[gerwim]

Which is funny, because I own an iPad from 2018. Which has the A10 chip (which was used in the iPhone 7). Guess what, the iPhone does not get iOS 17 but the iPad does get iPadOS 17.

[savoytruffle]

often these disparities have to do with the iPad with a seemingly-same CPU having more RAM.

[bdavbdav]

It’s a different hardware package too - id imagine the thermals differ significantly between the phone and the pad, and that you can drive the chip harder in the pad.