2020 has been a rather atypical year for Apple as well. At the June WWDC he presented iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur. The new operating system for iDevices allowed them to be installed on the same devices as iOS 13. That is, iOS 14 compatibility was brilliant. However, macOS Big Sur has made some computers such as the MacBook Pro from mid-2012 obsolete. Although there is more than half a year to know the news of the new iOS 15, there are already rumors that the Phone 6S and the iPhone SE, both with the A9 chip, would not be compatible with this new version of iOS.
Will the iPhone 15S and iPhone SE say goodbye to iOS 6?
The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus saw the light in September 2015 while the first generation iPhone SE saw it in March 2016. Both devices share some characteristics such as mounting the A9 chip dual-core with 64-bit architecture. Next year 2021 these devices will be between 5 and 6 years old and since then have been compatible with all versions of iOS, from iOS 9 to iOS 14. In total six major updates, although the latest with quite a few limitations.
However, the latest rumors suggest that iOS 15 will not be compatible with the iPhone 6S and SE. If this is confirmed, it would close a cycle of large updates and crossing out as vintage two devices that are still booming among some of the Apple users. This move would be a way to push these users to acquire some of the new products of the big apple such as the iPhone SE 2020 or the iPhone 12.
In fact, the fountain point to what iOS 15 release will be September 21, 2021. Beyond all this, there is no information regarding the news that this new operating system may have. What is clear is that even though it is a rumor, it is very likely to happen since the performance demands of the new operating systems could be higher than the performance that these old iPhones can offer.