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#257268 23-Sep-2019 11:24

My wife is involved with a company developing an app on iOS and Android - the developers are working happily with it, but now we need to enable 2FA on the primary developer account as per Apples terms from Feb.... catch is, it appears you NEED to have an iOS device to enable this - and my wife dosent have one. She could get the devs to do it, but obviously would rather she retains overall control etc.

So whats the cheapest device she could look at to enable this ? Im guessing it'd need to be running a fairly recent iOS.

Else I could try the whole virtual Mac path.........

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#2323271 23-Sep-2019 11:26

Probably the iPod touch at $349.

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#2323285 23-Sep-2019 11:45

Either the above or a refurb iPad Mini from Apple's website.

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#2323316 23-Sep-2019 12:17

Refurb'ed iPad2 and iPhone5C for under $200 at EBGames..... would one of those be suitable ?

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#2323326 23-Sep-2019 12:26

xpd:

Refurb'ed iPad2 and iPhone5C for under $200 at EBGames..... would one of those be suitable ?

The ipad2 wont run anything higher than IOS 9 and the 5C tops out at 10...

If there is a requirement to run a current version of any app you are likely to run into problems...

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#2323370 23-Sep-2019 13:37

IPhone 7 $599 Noel Leeming on sale until 8 Oct.

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#2323372 23-Sep-2019 13:40

Grab second hand iPhone SE? I've seem a few on Facebook for around the $200 mark

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#2323376 23-Sep-2019 13:53

GSManiac:

IPhone 7 $599 Noel Leeming on sale until 8 Oct.

Scares me how much "old" models still go for in the Apple range.......

Thanks but theyre only needing something cheap for occasional use :)

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#2323397 23-Sep-2019 14:46

A $150 iphone SE off trademe.

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#2323400 23-Sep-2019 14:53

Have a look here are iOS13 devices https://www.igeeksblog.com/ios-13-compatible-devices/. IMHO iPhone5c is all you will need, look at TM or ask GeekZone users in the wanted section.

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#2323625 24-Sep-2019 02:15

waikariboy:

Have a look here are iOS13 devices https://www.igeeksblog.com/ios-13-compatible-devices/. IMHO iPhone5c is all you will need, look at TM or ask GeekZone users in the wanted section.

iphone SE (6S) is the oldest iphone that will support ios13, and you can get SEs really cheap these days, and they are still great phones. The ipad air 2 is the oldest ipad, but that will likely cost a lot more than the iphone se, which is a bit ironic, since the iphone likely cost a lot more originally and is newer. ipads seem to keep their value far better.