But even if Apple may be better than most android manufacturers, Apple still doesn't support devices it considers "Obsolete"...and there is
nothing you can do about it other than
buy a new phone since the bootloader is locked down. According to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_devices anything before iPhone 5 is considered "Oboslete" and they don't seem to be releasing updates. On the other hand, I've been happily using my Samsung S3 which cyanogenmod has been pushing latest android updates to nightly...and that is likely to continue as long as there are enough of us who care, even if cyanogen and samsung goes away.