Apple is expected to release iOS 10.3 before the end of March and the deployment is expected to accelerate the shift from 32-bit to 64-bit. And when iOS 11 comes to town, there will be two casualties that will emerge - old applications still clogging the App Store and possibly jailbreaking.

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The latter, according to App Informers, is an activity that will become even more difficult when Apple ushers in version 10.3 of iOS. The OS bump will see the tech giant implementing its new File System APFS.

"This new File System APFS will almost guarantee that a jailbreaker cannot get into the IPA files. In computer terms, IPA is the iOS Application Archive, and this breach is needed for a successful jailbreak. The way Apple has designed the new iOS 10.3 has made the breach nearly impossible," the report said.

And to crack open Apple's mobile OS is seen next to impossible once iOS 11 becomes official as the release will mark the total jump from 32-bit to 64-bit, and the latter could prove harder to pry open for possible jailbreak exploits. Hackers, in fact, bumped into difficulties on their attempts to jailbreak iOS 10.

What they can only managed were half-baked jailbreaks plagued by bugs and instability, which to many jailbreak fans are just plain useless. And even the well-known jailbreak groups and personalities appeared to have been stopped on their tracks by Apple's tougher iOS security protocols. As indicated in numerous reports, iOS 10.3 is nearing completion and yet the likes of Team Pangu and TaiG remain unaccounted for.

While it looks like that jailbreaking has become less appealing to many developers lately, so is iOS on 64-bit. According to BGR, since Apple started on its transition from 32-bit around 187,000 apps have been left unattended by their creators. The tech giant said continued use of these outdated applications could potentially slow down an iPhone or iPad.

So when iOS 11 becomes official, not only that jailbreaking will potentially start on its road to eventual demise but also Apple will commence on a large-scale purge of the App Store. Basing on the last check, BGR said more than 187,000 apps remain languishing in the 32-bit zone. They will be marked for extermination.

And killing time will likely begin on June 5 or the day Apple is expected to announce iOS 111 via the WWDC 2017.