This is nothing but Apples disgusting planned and forced obsolescence. Even an iPhone 3 would be capable of converting to or saving as HEIF format if it were so programmed. Īs a programmer for many decades I will testify that claiming hardware difference as the reason this feature requires an iPhone 7 or newer is a lie. My iPhone 6S Plus runnning IOS 11.0.1 does not have the option 'settings > Camera > Formats'. Again, using identical iPhone 6, 6S, & 7 phones with identical configurations regarding Apps, photos, etc. They clearly showed that the photos occupied less space using the HEIF format.
That's curious since I just watched a YouTube video where they were comparing IOS 11 vs.
