Yeah, it’s definitely compatible as all the plugins function perfectly and there are no artefacts or issues with the display of the page. It just loads slowly compared to more powerful devices. I still think the A9 chipset on the highest version of iOS provides an okay experience on Safari. I regularly use my 6S to browse websites and have no natural desire to switch to my iPhone 13. I am typing this message on my 6S right now and there is zero input lag with the text.
Yeah, it’ll run, but slowly. I guess it’s better than Safari not running at all, but a few websites aren’t worth the trade-off, in my opinion. I have keyboard lag on iOS 13, I’m very surprised about that.
The OGSE would probably be my favourite iPhone of all time. Extremely small, attractive aesthetic design, complete powerhouse & possesses great battery life. Literally no drawbacks unless the size of the screen bothers you.
Completely agree. If I had one and if it were minimally compatible with what I needed, I’d have no problem at all with using an iPhone SE 1st-gen on iOS 10 as a main phone. I’d be really happy with one. Neither do I have one nor is iOS 10 compatible with what I need at this point, sadly.
I don’t really get involved in the compatibility vs. battery life & performance argument as it’s down to personal choice. If you barely use Safari & only use Netflix, Apple Music, Podcasts & FaceTime/iMessage then there is no requirement to update. If you wish to have access to the full suite of available apps then you must update. I don’t really feel the drawbacks with my iPad Mini 4 as I would rather have Safari performing slowly but correctly than quickly and unable to display many pages properly. I did have this problem on iOS 10 as I neglected to update my iPad until around 2021 and noticed a lot of applications were becoming redundant and web-pages were refusing to load properly. I am very sensitive to things like that so I had to update. Either it works, or the device gets shelved… I don’t give a device credit for running quickly whilst being incompatible with applications or websites. I refuse to put up with massive compromises with technology. Fortunately, the iPad I have runs apps very well so I don’t normally notice the huge performance hit that has been imposed on the device.
Yeah, you need the compatibility and it’s fine. Apple makes it impossible to circumvent these issues if you don’t have another device to rely on. You end up having to buy something anyway at some point, which I something I’ve always thought. When it gets to the point in which using an original iOS version bothers me, it’s probably time to upgrade regardless. If I were to constantly update, because of my own requirements and expectations, I’d probably want to upgrade as soon as an update slightly decreases anything. I was fine with my 9.7-inch iPad Pro as my only iPad when it was on iOS 9. I immediately wanted a new one after Apple forced it out.
Like I said, iOS 10 isn’t really compatible anymore, so it’s understandable that it wasn’t working for you. Safari also really struggles on iOS 10, and forget about running newer apps.
I am happy to replace my batteries once every 2 years. I would only do it for 2 devices though which are my daily driver and my secondary phone. I plan on keeping my 13 for at least another 3 years so it’ll require a new battery 1 year from now and my 6S will likely still be my secondary device so I will see if I can get another replacement battery 2 years from now. Those who replace their batteries once per year are on the excessive side. No one should have to replace a 6S battery 7 times in 8 years. The person who did that obviously cheaped out with non-OEM batteries. Like the old saying goes - “buy cheap, buy twice”. Realistically, you’d be on your 3rd or 4th OEM battery replacement if you had decided to keep your 6S for 7-8 years as a daily driver.
Yeah, if you keep the 13 updated it’ll probably need a battery replacement after enough versions have elapsed. The 6s, like you experienced, sadly plummets with low battery health when updated, so I don’t think you can get out of replacing that one eventually, too. It gets to the point where it’s completely unusable, and the sad part is that it doesn’t even need to be destroyed. You had said that at 82% it was unusable already, and I have an 82% health 6s on iOS 13 and I agree.
As far as my battery replacements go, I don’t think I’d need even one. My iPhone Xʀ is over 4 years old. It has 93% health. It has 93% health because I get absurd hours of SOT due to efficient, light usage, and also because it’s on iOS 12. I charge slowly and I avoid heat. My 6s on iOS 9 was at 90% health after 3 years of it being my daily driver. This approach really works for me. More or less counting the hypothetical amount of cycles I’d have now, I’d most likely be close to 80% health with way less cycles than my current 6s on iOS 10 has. If that one works with 63% health on iOS 10, the 6s is definitely working with 80% health on iOS 9. Or maybe it stabilises and I’d be at something like 86% health, which would definitely not need a replacement. I’m obviously speculating, but looking at my battery health history, I really think I could use an iPhone for a decade as a main iPhone and never have to replace a battery. iOS compatibility issues would obviously preclude that from happening, but if, hypothetically, compatibility were completely fixed forever on all iOS versions, it’d be a massive amount of time before I ever see any issues, and I’m not sure I’d even see them. I don’t use my iPhones enough to degrade them, especially with my precautions on an original iOS version.
