I Did Not Upgrade to iOS 7 (Thank Goodness).  How Long Can I Continue to Use iOS 6?

I've only been an iPhone user for a couple of years.  Up until this "upgrade" things have been fairly acceptable.  After reading all of the push-back on iOS 7 and seeing a couple of friends' phones that were upgraded, there is no way I'm upgrading.  I'm eligible for a new phone with Verizon now and before making a decision, I'm going to take some time looking at options.  My question is, how long can I use my 4s with iOS 6 installed before things stop working?  I use a couple of very serious apps on my iPhone that I need for work (weather-related) and I'd like to make sure that they are still functional while I look for options.  Any idea how long before things just stop working?  Can one go indefinitely, as long as one doesn't upgrade the apps too?    Thanks for any insight.

You can use it as long as your apps are supported and you dont need to restore your phone. I have an iPod 4 that I cant update on and my apps are slowly becoming out of date. As apps are updated for ios 7 some updates may not be compadible with ios 6 so if you really need an app to update good luck. If you phone is broke or something and has to be restored when you restore it it will be automatically updated to ios 7.
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