Subject: Re: Apple's iOS full support is a *lot* shorter than most people "think" it is

On 3/25/26 11:30 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

What matters is almost nobody knows the facts about Apple support.

I know it.
I knew it years ago.

When security researchers forced Apple to publicly admit what they support.

I'm intelligent.
I read what Apple was forced to admit. And I understood it.

But almost nobody on this newsgroup seems to have the slightest idea what Apple's full-support policy is, was, and always has been, for decades.

Apple's iOS full support is a *lot* shorter than most people "think" it is.
a. For iOS
b. For macOS

FACT:
1. iPhone 2G = 2.60 years of full support
2. iPhone 3G = 2.37 years of full support
3. iPhone 4 = 4.02 years of full support
4. iPhone 5 = 4.82 years of full support
5. iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus = 4.00 years of full support
6. iPhone SE (1st generation) = 6.46 years of full support
7. iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 Plus = 5.99 years of full support
8. iPhone 8 & iPhone 8 Plus = 5.96 years of full support
9. iPhone X = 5.85 years of full support
10. iPhone XS & XS Max = 6.99 years of full support
11. iPhone XR = 6.89 years of full support
12. iPhone SE: (2nd Generation / 2020 and 3rd Generation / 2022)
13. iPhone 11 Series: (11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max)
14. iPhone 12 Series: (12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max)
15. iPhone 13 Series: (13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max)
16. iPhone 14 Series: (14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max)
17. iPhone 15 Series: (15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max)
18. iPhone 16 Series: (16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max, 16e)
19. iPhone 17 Series: (17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, 17e, iPhone Air)

Q: What is the average time for iPhone iOS full support over two decades?
A: About 4.89 years

That is total bullshit. Those first few years are not relevant looking forward. Start with line 6 and include up to line 11. You cannot go past
that because support has not ended.

You get 6.36 years.

Are you really that ignorant. Apparently. And where are the Mac OS data,
your item b.?

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Subject: Re: Apple's iOS full support is a *lot* shorter than most people "think" it is

On 2026-03-25 08:30, Maria Sophia wrote:

What matters is almost nobody knows the facts about Apple support.

I know it.
I knew it years ago.

When security researchers forced Apple to publicly admit what they support.

I'm intelligent.
I read what Apple was forced to admit. And I understood it.

But almost nobody on this newsgroup seems to have the slightest idea what Apple's full-support policy is, was, and always has been, for decades.

Apple's iOS full support is a *lot* shorter than most people "think" it is.
a. For iOS
b. For macOS

FACT:
1. iPhone 2G = 2.60 years of full support

FACT: there was no iPhone 2G

I don't see any reason to continue exposing more of your bullshit if you
make that basic a mistake.

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Subject: Re: Apple's iOS full support is a *lot* shorter than most people "think" it is

Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/25/26 11:30 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

What matters is almost nobody knows the facts about Apple support.

I know it.
I knew it years ago.

When security researchers forced Apple to publicly admit what they support.

I'm intelligent.
I read what Apple was forced to admit. And I understood it.

But almost nobody on this newsgroup seems to have the slightest idea what Apple's full-support policy is, was, and always has been, for decades.

[...]

Q: What is the average time for iPhone iOS full support over two decades? A: About 4.89 years

That is total bullshit. Those first few years are not relevant looking forward. Start with line 6 and include up to line 11. You cannot go past
that because support has not ended.

You get 6.36 years.

Are you really that ignorant. Apparently. And where are the Mac OS data,
your item b.?

Arlen (Maria) sounds more and more bot-like each and every time
I stumble across one of his Apple-phobic blurts.

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Subject: Re: Apple's iOS full support is a *lot* shorter than most people "think" it is

On 3/25/26 12:54 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2026-03-25 08:30, Maria Sophia wrote:

What matters is almost nobody knows the facts about Apple support.

I know it.
I knew it years ago.

When security researchers forced Apple to publicly admit what they
support.

I'm intelligent.
I read what Apple was forced to admit. And I understood it.

But almost nobody on this newsgroup seems to have the slightest idea what
Apple's full-support policy is, was, and always has been, for decades.

Apple's iOS full support is a *lot* shorter than most people "think"
it is.
ÿ a. For iOS
ÿ b. For macOS

FACT:
ÿ 1. iPhone 2G = 2.60 years of full support

FACT: there was no iPhone 2G

I don't see any reason to continue exposing more of your bullshit if you make that basic a mistake.

Good catch Alan. There no iPhone 2 at all Arlen. The first numbered
iPhone was the 3G that was the next release after V.1, aka just iPhone.

Arlen is playing Don Quixote, and not doing a very good job.

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Subject: Re: Apple's iOS full support is a *lot* shorter than most people "think" it is

On 3/26/26 1:47 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

While Apple's official marketing name in 2007 was simply "iPhone," the
device has been universally referred to as the "iPhone 2G" (& occasionally the "iPhone 1") in both technical documentation and common parlance for nearly two decades.

Another fail. There was no official 2G model.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iPhone_models

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