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ma11hew28
ma11hew28

Reputation: 126487

Should we still support iOS 4?

Now that iOS 5 is out and compatible with iPhone 3GS & up, should we still support iOS 4?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 815

Answers (4)

Oscar Gomez
Oscar Gomez

Reputation: 18488

Definitely NOT, there is still a ton of users running iOS 4.0, besides there isn't that much that you can do with iOS 5.0 that you can't with iOS 4.0

Upvotes: 0

Jason Barry
Jason Barry

Reputation: 758

Yes, according to Read Write Web, 25 million people have updated to iOS5, which is only about 25% according to an article from March 2011.

Upvotes: 1

Michael Pasqualone
Michael Pasqualone

Reputation: 2037

The general rule of thumb is if you want to live as close to the edge with Apple that you support the current and previous releases. That means with iOS 5 in the wild that you continue to support iOS 4 until iOS 6 is released.

Upvotes: 5

pokstad
pokstad

Reputation: 3461

If iOS 5 specific features aren't needed, then YES. People with iPhone 3G's and older iPod Touches won't be able to upgrade to iOS5. Also, there is a lag in how long it takes for the entire population of app users to migrate to iOS5.

Upvotes: 3

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