Ngenkathi i-Apple yethula ama-iPhone 5s, bekuwukuqala kokuphela kwesizukulwane sezinhlelo zokusebenza okwakungaba yizindlovukazi ze-App Store kuze kube manje. Ukufika kwama-iPhone 5s kwakusho ukwamukelwa yi-Apple kobuchwepheshe obungama-64-bit kuma-processor ayo, ubuchwepheshe obunikeza izinzuzo eziningi kakhulu kunalokho yayitholakala kuze kube manje emhlabeni wezocingo.
Eminyakeni emine ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-iPhone yokuqala ene-processor engu-64-bit, izinhlelo zokusebenza ezihambisana kuphela nama-processor angama-32-bit, okungukuthi, angashintshelwanga amaprosesa akamuva, izinsuku zabo zibaliwe esitolo sohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Apple.
Kusukela ngo-0 I-Apple ithumela ama-imeyili kubo bonke labo bathuthukisi abangazange bazibuyekeze izinhlelo zabo zokusebenza ukusebenzisana nezingcezu ezingama-64, kepha kufike isikhathi lapho izexwayiso eseziyizinsongo, njengoba inkampani ezinze eCupertino ihlela ukususa ku-App Store zonke lezo zinhlelo zokusebenza ezibuyekeziwe ukuze zisebenzise zonke izinzuzo lokhu ubuchwepheshe businikeza.
Kusukela kwethulwa i-iOS 10, kungakapheli nenyanga i-iOS 11 izokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni, I-Apple isiqalile ukukhombisa izaziso kubasebenzisi bezinhlelo zokusebenza ezingama-32-bit, esho ukuthi ukusebenza kungahle kuhamba kancane kunokujwayelekile, ngaphezu kokubangela izinkinga zokusebenza kudivayisi. Ngokufika kwe-iOS 11 zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza ezingama-32 zizoma ukusebenza ngokuphelele, zizosebenza kuphela kumadivayisi angama-32-bit.
Amamodeli amabili wokugcina akhululwe yi-Apple abuyekezelwe i-iOS 10 kwakuyi-iPhone 5 ne-iPhone 5c, nobabili nizokwazi ukuqhubeka nokufaka lezi zinhlelo zokusebenza, kuze kube kungekudala i-Apple ibasusa unomphela ku-App Store, ngoba womabili amatheminali ayekile ukuthola ukwesekwa okusemthethweni okuvela enkampanini eseCupertino.