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iOS 5 is Apple's fifth mobile operating system, released on Oct 13, 2011. It runs on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generation, as well as all iPad models. It was succeeded by iOS 6.

iOS 5 is the fifth version of the iOS mobile operating system designed by Apple Inc. It was released by Apple on Oct 12, 2011, and runs on

  • iPhone: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S
  • iPad: iPad, iPad 2 and iPad 3rd generation (with Version 5.1)
  • iPod: 3rd and 4th generation

iOS 5 Software Update v1.0

This update provided over 200 features like Notification Center, iMessage, Newsstand, Reminders, on-device setup and many more (see the Wikipedia iOS History article for more information).

It was preceded by (whose final version was 4.3.5) and succeeded by , which was released on September 19, 2012.

See also for further information.

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