[access-uk] Re: Will your machine be able to run iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite? | Apple news, reviews and how-tos since 2004

  • From: Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 13:38:13 +0200 (CEST)

Jackie,

Wondering whether if someone has an iPhone 4 and avoids the IOS update, whether 
it will still work on an older system.

It seems ludicrous to me to have to throw away any device that's only 4 years 
old. Wars are fought in the Congo to bring you all those rare earth minerals 
that go into such devices, bits of gold end up in there, and the impact on the 
environment of manufacturing these things must be horrendous. Strikes me we 
need a plain vanilla phone of some kind that may not have all the latest 
capabilities but would at least work for the duration.

Sorry to be in a rather ranting mode. It's Thursday, it's often like that.

Vince.




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Message Received: Jun 05 2014, 11:36 AM
From: "Jackie Brown" 
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: 
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Will your machine be able to run iOS 8 or OS X 
Yosemite? | Apple news, reviews and how-tos since 2004

Hi Richard

No, just support for the iPhone 4 will be dropped off the pay-roll. 


Kind regards,

Jackie Brown
Twitter: @thebrownsplace
Skype: Thejackmate

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Richard King
Sent: 05 June 2014 11:27
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Will your machine be able to run iOS 8 or OS X
Yosemite? | Apple news, reviews and how-tos since 2004

Does the iPhone 4S remain compatible or is this also now defunct?
If so, then this is yet another reason for me to seriously consider android
come September


Sent from my iPhone

> On 5 Jun 2014, at 10:53, Gordon Keen wrote:
> 
> 
>
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/06/04/will-your-machine-be-able-to-run-ios-8-or-os-
x-yosemite/?ncid=rss_truncated
> 
> Will your machine be able to run iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite?
> 
> 
> 
> Now that we have a general idea of what exciting new features will be
hitting iOS and OS X devices this fall with the release of iOS 8 and
Yosemite, there is one important question left to ask: can my machine run
those latest versions of Apple's operating systems? If you're worried about
the possible obsolescence of your devices, you're in luck -- we have the
answers for you.
> 
> If your Apple computer was able to run OS X Mavericks, you will also be
able to upgrade to OS X Yosemite. Both operating systems share the same
system requirements: 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage. Here is the full list
of compatible models:
> 
> iMac: mid-2007 or newer
> MacBook Pro: mid-2007 or newer
> MacBook Air: late 2008 or newer
> Mac mini: early 2009 or newer
> Mac Pro: early 2008 or newer
> MacBook: late 2008 aluminum, early 2009 or newer
> Xserve: early 2009
> If you're an iOS user, you most likely don't need to worry. Every modern
iOS device can run iOS 8. For the iPhone, these are the models that will
still be supported when 8 launches. In addition, the iPod touch 5th
generation will also be supported.
> 
> 
> 
> This is only bad news if you're still using the iPhone 4. While this is
sure to disappoint some users, try to keep in mind that the iPhone 4 came
out on June 7, 2010. It's remarkable that it took four years for the iPhone
4 finally be phased out of iOS updates. Show me an Android phone with that
life span.
> 
> On the iPad front things are staying largely the same. If your iPad could
run iOS 6 or 7, you'll still be able to run iOS 8.
> 
> 
> 
> First-generation iPad owners are out of luck, but everyone else is in
exactly the same spot they were previously.
> 
> So don't worry, faithful Apple users; almost all of us will be getting a
nice update this fall. Let's have a moment of silence for the faithful
iPhone 4. It has served the community well, and it's time for it to enjoy a
nice retirement.
> 
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