Will iPhone 7 support iOS 16?

why can’t iPhone 7 get iOS 16


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Posted on May 20, 2023 10:17 AM

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Posted on May 20, 2023 10:22 AM

Hello ~ The iPhone 7 doesn’t have the hardware necessary to run iOS 16. If you require iOS you will need a newer model iPhone. You may update your iPhone 7 to iOS 15.7.6.


~Katana-San~

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Feb 8, 2024 9:26 AM in response to Mohmedhamidx5

Mohmedhamidx5 wrote:

I need to update my phone so how can I get help


If you need to update your phone, start here:


Buy iPhone - Apple

Refurbished iPhone Deals - Apple


(Or in the appropriate online Apple Store for your country/region.)


The type of update you will be doing is called a "forklift upgrade", where you replace an outdated iPhone 6 that can't run anything later than the latest version of iOS 12, with a newer iPhone that can.

Mar 24, 2024 6:52 AM in response to sokaina177

sokaina177 wrote:

Is it possible to update the iPhone 7+ system to become system 8?


Nope.


No iPhone 7 Plus to iPhone 8 Plus hardware upgrade exists.


No iPhone anything to iPhone anything hardware update exists.


Not short of replacement with a newer (used, refurb) or new iPhone.


You’ll best want to replace that iPhone 7 Plus with an iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone SE 2nd, or newer.


Or scrounge an iPhone 8 or iPhone X, as they’re not as far off current support as is an iPhone 7 Plus.

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