84 MACWORLD OCTOBER 2019
FEATURE 5 SIGNS YOU NEED A NEW iPHONED
o you really need a new
iPhone? They’re so expensive
now, and yours is...fine. It’s
fine. You’ve never been one of
those people who needs a new phone
every year, or every other year, anyway.
How do you know when it’s time to
take the plunge and ditch your old iPhone
for a new one?
We’re definitely not one to encourage
the cycle of nonstop iPhone upgrades.
Hanging on to your phone for a long time
is a good thing. But just as some users feel
compelled to upgrade way too often,
others stubbornly refuse to get a new
phone until their current one literally won’t
function at all, and might need a little help
accepting that their old phone is holding
them back.
If one or more of these signs apply to
you, perhaps it’s time to replace your
iPhone.- YOU CAN’T GET IOS
UPDATES ANY LONGER
Apple does a better job than any other
phone maker of supporting old hardware
with new versions of its operating system.
iOS 12 is supported by iPhones going all
the way back to the iPhone 5s (released in
- and iPads back to the third-
generation iPad and iPad mini (released in
2012). That’s six years old!
And Apple even put special effort into
Even if you can live without the new features in the latest version of iOS, you shouldn’t forego
its security updates.