Will the original iPad 1 upgrade to iOs 6 ?

Using original iPad 1
Current iOs is 5.1.1
It will not upgrade to iOs 6
Did apple stop supporting original iPad ?

I did not say it was 3 years old, I said it was ALMOST 3 years old. 2 years seven months is closer to 3 years that your estimated "less than 2"
More to the point, less than 3 years support for a $700 tablet is criminal & steeling from the public.  We should complain & loudly.  We the consumers have made Apple what it is.
When the tech industry moves as fast as it does, 3 years is quite long.  Show me any device that receives updates past 3 years any device I dare you. And no a PC is not a valid comparison, because it does not recieve updates. the OS does.  And a 3 year old PC that could barely run Windows XP for example is not going to be able to Run Windows 8.
The iPad 1 no longer has the hardware necessarry to support the new iOS. But again that does not mean it automatically stops functioning. Or cannot be taken in for a check if there is something wrong with it. If you still have Apple Care on it, it is totally covered. Just because it did not get a recent update does not mean its junk now.
Many people still run an iPad with iOS 3.2 just fine. that's 2 updates they could not care less about. Why suddenly eveyrbody moaning because the latest one can't be applied? Running iOs 5.1.1 should give it at least another year of functional life where it can still download appliations and work perfectly fine.
Again the iPad does not cease functioning because the update can't be applied.  It still works just as it did before.
I will never buy another iPad, period.
Good for you, you'll never buy another mobile device ever either, if you keep expecting support for long periods of time.  If everybody ss rotten as you say, what exactly are you expecting to buy then? Do you think Apple is going to miss your business. there are literally millions of people happy with their purchases with Apple and with other Manufacturers
And just for the record, I neither work for Apple nor think that everything they do is great. Just like I can point the flaws in Android or Microsoft so can I point them out in Apple. And they do have many falws.

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