider). The latter cites “an inner supply at Apple” who informed the publication that the 2 first-gen iPad Professional tablets and the fifth-technology iPad will not be receiving iPadOS 17.

The fifth-technology iPad is powered by Apple’s A9 chipset that includes a twin-core processor. The chip was constructed by Samsung utilizing its 14nm course of node, and TSMC utilizing its 16nm course of node. The 2 first-technology iPad Professional fashions had been geared up with the A9X which was constructed by TSMC utilizing its subsequent-gen 16nm course of node. This chipset was paired with 4GB of RAM for the 12.9-inch iPad Professional and 2GB of RAM for the 9.7-inch mannequin. Apple beforehand ended support for iPhone fashions that had been powered by the A9 SoC. Because of this, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus weren’t up to date to iOS 16.

There are conflicting stories about which, if any, iPhone fashions will lose iOS support with iOS 17. One tipster says that the iPhone fashions unveiled within the third quarter of 2017, the iPhone X, the iPhone 8, and the iPhone 8 Plus, will not be up to date to the newest model of the iPhone working system later this year. The very subsequent day, one other tipster who claims to have “a person inside Apple,” mentioned that all iPhone handsets that received iOS 16 will be getting updated to iOS 17.

Initially anticipated to be an replace centered on efficiency enhancements and bug fixes, over the previous couple of weeks, it seems that iOS 17 will have some interesting new features in spite of everything. The identical tipster claiming to have a supply inside Apple says that there will be further capabilities for the Dynamic Island, which will be on all 4 iPhone 15 fashions. Additionally coming to iOS 17 are “Lively Widgets” that embrace parts permitting customers to work together with them.