Upgrade or wait? Apple owners weigh move to iOS 10

WASHINGTON — It’s the periodic dilemma that tests an iPhone user’s relationship with his device — whether to upgrade to Apple’s newest mobile operating system, as soon as it’s available.

Released Tuesday, iOS 10 offers 92 new features for users of iPhone 5 or later, 2012 iPad or later, 2013 iPad Mini or later, or the 2015 iPod Touch, according to Yahoo’s David Pogue.

With the upgrade, users will have to expend less energy — with exhausting swipes and and clicks —and find it easier to accomplish tasks ranging from locating where they parked their car to donating an organ.

 

CNET  says owners of 5 and 5C models might want to wait because they “are on the bottom run of the iOS 10 compatability ladder.

However, ARS Technica calls iOS 10 “a pleasant surprise,” and says “2012’s hardware is still up to the task of running 2016’s software.”

Analytics company Mixpanel says almost 15 percent of people with compatible iOS devices had uploaded iOS 10 within 24 hours of release.

Neal Augenstein

Neal Augenstein has been a general assignment reporter with WTOP since 1997. He says he looks forward to coming to work every day, even though that means waking up at 3:30 a.m.

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