Apple is updating its phones, and it’s not the one you think.

Per 9to Mac, iOS 12.5.8 is coming to the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation). The iPhone 5s was one of the first devices reviewed on thetechboy.org back in 2020. This update is essential as it allows features such as iMessage and FaceTime to continue working on these devices until 2027.

This got me thinking: has the smartphone peaked? The iPhone 6s is probably still a usable phone in 2026, other than a smaller battery and lagging storage, but if you paid for a battery pack or a replacement battery, it would probably last you. Instagram, X, Smashy Road, YouTube, Google, Safari, etc., all existed when this phone came out. Photos that will be compressed and uploaded to Instagram will look fine whether taken on an iPhone 6s or an iPhone 13.

On the Android side, the S7 Edge is a fine phone, and if you don’t run any applications that can be exploited, you will most likely be fine.When you look at it, there really haven’t been many useful and visible on-device improvements to the smartphone ecosystem. The average person just makes calls and sends texts, maybe FaceTimes, and posts about their life. We need new solutions, new technology to solve this problem.