If you suddenly feel like experiencing nostalgia or talking about how things used to be better, this post is a perfect opportunity.

iOS 10 was released in 2016 and was the last operating system to support 32-bit processors. If the generational design break happened between iOS 6 and 7, then this was the most important technical transition.

Unfortunately, this operating system is now practically unusable, and there are no functioning third-party applications because of the 32-bit ARM architecture. Some Apple services also behave quite strangely. The browser is outdated as well, and many websites open incorrectly.

The Reminders app still feels somewhat skeuomorphic because of the background texture. Pay attention to Priority, it gives the impression of having been done in a rush. In the latest operating systems this is just a standard text selector (high, medium, low).

You can play an old version of Minecraft, read books, check the weather, and even listen to podcasts. I haven’t tried buying movies, but on such a small display it would be an interesting experience.

A funny moment: how AirPlay shows MacBooks and the HomePod.

An app that lists features from the new operating system looks cute. It seems to me that Apple still haven’t learned how to explain new things without making you open a browser.

The screenshots were taken in December 2023, and I only just got around to publishing them. I’m not sure whether even more services have stopped working since then. In fact, the situation with apps was much better back in 2021-2022, but now most of them have disappeared.