Xa iApple yakhupha ii-iPhone 5s, yayikukuqala kokuphela kwesizukulwana seapps ezazikade zingamakhosikazi eVenkile yeApple. Ukufika kwee-iPhone 5 kukhokelele ekwamkelweni yi-Apple kwitekhnoloji ye-64-bit kwiiprosesa zayo, itekhnoloji ebonelela ngeenzuzo ezininzi kunoko yayifumaneka kude kube ngoku kwihlabathi leefoni.
Iminyaka emine emva kokumiliselwa kwe-iPhone yokuqala eneprosesa engama-64, usetyenziso oluhambelana kuphela neeprosesa ezingama-32, oko kukuthi, ezingakhange zilungelelaniswe neeprosesa zamva nje, Iintsuku zabo zibaliwe kwivenkile yeApple.
Ukusukela ngo-0 I-Apple ithumela ii-imeyile kubo bonke abo baphuhlisi abangakhange bazihlaziye izicelo zabo ukuhambelana neebits ezingama-64, kodwa kufike ixesha apho izilumkiso ezibe zizoyikiso, njengoko inkampani esekwe eCupertino iceba ukususa kwiVenkile yeApple zonke ezo zicelo zihlaziyiweyo ukuze zisebenzise zonke izibonelelo Itekhnoloji iyasinika.
Oko kwasungulwa i-iOS 10, kungaphelanga inyanga i-iOS 11 izakwaziswa ngokusesikweni, U-Apple uqalile ukubonisa izaziso kubasebenzisi bezicelo ezingama-32, isitsho ukuba umsebenzi ungacotha kunesiqhelo, ukongeza kubangela iingxaki zomsebenzi kwisixhobo. Ngokufika kwe-iOS 11 zonke izicelo ezingama-32-bit ziya kuyeka ukusebenza ngokupheleleyo, ziya kusebenza kuphela kwizixhobo ezingama-32.
Iimodeli ezimbini zokugqibela ezikhutshiweyo nguApple ezihlaziyiweyo ukuya kwi-iOS 10 yayiyi-iPhone 5 kunye ne-iPhone 5c, nobabini nibe nakho ukuqhubeka nokufaka eziapps, kude kube kungekudala okanye kamva iApple isuse ngokusisigxina kwiVenkile yeApple, kuba zombini iiterminali ziyekile ukufumana inkxaso esemthethweni kwinkampani esekwe eCupertino.