During the last evening the company Apple has published on its own website the image above in which it tells users that iDevices can run the new iOS 6. I have already told you exactly the same thing in several articles, some of you already knew what to expect, but unfortunately for many the surprises will be unpleasant because many functions of iOS 6 will not run on the old iDevices. You will say that Apple wants to sell a lot and that's why it doesn't offer them, but the reality is that at the moment even the iPhone 4S struggles with certain functions of the Maps application, for example, so in some cases a lot of processing power is really needed .
Having said that, below I will bring to your attention the important functions of iOS 6 and the iDevices with which they are compatible, the list being also available on the Apple website.
- The FlyOver function will only be available on iPhone 4S, iPad 2 or iPad 3;
- Siri will only be available on the iPhone 4S and the iPad 3 tablet;
- Share Photo Streams will be compatible with iPhone 4/4S, iPad 2/3 and Macs running OS X Mountain Lion;
- FaceTime via 3G will only work on iPhone 4S and iPad 3;
- The VIP and Flagged functions in the mail application will only be available on iPhone 4/4S and iPad 2/3.
- Offline Reading List will only work on iPhone 4/4S and iPad 2/3 tablets.
- Hearing aids made for iPhone will only work with iPhone 4S.
- The turn-by-turn navigation function will only be available on iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iPad 3.
I think the biggest surprise is the impossibility of making FaceTime calls on the iPhone 4/iPad 2, something that I for one do not understand considering that the devices can connect to networks at 7.2 Mbps and offer uploads of 5.76 Mbps, so they have the necessary qualities to function. From my point of view, Apple made a big mistake here, but in the rest of the cases, the non-inclusion of compatibility with certain iDevices is explained in one way or another.
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