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As far as I can tell, there aren't any "performance" criteria that you can specify to exclude specific iOS devices via info.plist.

Is it possible, via info.plist, to allow a universal app to run on iPad1, but not on iPhone 3GS/3G? Right now I use the gyroscope requirement (which my app does make use of), as a crutch to support only iPhone 4+ and iPad 2+.

To be absolutely clear, I want to make the app AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD in the App Store on iPad1, but not on iPhone 3GS. This question is not about runtime query of the device from code.

Is my best/only option to create multiple binaries, and remove the gyroscope build from the iPad build (typically called the "HD" build) but leave it there for iPhone/iPod touch?

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Look at this question: Determine device (iPhone, iPod Touch) with iPhone SDK

It goes over determination of different iOS devices. So, you can explicitly support (or not support) some specific model.

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Requiring armv7 will drop out everything <3gs, but still includes ipad1. That's the closest I see.

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The short answer seems to be "no".

On the up-side, iPad1 only has 256Mb memory, so you need to make your app fit in 256Mb anyway, so it should work on the 3GS. The difference in CPU speed is significant though.

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