Apple Card and Unsupported iPhone 6

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Char124 Author

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Apple Card and Unsupported iPhone 6

Why would anyone with an iPhone 6 or 6S get the Apple Card when those phones will be unsupported w/o security updates?

iPhone 6

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 12:54 AM

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sergekills

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Aug 21, 2019 1:29 AM in response to Char124

Apple Card is now available to qualified customers in the US with iPhone 6 and later. To apply, customers can update to iOS 12.4 on iPhone, open Wallet and tap +. Learn more about Apple Card here.

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Char124 Author

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Aug 21, 2019 3:56 PM in response to sergekills

Thank you but that doesn't really address the security issues iPhone 6 & 6S users will face once Apple stops sending updates to them. Adding Apple card to those phones seems risky. Am I wrong about that?

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sberman

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Aug 21, 2019 4:10 PM in response to Char124

Indeed as the others have told you, you are thinking about this in the incorrect manner.

The iPhone is the vehicle to acquire and manage your Apple Card. But the Apple Card can be associated with your Apple ID. So you could, for example, acquire the Apple Card using an iPhone 6, trade in the iPhone 6 for a later model next month, and pick up where you left off on the new iPhone. (Of course, your iPhone 6 would be erased by you before you sell it or give it away.) Or you can continue to use the Apple Card on the iPhone 6 with an obsolete iOS version next month.

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