Pokémon Go will end support for older iOS and Android phones in October
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge If you still play Pokemon Go on a smartphone or tablet running Android 5.0 Lollipop" or iOS 10 or 11, you'll no longer be able to access the game when Niantic pushes an update in mid-October. The Pokemon Go Twitter account confirmed that two popular older phones also won't make the cut: the iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 are being left behind, despite the fact both phones can be upgraded to run iOS 12.
iPhone 5S and 6 have just 1 GB of RAM, and we don't want to hold back development and implementation of features for the vast majority of players who have more robust phones," Niantic tells The Verge.
All things considered, the performance on those devices probably wasn't great. Pokemon Go might not be as demanding as some other titles, but it...