Ngokwethulwa kwe-iOS 11, i-Apple ibeke umakhalekhukhwini wonke amadivayisi eselula abephethwe iprosesa engama-64, ukuze i-iPhone 5 ne-iPhone 5c, amamodeli wakamuva ukufaka iprosesa engama-32-bit bashiywe ngaphandle kokuvuselelwa, ngama-iPhone 5s kube yidivayisi elandelayo ohlwini ukumisa ukuthola izibuyekezo.
Ngokukhishwa ngakunye okusha kwe-iOS, i-Apple ingeza izici ezintsha, imisebenzi, ikakhulukazi yezizathu zehadiweji, engatholakali kuwo wonke amadivayisi, yize ezinye zazo ziyahambelana, kepha sesivele siyazi ukuthi yini ekhona. Lapho konke kubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi ama-iPhone 5s azoba ukuphela okulandelayo ukuyeka ukuthola izibuyekezo ezivela ku-Apple, irekhodi leWebKit liqinisekisa okuphambene nalokho.
Iwebhusayithi yaseFrance iMacGeneration itholile Izinkomba kuma-iPhone 5s ku-WebKit registry ebonisa ukuthi izohambisana ne-iOS 12, inguqulo elandelayo ye-iOS ezokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngoJuni olandelayo e-WWDC nalapho ekugcineni sizoshiya khona ukungabaza, ngoba i-Apple izomemezela wonke amadivayisi ahambisana nale nguqulo yeshumi nambili ye-iOS, inguqulo ngokuya ngenombolo enkulu evela kumahemuhemu , ngeke isinike izindaba ezibalulekile, njengoba i-Apple ifuna ukugxila ekwenzeni ngcono ukusebenza kohlelo jikelele.
I-Apple yakhipha ama-iPhone 5 ngoSepthemba 2013Ngakho-ke, impilo yale divayisi ingaba yiminyaka engu-5, igama elijwayelekile i-Apple ejwayele kulo, yize kukhishwa izinguqulo ezintsha, imisebenzi ayivame ukutholakala kuma-terminals amadala. Lesi sikhumulo bekuyisikhathi sokujika ebesifunwa yi-Apple, ngoba bekungeyona eyokuqala kuphela (i-Apple) ukusebenzisa inzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe, kodwa futhi bekungokokuqala ukusebenzisa iprosesa engama-64-bit, i-A7, a Lesi sinyathelo sabukwa okuhlekisayo nguQualcomm, osanda kuqala ukukhiqiza amaprosesa angama-64-bit wamadivayisi eselula.