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Apple commits to 5 years of security updates for the iPhone, but thats not the whole story

The company typically exceeds this.

The news comes from the UK's new Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) regulation, which requires companies that manufacture phones to provide support periods for their devices. As Android Authority and Google's VP of Engineering Dave Kleidermacher pointed out, this is less than what is offered by some of Apple's competitors. For example, in March 2024 the company released a security update for its iPhone 6s models which launched nearly nine years ago, in September 2015.

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