iPhone SE (2016) iPhone SE 1 users rejoice! We get iOS 15 support!

[turbineseaplane]

This is some of the best news of all today!

Another year of small phone wonderfulness is granted!

 

[Apple$]

I just noticed that, GREAT! I might buy that used iPhone SE on Kijiji.

 

[adrianlondon]

My 6S stays up to date a bit longer! Amazing what one can do with a 16GB phone.

 

[dukebound85]

pretty impressive for 2015 year phones to still be updated!

 

[Motionblurrr]

Apple is awesome. Things like this is why people choose iPhone. What's not to love knowing you can easily get 6+ years out of a product in case you choose to?

 

[Gandek]

I already retired it as a offline iPod lol this software support is insane

 

[TrickyTreeRed]

DAMN IT! My plan to buy a new phone goes up in smoke!

But in all seriousness, I'm really happy my loyal and dependable SE is going to continue to receive iOS updates. It perfectly suits my needs.

Now I need to soon book an appointment to have a new battery installed.

 

[turbineseaplane]

The only thing - literally - that I even want from newer phones is the better cameras.

I love everything about my OGSE -- the camera is just one of those things that can always be better.

 

[Apple_Robert]

This is good news, even though my OG SE has been used (lately) as a backup to my iPhone mini. I may install iOS 15 beta.

 

[now i see it]

The 6S may be supported but it's an unknown if iOS 15 will slow it to a crawl - beware

 

[iHorseHead]

The 6S may be supported but it's an unknown if iOS 15 will slow it to a crawl - beware

Probably the same as iOS 14.

 

[KittyKatta]

The 6S may be supported but it's an unknown if iOS 15 will slow it to a crawl - beware

Probably the same as iOS 14.

Its funny because every year I do the iOS upgrade on an old SE and say “I guess its a little slower but its not that bad”. But I recently found another old SE running iOS11 and it’s insane how quick it is.

So, while I think its great that old phones are kept in the update cycle, I think there’s also a big benefit to holding back on upgrading the OS. I really wish I could roll back the OS on some of my old iPads and iPhones just to reclaim that speed (and its also kinda fun to have an old phone as a time machine to old OS’s)

 

[snipr125]

It really is great news all round that IOS 15 is compatible with the 6S and SE1. Me personally though, I have left my 6s+ on the last version of IOS 12 as it runs so smoothly.

 

[Bodhitree]

Good to see that the 6S and the 7 are still getting support.

 

[KittyKatta]

It really is great news all round that IOS 15 is compatible with the 6S and SE1. Me personally though, I have left my 6s+ on the last version of IOS 12 as it runs so smoothly.

I always get annoyed when I see Apple showing off stats on how "90% of users have updated to our latest OS" because we know that many of those people have hurt their phone experience (and probably didn't even intentionally update).

I successfully kept my moms 6S on iOS12 for years but even with the switches toggled off then those messages are so persistent and last year she accidentally went to iOS14.x and now she's stuck. The phone is much slower and I get so many more questions. ?

 

[Reno Raines]

Great news! I can use my old SE for another year.

 

[Tickled]

The only thing - literally - that I even want from newer phones is the better cameras.

I love everything about my OGSE -- the camera is just one of those things that can always be better.

An ogSE with a huge battery capacity and XS camera and processor upgrade to make it work as it should, if needed, would be about perfect for me.