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> It's also true that the user experience of a 6s running iOS 15 isn't going to be very good.

Are you basing this on real experience or just fishing for HN anti-Apple upvotes?

Just asking because my kid is using an iPhone 6s with iOS15 and really experiencing absolutely no problems whatsoever.

[evilduck]

Definitely the latter.

I'm in the same boat, my kid is now the third owner of a handed down 6S and it still does everything without being slow or lacking app support. The features it is missing are mostly neural engine related and are conveniences not vital functionality. I could 100% use that phone as a daily driver and not be frustrated if I swapped in a new battery.

[whizzter]

Buying an iPhone 6s was an excellent if lucky choice, the luck was that the original SE was based on it so the support guarantees of the SE carries the 6s with it. With Apples usual 5 years there'll probably be another 1.5 years of support since the orignal SE was discontinued. (After that I suspect that a bunch of other devices will be discontinued quickly again)

[cageface]

I’ve got more than enough karma and a secure enough ego to have no need to go fishing for votes on HN thanks. Don’t the site guidelines say something about being charitable in your interpretations of other people’s comments?

Anyway I have used a 6s on recent versions of iOS. It works but don’t kid yourself if you think the experience in any way compares to using a recent device.