Hi Terri, The 6S was released in 2015 which is 2 years after the 5S. Normally the 5S would not have received iOS 12 any more if you go with Apple's past practices, but this year Apple made iOS 12 available also for the iPhone 5S. Anyhow, what this means is that your 6S will still get iOS 13 next fall for sure so therefore you can comfortably use it for another 2 years until iOS 14 comes out. At that point you can see if the give iOS 14 to the 6S and even if not and your 6S is working well there is no reason not to keep it for another year or two if you want. At some point if you keep an iPhone for 5 or 6 years you would have to get a new battery put in, but there are lots of third-party repair places which do this for a relatively reasonable price compared to Apple. Yes, currently you can get a 6S Battery replaced by Apple for $29, but that is over at the end of this year and if you only bought your iPhone in the last year or less you probably wouldn't need or qualify for a battery replacement yet. I have a 6S Plus and I am keeping it at least until next fall and I may very well keep it for a fifth year until the fall of 2020, all depends whether Apple comes out with new iPhones next fall I really feel would make a big difference.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Monday, October 1, 2018 8:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: ne Hello everyone, I am currently a T-Mobile customer. I just learned that I can not upgrade to the 8Plus, as I was hoping. I can only upgrade to the phones that have just been released. I am on what is called, jump on-demand. Basically, I could get a new phone every month if I desired. Which I do not. Had I gotten this 8Plus a month ago, all would have worked out. I honestly don't want the newer phones yet. Plus, I couldn't afford them. So if I keep my S6 for now, how long can I possibly keep it for, before I am pretty much forced to upgrade? If I am understanding right, this is the last update my phone will get? Thank you, Terri -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
