iOS 15 for download. These features will not come across on older iPhones

The list of what's new in iOS 15 includes 251 major and minor improvements. Here's a full list of solutions that won't work on older models.

iOS 15: New features that require iPhone 12 or later

Got an iPhone 11 or earlier? You can forget about these improvements.

The camera

5G

iOS 15: New features that require an iPhone XS or later

If you have an iPhone X, 8, 7, or 6s or a first-generation SE, you won't be able to use these features.

The camera

House

Keyboard dictation

FaceTime

Maps

Live text

Wallet

iOS 15: New features that require iPhone 8 or later

There's also one feature that won't work on iPhones older than 8 and X.

Health

Apple's update policy is also not flawless

Many people praise Apple for introducing new software versions even for 6-year-old smartphones, while in the case of Android, the support period ends in 2-3 years at best. However, it must be remembered that the approach of Google and Apple cannot be directly compared.

While in the case of Android, many system applications and components are updated regardless of the software version, even minor changes to Safari, Apple Maps, or FaceTim require a whole system update. Effect? Over 75 percent what's new in iOS 15 are changes to system apps, something that Google does from the Play Store.

In addition, not every novelty in applications goes to all iPhones. Of course, sometimes this is due to obvious hardware limitations (e.g. lack of 5G), but the lack of AR mode in Maps or text recognition in photos may disappoint users of older iPhones. After all, the Android equivalents of these functions work even on smartphones much older than the iPhone XS.

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