{"id":233371,"date":"2026-04-20T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/time-for-an-iphone-upgrade-ios-27-will-reportedly-drop-support-for-four-iphone-models\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:25:09","slug":"time-for-an-iphone-upgrade-ios-27-will-reportedly-drop-support-for-four-iphone-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/time-for-an-iphone-upgrade-ios-27-will-reportedly-drop-support-for-four-iphone-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for an iPhone upgrade? iOS 27 will reportedly drop support for four iPhone models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/time-for-an-iphone-upgrade-ios-27-will-reportedly-drop-support-for-four-iphone-models\">Time for an iPhone upgrade? iOS 27 will reportedly drop support for four iPhone models<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/time-for-an-iphone-upgrade-ios-27-will-reportedly-drop-support-for-four-iphone-models\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/time-for-an-iphone-upgrade-ios-27-will-reportedly-drop-support-for-four-iphone-models<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-20 10:56:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-81abe25f-f3f5-437c-bb09-942036e58a37\">\n<li><strong>iOS 27 will reportedly drop support for four iPhone models<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>These include the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, and iPhone SE (2020)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>iOS 27 will probably be announced on June 8, so we might find out for sure then<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-0e9d5ab5-0bb2-4db9-9d37-293a0f69ccda\">While most Android manufacturers now commit to supporting their phones for a certain amount of time, Apple doesn\u2019t, so we never know exactly when a specific model will stop getting updated. But a new leak suggests that four iPhones that received iOS 26 won\u2019t be eligible for iOS 27.<\/p>\n<p>This comes from leaker Momentary Digital, posting on Weibo (via 9to5Mac), who shared a full list of the phones that they expect to get iOS 27. And it\u2019s a long list, with everything from the iPhone 12 series onwards supposedly in line for the update \u2014 but notably, that means the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, and iPhone SE (2020) are excluded, despite them all running iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>If this information is correct, then it\u2019s not terribly surprising, as these are all old phones \u2014 the iPhone 11 series will be seven years old when the iPhone 18 line launches in September, and the iPhone SE (2020) is only around seven months newer.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n<p><span class=\"caption-text\">The iPhone SE (2020) has had a good run <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"two-years-in-a-row-3\">Two years in a row<\/h2>\n<p id=\"elk-d726aa63-c131-4840-96f2-2f108f6b54c9-0\">However, this would mean that it\u2019s two years in a row where some iPhones have had support dropped, as the iPhone XS line stopped getting updates last year. That\u2019s notable because Apple doesn&#8217;t stop supporting phones every year.<\/p>\n<p>So, we\u2019d take this claim with a pinch of salt, but it\u2019s certainly believable, and means that if you\u2019ve been holding on to an iPhone 11 model or an iPhone SE (2020), it could be time to upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 27 is expected to be unveiled at WWDC 2026 on June 8, so we might learn for sure which phones will support it then \u2014 though the finished software probably won\u2019t launch until September.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s best iPhone deals<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google logo on a black background next to text reading 'Click to follow TechRadar'\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-676-80.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-676-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-676-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78.jpg\" class=\"pull-rightinline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-1be9f6e3-e0bb-4f77-88ca-3242f1003ace\"><strong>Follow TechRadar on&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/time-for-an-iphone-upgrade-ios-27-will-reportedly-drop-support-for-four-iphone-models\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for an iPhone upgrade? iOS 27 will reportedly drop support for four iPhone models&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Ydxt8GWCeamLEopeRGF76-2000-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[69,77,81],"class_list":["post-233371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-ios","tag-ios-26","tag-iphone-18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233373,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233371\/revisions\/233373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}