Caron Tan
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Q: should ipad mini update to ios 10

should ipad mini update to ios 10?

iPad Mini, iOS 9.3.5

Posted on Oct 18, 2016 12:56 AM

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Caron Tan

Q: should ipad mini update to ios 10

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Oct 18, 2016 12:58 AM in response to Caron Tan
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    Oct 18, 2016 12:58 AM in response to Caron Tan

    The original iPad Mini doesn't, the subsequent models do. If you're unsure which model it is that you have : Identify your iPad model - Apple Support

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 18, 2016 1:02 AM in response to Caron Tan
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    Oct 18, 2016 1:02 AM in response to Caron Tan

    The iPad 2, 3 and 1st generation iPad Mini are all ineligible and excluded from upgrading to iOS 10.

    They all share similar hardware architectures and a less powerful 1.0 Ghz CPU that Apple has deemed insufficiently powerful enough to even run the basic, barebones features of iOS 10.

    Why would you want to upgrade, anyways?

    Since iOS 8, older iPad models such as the iPad 2, 3, 4 and the original iPad Mini have only been getting the most basic of iOS features.

    Older iPad users get none of the newest and coolest cutting edge features that newer model iDevices, with better hardware specs, can handle with more aplomb.

     

    FYI,

    Just because your 1st gen iPad Mini is no longer able to upgrade to the latest iOS doesn't mean your 1st gen iPad Mini is suddenly useless.

    Your 1st gen iPad Mini will work as it always has and the apps you have installed on it will continue to update and receive some level of app updates relevent to your current iOS.

    You have had four years of iOS upgrades and updates.

    Your 1st gen iPad Mini will still do everything it does now and you will, get, at least, another full year, perhaps two, if you decide to you want to wait longer to get a new or newer iPad model.

     

    Your 1st gen iPad Mini is NOT suddenly becoming obsolete.

     

     

    Good Luck to you!

  • by Arms Akimbo,

    Arms Akimbo Arms Akimbo Oct 19, 2016 10:07 AM in response to MichelPM
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    Oct 19, 2016 10:07 AM in response to MichelPM

    I was hoping for the iOS 10 update for my 1st gen mini only because I heard you could actually remove some of Apple's proprietary apps with 10. I wish Apple would consider "9.3.6" as a means of giving us that privilege also. After all, they sold the 1st gen mini through 2015. So, there is bound to be more than a few folks surprised that their "new" iPad cannot run the latest operating system.

  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Oct 19, 2016 10:13 AM in response to Arms Akimbo
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    Oct 19, 2016 10:13 AM in response to Arms Akimbo

    The first gen iPad doesn't have the processing power required for iOS 10

     

    For the removing of built-in apps, if you'd like to be able to do it to free up space then it doesn't do so : Remove built-in Apple apps from the Home screen on your iOS device with iOS 10 - Apple Support

    The apps built into iOS are designed to be very space efficient, so all of them together use less than 150MB. Removing built-in iOS apps doesn't free up storage space on your device.