From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/10/2026 12:34 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 21:24:16 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/9/2026 7:33 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 18:05:19 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Why? Apple supports it's phones longer than Android.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yeah, somebody was crowing the other day about getting updates for   
   >>> their 6-year-old Apple device ...running an 8-year-old OS.   
   >>   
   >> That 6 year old iPAd is running iOS 18 released in 2024.   
   >   
   > Wow, that’s a lot of version numbers. Did Apple really come up with at   
   > least 17 major new features to add since the original Ipad, all of   
   > which would work on your old hardware?   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history   
      
   You can be the judge of what constitutes a major feature. For me the   
   updates have been meaningful but not overwhelmingly so. Part of that is   
   that features are often added between new version releases.   
      
   FYI Apple shifted their iOS numbering scheme after iOS 18 from   
   sequential starting from first version to yearly. iOS 26 came out in   
   late 2025 and numbered for expected replacement in 2026.   
      
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