Apple [released details about iOS 16 today](https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/6/23149402/apple-ios-16-iphone-features-updates-release-date-wwdc) at its Worldwide Developers Conference, including which phones will be eligible for the update — and which didn’t make the cut. To download iOS 16, you’ll need an iPhone 8 or later, meaning Apple is more or less ending support for the iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, and original iPhone SE.

The iPhone 7 and SE were released in 2016, while the 6S was released in 2015, meaning they received nearly six and seven years of software support, respectively. That is, frankly, a very impressive run. It’s also much longer than Android devices have historically had access to software updates, though Samsung and Google [have recently made significant strides](https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/9/22923577/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-android-upgrades-4-years) in that department. Their midrange and flagship devices now get...

