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> I'm still using an old iPhone 10. Apple has obsoleted it too. I can't install any apps from the "App Store" but it still does what I want most.

I still use an iPhone 10 also. But I have no problem installing new apps, so I'm confused by this. Have you updated the iOs and made sure the time is syncing properly? Those are two common problems that block App Store access.

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My iPhone 8 seems to work just fine for installing apps. I'm on iOS 15.6.1, though the [iOS 16 info page][1] claims support for iPhone 8. (I may have chosen not to upgrade to iOS 16 in the past because my 64gb phone is chronically low on storage, and the upgrade will use an additional 2gb of storage.)

[1]: https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-16/

My daily driver is an iPhone8, running iOS 16.2. It's just fine.

Same here, replaced my old 8 last month, but only because a few rows of pixels went bad, not because of compatibility issues.

I just checked and it's an iPhone 6 Plus, so even older than I thought. It's one of my wife's old phones. She did get a new one for Christmas last year but traded in her old one, which I think was an iPhone 10, so that's probably why I made the mistake.

Like I said, I really do not use it much.

For reference iPhone 6 plus was released in 2014 (iPhone 10 in 2017)

8 was also released that year.

The 6s is still supported using last year's iOS version 15. It can totally run all of the latest apps still. Why would it have a problem loading anything. She needs to sign?

Ok, well, that is a very old phone!

It had a good run though!

I believe it holds the record as the iPhone with the longest iOS current release support.

I still have one I use as a test device!

It’s super laggy under the latter iOS releases I found.

I was going to say this too. iPhone 10 still supports the latest iOS.

I'm still using an iPhone 7 and while it doesn't support the latest iOS, I can still install apps from the app store.

I’m reading this on my iPhone SE (the first gen, from 2016) and it works totally fine.

The best phone Apple has made so far. I regret selling my one as the font zooming too inconsistent in 2017 and got to point too few apps I could read.

I agree. It’s my favourite sized phone _and_ it has a headphone jack.

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