iOS 11 isn't coming to the iPhone 5

Sorry, iPhone 5 owners.
 By 
Freia Lobo
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If you have an iPhone 5, we have bad news for you.

With iOS 11, Apple has officially announced the new list of supported devices that will get the update.

The iOS devices that won’t get iOS 11 support are iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, and iPad 4. Devices newer than those, namely the iPhone 5S, iPad Air, and later, will be supported with the new update.

The full list of devices that will get iOS 11 include:

  • iPhone 5S and later

  • iPad Air and iPad Pro models

  • iPad 5th generation

  • iPad mini 2 and later

  • iPod touch 6th generation

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Freia Lobo wrote about Tech News for Mashable in NYC. You can follow her on twitter at @freialobo

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