The reason it looks rather poor graphically, too, is due to the emulated video card being VGA only, we are told. It’s not the speediest of boots, partly due to the old operating system and partly because it’s not being run natively. That does mean it’s rather slow, but if making songs from its error noises wasn’t enough for you, a quick mobile flashback might do the nostalgia trick.Īchieved by Youtuber Hacking Jules, Windows XP Professional was booted up on the iPhone 7 running iOS version 10.2.1 using the Xcode emulator. One developer has managed to get the outdated operating system running on a new iPhone 7 through emulation. Windows XP might be long gone, but not forgotten.