I’m not so sure about an iPhone 7 but I do know as a matter of fact that certain apple products no longer support the latest iOS updates by design! They are generally well made and last longer if otherwise in which case will become counterproductive for Apple’s revenue. I have bricked 2 very old iMacs n this way which I took in for the Genius Bar folks to rest and the auto updates bricked them to the point that eve they told me it was time to move onto a newer shiny Mac.
You're not totally wrong, but not totally right either. I have an older iPad (that I use mostly for posting here, lol) and an old iPhone 5 too. They might not be updating those older models much at all anymore, but they
are still supported. Both have received minor updates in the past 2 months.
Your iMacs are wholly different animals. They're computers, not mobile devices, and not what is being discussed for this purpose.
If it helps,
I was recently at the Apple store because my trusty iPhone 7+ started acting up after the last update. Employee told me that putting that update on my phone was like putting a teenagers heart into an elderly body and the body just can’t keep up. She said that the phone just can’t do what is being asked of it. she reset pretty much everything and restored it from a backup, it’s doing much better now but she said not to put another update on it and that with them stopping production of the 7 that any new updates basically won’t support that or any previous model.
That employee doesn't have a clue, FWIW. iOS updates are different for every different device model. Completely off base with that comment, lmao! You're not getting features from the iPhone 11 shoved into your iPhone 7... (Completely different, incompatible hardware for that matter.) Yes, this most recent iOS update (iOS 13.2) has some serious bugs, and I definitely would
not recommend installing it! Wait for Apple to pull their heads from their rears and patch the update so it works properly. I'd bet 13.2.1 is coming within a few days.
Planned obsolescence. It's not a fault, it's a
feature
Sort of. Battery life becomes a major issue after 4-5 years anyway, nature of the Li-ion chemistry.
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My wife recently upgraded to the iPhone 7, only because her iPhone 6 completely died and Verizon didn’t have any replacements, so they upgraded her. They told her not to perform any software updates going forward.
As I mentioned earlier in this post, I would
not recommend updating to iOS 13.2. It has some serious bugs, it will likely be patched pretty quickly with all the bad press they're receiving. Generally, I
do recommend waiting to install any Apple iOS update on a mobile device for at least a week or two after release, for this very reason that has mud in Apple's face right now.
I would definitely
NOT recommend foregoing any future software update! Lol! Just wait awhile before installing any, if there are problems (like 13.2 has), they will get sorted before you install. I have been doing this with Apple phones and iPads for ~8 years without issue. It's what the smart folks recommend doing. Ignore the Apple fanbois and don't immediately update!