Wrong; iOS 10 support does extend back to the iPhone 4S. Just Google it for 10 seconds and you will see that.
Further, this proves my argument, not yours. Even if you were right and the iPhone 5 was the earliest model now supported, that device is more than FOUR YEARS OLD. There are zero Android phones from 2012 which can run the latest Android version. In fact, I'm not sure that there are even any 2014 devices that can fully update right now.
Meanwhile Apple's still supporting a device from 2011, FIVE generations ago.
>> Wrong; iOS 10 support does extend back to the iPhone 4S. Just Google it for 10 seconds and you will see that.
You misunderstood my point. The last available operating system update on any 4S or earlier tends to be unusable because of performance issues. That's because each successive update adds bloat. I have a clean iPad 1, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S - all with the last available OS updates. They're barely usable as phones unless you have a lot of patience.
>> Further, this proves my argument, not yours. Even if you were right and the iPhone 5 was the earliest model now supported, that device is more than FOUR YEARS OLD. There are zero Android phones from 2012 which can run the latest Android version. In fact, I'm not sure that there are even any 2014 devices that can fully update right now.
Once again, you misunderstood my point. My mention of the iPhone 5 is as a placeholder for when the iPhone CPUs hit a maturity point in terms of performance where they would probably still be usable on the final version of the operating system that it will support.
>> Apple wins here, and it's not close.
Nobody's referring to this as contest, but ok, you can have that point if you want.
Further, this proves my argument, not yours. Even if you were right and the iPhone 5 was the earliest model now supported, that device is more than FOUR YEARS OLD. There are zero Android phones from 2012 which can run the latest Android version. In fact, I'm not sure that there are even any 2014 devices that can fully update right now.
Meanwhile Apple's still supporting a device from 2011, FIVE generations ago.
Apple wins here, and it's not close.