iPhones are rightly considered the most secure mobile devices from a security point of view. The increased security on the iPhone and iPad is primarily due to Apple's decisions to limit user access to the installation of external applications App Store.
A regulation given by the European Union stipulates that all companies that develop operating systems allow users to install applications from other sources, not only from their own application stores. This means that starting with iOS 17, Apple will allow the installation of applications from outside the App Store.
iOS 17 allows installation of applications from outside the App Store
It is an absolute first on iOS and will definitely be a major security and stability issue for iPhone and iPad, for users who choose to install applications from outside App Store.
Apple also has the possibility that this measure will be implemented only for users in the European Union, where the law forces them to make this major change in iOS 17.
Most likely, in iOS 17 there will be a security setting similar to the one existing on the Mac, through which users can choose whether to accept the installation of applications on iPhone from third-party sources and from unidentified developers.
Not only the support for installing applications from third-party sources will be the only major change that Apple will make this year. It is expected that in the fall, Apple will present the new range of iPhone 15 with USB-C port for charging and data. This is also a regulation of the European Union, which forces mobile phone and tablet manufacturers to use USB-C for charging and data. Thus, it will be a first for the iPhone, giving up the famous port Lightning.
