>>>I am trying to install an App. It says it requires version 11.0 of iPhone. When I check in my iPhone, it says it is up to date at 10.3.4. Does this mean iPhone 5 is maxed out at 10.x?
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>>Hello Michel,
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>>Apple decides what is better for us. Aren't they nice ;-(
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>>I would prefer it like this. I can install newer IOSes at my own peril. If it's too slow on my iPhone than too bad, but at least it's my decision.
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>>But be prepared, surprises won't probably stop there. Perhaps you have apps on your iPhone5 that won't be supported no more when you decide to upgrade to a newer iPhone, And you will have to delete those. No options to keep those old apps.
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>>Good luck.
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>Years ago, I downloaded ios 7 to my wife's iphone 4. After install ios 7, beginned speed problems. It was terrible and you know you can't downgrade an iphone. At the last I had to give her a iphone 6s. :(
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>I think Apple doesn't want to do this mistake again.

Not sure if they really care. They probably expect, no matter what they do, that their followers will keep paying an extra to get their stuff :-(