First iPhone Reaches ‘End of Life’

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

During the introduction of iPhone OS 4.0, Steve Jobs already announced that 4.0 would not be fully backward compatible. As so, the 3G models would not receive multitasking support.

Now, Steve Jobs confirmed that the old 2G iPhones (the first ones) will not be compatible with 4.0 at all. This means the iPhone platform is not only fragmenting on a hardware level, but it also means there will be a lot of consumers that still need games and apps which are compatible with iPhone OS 3.1.3.

Though Apple and the operators put much effort in selling modern iPhones to first generation clients, those old iPhones have probably been sold on to consumers who do like the app experience but can’t afford a new iPhone.

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