Is the Apple iPhone 5s still supported?
End-of-support date: January 2023.
Support ended
Our estimateJanuary 2023
Source: Apple's documentation · verified 2026-06-12
What it means now that support ends
- 🔓 Security risk grows monthly. New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly; on an unsupported phone they are never fixed. Banking, payments, email, and password apps become progressively riskier.
- 📱 Apps drop off. Developers raise their minimum OS requirements over time — first you lose updates to apps, then the apps themselves.
- 💸 Resale value falls fast.The market prices support: once a phone leaves a manufacturer's update list, its used value drops sharply and keeps falling.
More questions about the iPhone 5s
How long will the iPhone 5s get updates?
Support has ended. Its final release was iOS 12.5.7 in January 2023, so it no longer receives regular security patches and should not be used for sensitive online activity.
What made the iPhone 5s historically important?
It was the first iPhone with Touch ID fingerprint unlocking and the first with a 64-bit processor, the A7, which set the direction for all later iPhones.
Can I still use an iPhone 5s in 2026?
Only for offline or very basic tasks. With no recent security updates, just 1GB of RAM and an iOS 12 ceiling, it cannot safely run modern apps or browse sensitive websites.
Safer alternatives
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Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from documented update history (estimate — see our methodology), last verified 2026-06-12. How we compute end dates.