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Performance on a year old iPhone

itsnotmeitsyou

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The iPhone 6s+ is my first iPhone. I'm curious about what it's like keeping last year's model and running the current iOS version. With Android, I needed to buy the new phone to get the new software, so this is new to me. Performance and software wise, will there be much of a difference at all between getting the next iPhone or just upgrading my 6s+ to iOS 10? I've been under the assumption that the only thing you're really missing out on by skipping one new iPhone is any new hardware upgrades.
 

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I am currently running the latest dev beta version of iOS 10 on my iPhone 6S Plus, and I can straight up tell you that it handles iOS 10 with ease.
 

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You'll start seeing gradual changes in performance midway through iOS 11, if not later. Apple is good at supporting older hardware when it gets "old".
 

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