Support for iPhone 8

By honest nan, 10 October, 2022

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iOS and iPadOS

I seem to recall hearing that Apple was going to stop supporting iPhone 8, soon. Is that true? When?

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By Tyler on Friday, October 14, 2022 - 15:55

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

As the iPhone 8 can run iOS 16, I wouldn't expect Apple to end software support for it until iOS 17 in 2023 at the earliest, more likely in 2024 or later based on Apple's past behaviors when dropping software support for a device.

By Julian on Friday, October 14, 2022 - 15:55

This year Apple dropped both the iPhone 6s and 7. The 6s was not a surprise to me but I thought that the 7 would at least get iOS 16 and that would be the end of the line. Based on that, I won't be surprised if the 8 doesn't get iOS 17 next year. I hope to be proven wrong.

By DeamonDavid on Friday, October 14, 2022 - 15:55

If following the trend, Apple stop supporting new operating systems every second year.
As this year dropped support for iPhone 6S (Plus) and 7 (Plus), following that trend, both iPhone 8 (Plus), X, XS (Pro) and XR will get major updates ending on iOS 18.