Restrict game to iPhone 4s+ and higher?

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How can you restrict the app to iPhone 4s+ and higher?

I’ve read that one could make front-facing-camera or bluetooth-le as “hardware requirements”, but at the same time, people claim they got their apps rejected because of that. Is there an accepted way how to do this?

The only other option I found is limiting the iOS version… however that wouldn’t work, as even iOS 7.0 still supports the non-4s-iPhone.

2

Of course I could wait for iOS 8 which is strictly limited to 4s+

But what’s this option about (see attached). Does the 640p limit in the player settings restrict the device as well (meaning: exclude non-640p-devices)?

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3

In theory, you can require bluetooth-le:

But if you support iPads, that will make it unsupported on iPad 2. And there’s a risk that Apple will reject you if you specify this requirement but don’t actually use Bluetooth.

4

Arrr… not risking that. Regarding the Target resolution “640p” I found in the manual that the 480x320 devices ignore this setting. So it doesn’t exclude non-retina-devices either. That means I need to support Non-Retina devices :face_with_spiral_eyes:

Ridiculous… but I guess most developers have already facepalm-ed about that (and it didn’t change Apple’s politics).

5

If you target iOS 7, all iPhones supporting it are retina ones. iPhone 3GS support ended in iOS 6.

6

Not sure of that. The iPhone 4 (non-s) has only 480x320 and can upgrade to iOS7 as well :frowning: I got the info from here. So basically if I need to support this low resolution I might as well support iOS6. But on my next game I will most likely limit to iOS 8 which is confirmed to support phones only >= 4s+

7

I have an old iPhone 4 and runs iOS7 like a champ, iOS8 will take that out of the running.

8

WRONG.

iPhone 4 has retina display. 960×640

9

Why not just restrict it in Xcode after Unity done the build.

10

You are right, thanks man! (huh… how did I get to 320p… :eyes:)

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I have this problem now as well. I’d like to restrict to iPad2+ and iPhone4S+ but it seems you can’t.

I guess the only way is specify iOS 7 and put big type in the app description about device limitations, and wait for people to ignore it then write bad reviews.

or wait for iOS8 but that’s still 2 months out or so
iOS 8 will be compatible with:

    • iPhone 4s

  • iPhone 5

  • iPhone 5c

  • iPhone 5s

    • iPad 2

  • iPad 3rd generation

  • iPad 4th generation

  • iPad Air

  • iPad mini

  • iPad mini with

  • Retina display*

    • iPod touch 5th generation

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