iPadOS 17 Drops Support for These iPads
Apple on Monday previewed iPadOS 17, its latest operating system for the iPad. Available in beta now and launching in the fall, iPadOS 17 drops support for a couple of iPad models compared to iPadOS 16, according to Apple's website.
iPadOS 17 drops support for the following iPads:
- iPad Pro (1st generation)
- iPad (5th generation)
iPadOS 17 remains compatible with the following iPad models:
- iPad Pro (2nd generation and later)
- iPad Air (3rd generation and later)
- iPad (6th generation and later)
- iPad mini (5th generation and later)
iPadOS 17 will likely be released in October, just as iPadOS 16 was last year.
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If it gets dropped by iOS 18 next year, that will be 6 years of service - not bad!
Both times I thought about upgrading to a newer model but the 2018 iPad pro was just that good. It was cheaper to pay for the out of warranty replacement of $499 for a 256gb LTE model than springing for equivalent newer model replacement. The newer models just didn’t add enough features or performance gains to warrant upgrading.
Here we are in 2023 and this 2018 iPad pro performs just as well as my 2022 iPhone 14 pro. Probably won’t upgrade until 2025.
So if your iPad gets dropped then you have the option to either cry your eyes out here on MR or go get a new iPad.
The day iPadOS 17 drops is the last time you’ll be able to use your iPad.
You have been warned.
/s
That said, I believe Apple continues releasing security updates for the previous version of iOS for a year past the release of the new version so I guess I’ll wait until next summer and see what’s available to upgrade to at that point.