None of them. Every iPhone that runs iOS 26 will run iOS 27, and Apple confirmed it on stage at WWDC in June.
That is an unusual answer, and it is the opposite of what the rumour mill spent the spring predicting. The consensus going into WWDC was that the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max and second-generation iPhone SE were all being cut. We covered that possibility ourselves when the reports were circulating. Apple did not cut anything.
The Full Supported List
If your iPhone is on this list, iOS 27 will offer itself to you in mid-September.
- iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation) and SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 16 line, including 16e
- iPhone 17 line, including iPhone Air
The oldest device on that list shipped in September 2019. An iPhone 11 buyer who has kept the same phone will be running Apple’s newest operating system into its eighth year. We have the confirmed compatibility list in full here.
Why Apple Kept Them All
Two reasons, and only one of them is generosity.
The first is that iOS 27 is a performance release. Apple built it around making existing hardware faster rather than around features that need new silicon, and dropping the slowest phones would have removed the exact devices the work was aimed at. Shipping 70% faster photo handling and 80% faster AirDrop and then cutting the phones that needed it most would have been a strange decision.
The second is that Apple no longer needs the OS version to sell phones. The feature gate has moved. Apple Intelligence and the new Siri require an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, so Apple can hand iOS 27 to a 2019 device and still hold back everything it wants to market. The version number is free. The features are not.
What Your Old iPhone Does Not Get
The gap between “supported” and “gets the good stuff” is wider this year than it has ever been. On an iPhone 11 running iOS 27, here is what is missing.
| Feature | Minimum iPhone |
|---|---|
| iOS 27 itself | iPhone 11 / SE 2 |
| Apple Intelligence | iPhone 15 Pro |
| The redesigned Siri | iPhone 15 Pro |
| On-screen awareness | iPhone 15 Pro |
Four generations separate the phones that run the OS from the phones that run its headline feature. If the new Siri is what you want, the update in September will not give it to you and no amount of waiting will change that. The hardware requirement is a hard line, drawn by the Neural Engine and the memory available on the device.
The iPad Did Not Escape
If you own both, check them separately. iPadOS 27 dropped a whole wave of models, which makes the iPhone list look even more generous by comparison.
Mac owners took the biggest hit of all. macOS Golden Gate is Apple silicon only, which retires every Intel Mac still in service. That is the real support cut this year, and it landed on the platform with the longest-lived hardware.
Next Year Is Where the Axe Falls
A reprieve is not a pardon. Apple has skipped a cut for one cycle before and made a larger one the following year, and the iPhone 11 line is now well past the point where any comparable Android device would have stopped receiving updates.
If you are running an iPhone 11 or an SE 2, treat iOS 27 as the last major release you should count on. The phone will keep getting security patches after it stops getting version updates, and Apple has been reasonably good about that, but planning around another two years of feature releases would be optimistic.
What This Means If You Were Planning to Upgrade
“My phone stops getting updates” is off the table as a reason to buy an iPhone 18 Pro this September. Whatever you own, it is supported for another year.
The reasons that survive are hardware ones. Battery, camera, speed. We went through which of those actually justify the jump, and the answer changed completely depending on which iPhone you were coming from. Coming from an iPhone 11, almost all of them do.
Over to You
What is the oldest iPhone in your household still getting updates, and how is it holding up? And does a supported phone without Apple Intelligence still feel supported to you? Tell us in the comments.
- iPhone Ultra: Who Apple Is Actually Selling a Folding Phone To - August 10, 2026
- Carrier Deals to Expect on iPhone 18 Launch Day, and Which Ones Are Traps - August 8, 2026
- Which iPhones Lose Support When iOS 27 Ships - August 7, 2026