
If you bought an iPhone XR back in 2018, you might be fretting that this fall's iOS 18 release might be the software update that finally forces an upgrade. After all, Apple typically drops support for phones after five years of software updates.
But a new report suggests that might not be the case. According to an anonymous X account that's said to have a good track record with iPhone-related leaks, iOS 18 support will include the same iPhones that can currently run iOS 17. That means devices released in 2018 — the iPhone XS and XS Max in addition to the iPhone XR — will live to fight another year.