<story><title>About the security content of iOS 12.4.9</title><url>https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211940</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Y-bar</author><text>Wouldn&amp;#x27;t last official sale date be a better indicator of true device support? For example if someone bought it in an Apple store on the last day available, how long period would they have received updates for?&lt;p&gt;For example in mid 2017 it was still officially sold by Apple in India (source: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iphonehacks.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;apple-iphone-5s-iphone-se-get-hefty-price-cuts-india.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iphonehacks.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;apple-iphone-5s-iphone-s...&lt;/a&gt;).</text></item><item><author>alewi481</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d like to give kudos to Apple for including the iPhone 5S in this security update, which was released on September 20, 2013, over 7 years ago! Supporting a product for even 3 years is rare in the smartphone world.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JohnTHaller</author><text>Comparatively, no. Android phones generally get a maximum of 3 years of security updates from launch, not from last device sale date. So, within mobile phones, it&amp;#x27;s more informative to compare it to their competition. It shows you just how much better Apple is at mobile device support compared to everyone else.</text></comment>
<story><title>About the security content of iOS 12.4.9</title><url>https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211940</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Y-bar</author><text>Wouldn&amp;#x27;t last official sale date be a better indicator of true device support? For example if someone bought it in an Apple store on the last day available, how long period would they have received updates for?&lt;p&gt;For example in mid 2017 it was still officially sold by Apple in India (source: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iphonehacks.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;apple-iphone-5s-iphone-se-get-hefty-price-cuts-india.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iphonehacks.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;apple-iphone-5s-iphone-s...&lt;/a&gt;).</text></item><item><author>alewi481</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d like to give kudos to Apple for including the iPhone 5S in this security update, which was released on September 20, 2013, over 7 years ago! Supporting a product for even 3 years is rare in the smartphone world.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gruez</author><text>&amp;gt;Wouldn&amp;#x27;t last official sale date be a better indicator of true device support?&lt;p&gt;well in that case many cheap android phones&amp;#x2F;tablets would have &lt;i&gt;negative&lt;/i&gt; support periods, considering they don&amp;#x27;t release any updates at all.</text></comment>