How long will the iPhone 15 receive software updates?

How long will the iPhone 15 receive software updates?"thank you



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Posted on Jun 12, 2025 2:03 AM

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Jun 12, 2025 5:13 AM in response to Mimi1258

Hard to say, exactly. Historically, many iPhones have gotten five major iOS updates. A few have gotten less, and a few have gotten more. (The 11-series phones already have gotten five updates, and when iOS 26 comes out, they will have gotten six. The 6 and 6 Plus got four.).


The iPhone 15 originally ran iOS 17 when it shipped in September 2023. The successor to iOS 18 s iOS 26 (change to a "model year" type numbering scheme), so the five major versions after iOS 17 would be:

  • iOS 18
  • iOS 26
  • iOS 27
  • iOS 28
  • iOS 29


Note that the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus have less than 8 GB of RAM. So while they might get new major updates of iOS for some time to come, there's no indication they will ever get Apple Intelligence.

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