Riffing off the popular Venmo app, where millions of students split pizza bills and rent notices via the peer-to-peer app, Apple is bringing the same technology to its text message network, Messages. Also note that later operating systems are more secure from cybersecurity breaches. If you're hanging on to an original iPhone 5, here are some of the new operating system changes you'll miss. More: Get ready for thousands of augmented reality Apple apps More: 11 changes coming to iPhone with Apple's iOS 11 But the very niftiest features, particularly the augmented reality apps that will bring Pokémon Go-type digital overlays onto your physical world - will only work with later model phones. The cutoff is the iPhone 5, the phone that was first introduced in 2012 and pulled off the market 12 months later, and the 5C, released in 2013.Īny phone afterward - iPhone 5S, 6, 6S, 7 and SE - can run the latest operating system. LOS ANGELES - If you have an old iPhone 5 model you've been using for several years, now it's time to upgrade.Īpple's new mobile operating system update, iOS11, will be released later this month, and it includes new features that won't work with some older iPhones.
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