Cell Phones with iOS
iOS is the mobile operating system used by Apple for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch series. The platform dates back to 2007 when it was still known as iPhone OS. Starting in 2010, Apple uses the name iOS. Read more
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iOS is the second largest mobile operating system after Google's Android. Apple uses version numbers to indicate the differences even though the first version of iOS is version 4.0. Before that the operating system was called iPhone OS but in 2010 the name iOS was introduced. Updates are made available to compatible devices free of charge. Apple is known to support products for a long time to come, unlike Android smartphones where there are more dependencies. In theory, this makes iPhones and iPads safer to use.
iOS versions
| Version | New features | |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone OS 1 | June 2007 | First version |
| iPhone OS 2 | July 2008 | App Store |
| iPhone OS 3 | March 2009 | Copy/paste, video recording, Voice memo |
| iOS 4 | June 2010 | Wallpapers, app folders, FaceTime |
| iOS 5 | June 2011 | Notification Center, iCloud Sync, Siri | iOS 6 | June 2012 | Apple Maps, Facebook Integration |
| iOS 7 | June 2013 | New look, Control Center|
| iOS 8 | June 2014 | Alternative Keyboard, Continuity |
| iOS 9 | June 2015 | Apple News, NIght Shift, iPad multitasking |
| iOS 10 | June 2016 | New lockscreen, HomeKit |
| iOS 11 | June 2017 | Augmented Reality (ARKit), more productivity for iPad |
| iOS 12 | June 2018Speed improvements, grouped notifications | |
| iOS 13 | June 2019 | Dark mode, more privacy settings and faster app launches |