Search results
Jun 21, 2024 · Get official iPhone news from the Apple Newsroom archive. Access iPhone press releases, updates, photos, videos, and more.
- View Archive
Get official iPhone news from the Apple Newsroom archive....
- View Archive
- Overview
- Keep on updating
- Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox
News
By David Nield
published 27 October 2019
Your phone depends on it
(Image credit: Future)
If you or someone you know is still clinging on to an iPhone 5, it needs to be updated within the next week to iOS 10.3.4, otherwise the handset is going to lose a serious amount of functionality.
Keeping your phone (and every other device you own) up to date is of course good practice anyway – that's why these updates are usually set to install themselves manually without much in the way of user interaction.
Sometimes though we can put off updates for whatever reason. As a result, our phones and other gadgets miss out on some important security patches and bug fixes.
If you don't manage to update your iPhone 5 in time – November 3 is the deadline – then all is not lost, but you will have to use a computer to backup and restore the handset rather than relying on over-the-air updates.
Fortunately this should only apply to a small number of users – the iPhone 5 launched back in September 2012. The iOS 10.3.4 was originally pushed out in July, so most affected handsets should already have the patch applied.
•Maybe it's time for you to upgrade to the iPhone 11 Pro Max
Via 9to5Mac
Get the hottest deals available in your inbox plus news, reviews, opinion, analysis and more from the TechRadar team.
Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors
Jun 20, 2024 · Get official iPhone news from the Apple Newsroom archive. Access iPhone press releases, updates, photos, videos and more.
The iPhone 5 was the first iPhone to be announced in September, and setting a trend for subsequent iPhone releases, the first iPhone to be completely developed under the guidance of Tim Cook and the last iPhone to be overseen by Steve Jobs.
Jul 28, 2022 · Looking for a new iPhone 5? Discover expert reviews and buying advice, or read up on the latest news and product releases.