iOS 17 may drop support for iPhone X and other models

Apple is slated to announce the iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 in June at WWDC this year. Ahead of its launch, a leak has revealed the support list for iPhones and iPads. It appears that for the popular iPhone X along with some other notable models, iOS 17 will be the last iOS update.

iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 support list: iPhone X to lose support

As per the leak (via MacRumors), with iOS 17 Apple will drop support for iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus.

On the iPad side, the first-gen iPad 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro may lose software support with iPadOS 17 update. All of these devices were launched before 2017.

iOS 17 this year is expected to bring several features requested by users. Recently, journalist Mark Gurman revealed that Apple has changed its strategy for the upcoming OS.

He stated, “When Apple set out to develop iOS 17, the initial thinking was to call it a tuneup release — one focused more on fixing bugs and improving performance than adding new features (not unlike the approach the company took with Snow Leopard on Mac OS X back in 2009). The hope was to avoid the problems of iOS 16, an ambitious update that suffered from missed deadlines and a buggy start. But later in the development process, the strategy changed. The iOS 17 release is now expected to boast several “nice to have” features, even if it lacks a tentpole improvement like last year’s revamped lock screen. The goal of the software, codenamed “Dawn,” is to check off several of users’ most requested features.”

This year, Apple will begin the WWDC23 event on June 5 and will end on June 9. We are expected to see several software announcements as well as some news on the hardware. Apple may finally spill some beans on the Mixed Reality headset that it’s been working on for years.