We test: Is the iPhone 5s usable under iOS 12?

19 September 2018
We spend some time with this five year old phone to see if it's still usable with the new iOS 12 update.

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  • 22 Oct 2019

AnonymousUser1003514, 09 Mar 2019Im pretty sure that apple was offering free battery swaps f... moreno comment

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    • AnonymousUser1003514
    • YgZ
    • 09 Mar 2019

    Anonymous, 21 Nov 2018Don't do it I've updated mine 6s from iOS 9 to iOS 11 and m... moreIm pretty sure that apple was offering free battery swaps for the iPhone 6 family at one point not sure tho

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      • Anonymous
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      • 21 Nov 2018

      MJ Cool, 15 Oct 2018Hello all, Has anyone recently updated their iPhone 5s to ... moreDon't do it I've updated mine 6s from iOS 9 to iOS 11 and my battery drains very quick doing the same work I usually do and my battery capacity is on 97%.Yet it lasts 3-4 hours of usage I have an iPhone 5 on iOS 8.4 with battery capacity 76% and lasts for 5-6hours.

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        • Cloclo
        • a4v
        • 06 Nov 2018

        I have an Iphone 5S since about 3 years. Mid October I receaved a message frm Apple to upgrade from iOS 11 to iOS12. After upgrading I can no longer use the phone function. I restarted my phone and saw again that Icould make a call. But after a few minutes It was over "No service". I also could no more use Wifi. The phone says "network failor" I hav sevral tablets and other phones wich have no problems with my home network. A visit to an apple store confirmes that my phone is OK. But there is no way to return to iOS11. (why?)

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          • Sai tezaa
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          • 23 Oct 2018

          MJ Cool, 15 Oct 2018Hello all, Has anyone recently updated their iPhone 5s to ... moreYaa I`m Using it on IOS 12.0.1, in fact, its Much faster than IOS 11, but Battery Drain Its Looks same on Ios 11 & IOS 12 but in IOS 12 its Draining Little faster like for 1 Hour it's Draining 18% - 20% With Medium usage like Whatsapp and Songs in Apple Music with All day Wifi. Btw my Mobile is iPhone 5S (64GB).

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            • MJ Cool
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            • 15 Oct 2018

            Hello all,
            Has anyone recently updated their iPhone 5s to iOS12? I have a 5s running on iOS 8.1.3 and wish to update. I know the interface and layout will change but I want to know if iOS12 actually works on an iphone 5s 16gb?

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              • Yussuf
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              • 08 Oct 2018

              Siri is not giving voice feedback.
              Battery is dis-charging very fast , battery draining is like anything.

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                • salsen
                • Lfq
                • 08 Oct 2018

                thank you for advising me to update my os in iphone5s !!

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                  • apple 5C
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                  • 07 Oct 2018

                  I'm planning to like, update my OS, I have the 16 GB apple 5c, I think I sould update now thank you for the information

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 05 Oct 2018

                    S6 User, 20 Sep 2018My S6 from March 2015 is not forgotten, it's still receivin... moreYou can get pie but at what cost? Custom ROMs are made by people who do it at a hobby, they have not the resources nor the quality control of a big company, so their ROMs will be unstable and not that great for daily use.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 23 Sep 2018

                      motorola Atrix has finger print and lapdock since 2011, iphone finger print come way to lated on 2013, no point to use it now because it was 2 years behind motorola by time it lunch lol

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 22 Sep 2018

                        Anonymous, 21 Sep 2018On android, even if manufactures don't give update after 2 ... more7 year old phone support my foot... my friend has a a5(2015) and a7(2015), there is not much rom on xda to install, the latest version you brag about

                        Custom roms are for needs, geeks, average android users like majority of the users don’t care and does NOT KNOW how to flash and install an unstable rom on their daily driver android phone

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                          • Dkw
                          • 21 Sep 2018

                          my iphone 5s works like iphone X

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 21 Sep 2018

                            On android, even if manufactures don't give update after 2 years, you can still flash 3rd party roms, like 7 years old htc HD2 running on nougat. That's the beauty of android phones. On ios, when apple stops updating your phone, you are done. But, on android there is always a workaround.

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                              • S6 User
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                              • 20 Sep 2018

                              Anonymous, 19 Sep 2018And meanwhile, android flagships from 2015. are forgotten b... moreMy S6 from March 2015 is not forgotten, it's still receiving Software/ Security updates.
                              The latest one is 2018-09-04 G920FXXU6ERG1.
                              I can even get the unofficial Android Pie if I wish.
                              It's still running like new (except for the battery).
                              Thanks for your concern though ;)
                              Whenever I want to get a new phone, I consider & compare ALL phones including Apple.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • mJw
                                • 20 Sep 2018

                                I've used some iPhones including iPhone X. iPhone is very boring for me. Android is more fun and easy to use. For example iOS settings is really hard to tweak. Android settings is organized well.

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                                  • AnonD-731363
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                                  • 20 Sep 2018

                                  Well calling and meesaging people and brownsing will be all we can use this old cockroach for.
                                  Othervise it will be like any other phone with latest OS.
                                  Slow sluggish laggy slime.

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                                    • dm29
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                                    • 20 Sep 2018

                                    Good idea to write this article, but you should install everything you can if it is to be like real world: anyone with such an old phone around will have it bloated for sure.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 20 Sep 2018

                                      This is why I love Apple. Great job!

                                        I had a 5S for like 18 months, i think the reason i got rid of it was because the safari would no longer work with my ad blocker. I must have it. That and they crippled my emulator.