Tempting fate: Installing iOS 6 on the iPhone 3GS

Ars Technica writes, My battle-tested iPhone 3GS has been upgraded to Apple's latest and greatest. Andrew Cunningham One of the iOS platform's advantages over its competitors is that official software updates are not just provided to older devices, but provided in a timely manner on a single date. It gives older phones and tablets a nice longevity boost, and allows Apple to continue selling older hardware that works and acts much like its newer counterparts. The downside of that approach is that only Apple gets to decide if your hardware is worthy of an update. This can cause two problems: the first is that owners...

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