- iOS 27 will reportedly drop support for four iPhone models
- These include the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, and iPhone SE (2020)
- iOS 27 will probably be announced on June 8, so we might find out for sure then
While most Android manufacturers now commit to supporting their phones for a certain amount of time, Apple doesn’t, so we never know exactly when a specific model will stop getting updated. But a new leak suggests that four iPhones that received iOS 26 won’t be eligible for iOS 27.
This comes from leaker Momentary Digital, posting on Weibo (via 9to5Mac), who shared a full list of the phones that they expect to get iOS 27. And it’s a long list, with everything from the iPhone 12 series onwards supposedly in line for the update — but notably, that means the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, and iPhone SE (2020) are excluded, despite them all running iOS 26.
If this information is correct, then it’s not terribly surprising, as these are all old phones — the iPhone 11 series will be seven years old when the iPhone 18 line launches in September, and the iPhone SE (2020) is only around seven months newer.
Two years in a row
However, this would mean that it’s two years in a row where some iPhones have had support dropped, as the iPhone XS line stopped getting updates last year. That’s notable because Apple doesn't stop supporting phones every year.
So, we’d take this claim with a pinch of salt, but it’s certainly believable, and means that if you’ve been holding on to an iPhone 11 model or an iPhone SE (2020), it could be time to upgrade.
iOS 27 is expected to be unveiled at WWDC 2026 on June 8, so we might learn for sure which phones will support it then — though the finished software probably won’t launch until September.
