Apple will hold the WWDC22 Global Developers Conference on June 7 and is expected to release many new systems such as iOS 16 and iPad OS 16. Although there is no news about which devices iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 will support, according to foreign media MacRumors speculation, there will be as many as 9 devices that may lose support for iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 systems.
iOS/iPadOS 13, 14 and 15 support the same devices, including iPhone 6S / 6S Plus, 7th generation iPod touch, iPad Air 2, 5th generation iPad, iPad mini 4 and first-generation iPad The Pro is the oldest device.
According to MacRumors, the size of the memory may be the decisive factor in whether the device supports the iOS / iPadOS 16 system. When Apple launched iOS 13, the company dropped support for all devices with less than 2GB of RAM, including a large number of devices powered by the A7 and A8 processors, such as the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus, as well as the first-generation iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3 and iPod touch sixth generation.
The iPad mini 4 with 2GB of RAM continues to be supported by iOS 13, 14 and 15, albeit with an A8 processor. If iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 require at least 3GB of RAM, then 9 devices with A9 and A10 processors may lose support, and the iPhone 7 Plus and seventh-generation iPad also use the A10 Fusion chip, but both devices have 3GB of RAM, so they retain support.
If Apple chooses to make 3GB of RAM a requirement to run iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, the following devices may be supported:
This would make the iPhone 7 Plus the oldest supported iPhone, and the third-generation iPad Air, seventh-generation iPad, fifth-generation iPad mini, and first-generation iPad Pro the oldest supported iPads. However, Apple may drop support for the iPhone 7 Plus to avoid questions about why the iPhone 7 Plus is supported and the iPhone 7 is not.