
Therefore, iOS 9 was supported on the iPhone 4S onwards, iPod Touch (5th generation) onwards, the iPad 2 onwards, and the iPad Mini (1st generation) onwards. With this release, Apple did not drop support for any iOS devices, but support for Apple TV (3rd generation) has been dropped following the release due to 32-bit deprecations. iOS 8 was succeeded by iOS 9 on June 8, 2015.Īpple announced iOS 9 on June 8, 2015, at its annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) event, and it was released to the public on September 16, 2015, alongside the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and iPad Mini 4. The final version of iOS 8 was iOS 8.4.1. iOS 8.3 was the first version of iOS to have public beta testing available, where users could test the beta for upcoming releases of iOS and send feedback to Apple about bugs and issues. The release of iOS 8.1 brought support for the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3, and the release of iOS 8.4 brought support for the iPod Touch (6th generation). All other devices from the iPhone 5 onwards, iPod Touch (6th generation) onwards, the iPad (4th generation) onwards, and the iPad Mini 2 onwards were fully supported. iOS 8 has limited support on the iPad 2, iPhone 4S, iPad (3rd generation), iPad Mini (1st generation), and the iPod Touch (5th generation), as Apple received widespread complaints of extremely poor performance from owners of these devices. With this release, Apple dropped support for the iPhone 4 due to performance issues, and the Apple TV (2nd generation) due to hardware limitations. It became unsupported on May 18, 2010.Īpple announced iOS 8 on June 2, 2014, at its annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) event, and it was released to the public on September 17, 2014, alongside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. It was succeeded by iPhone OS 2 on July 11, 2008.

iPhone OS 1.1.4 is the final version of iPhone OS 1 for the iPhone, and iPhone OS 1.1.5 is the final version of iPhone OS 1 for the iPod Touch (1st generation). The release of iPhone OS 1.1 brought support for the iPod Touch (1st generation). Although many thought it was a waste of time, Apple CEO Steve Jobs insisted on prototyping all concepts before the Mac OS-X-based version of the operating system was selected. Many user interfaces were prototyped, including the multi-touch click-wheel. The idea of introducing a complete touch screen was very novel to everyone. Many on the team were still hung up on the idea that everyone would want to type on a hardware keyboard, not a glass screen. During the development phase of iPhone OS 1, there were at least 17-18 different concepts developed.

No official name was given when the iPhone was released Apple marketing literature simply stated the iPhone ran a mobile version of " OS X". Apple announced iPhone OS 1 at the iPhone keynote on January 9, 2007, and it was released to the public alongside the original iPhone on June 29, 2007.
