iPhone owners warned as two popular models added to doomed ‘vintage' list & there's a costly consequence for Apple fans
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TWO beloved iPhone models have been doomed to Apple's dreaded "vintage list" and affected users must be careful going forward.
Tech companies routinely discontinue products after so many years to make way for shiny new gadgets.
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iPhone 7 was released back in 2016
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The iPhone 8 was the last flagship iPhone to feature a Touch ID button
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Both move into Apple's 'vintage' list
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Apple downgrades its older devices into a vintage category before becoming totally obsolete.
When a device falls into the vintage category it means repairs can become quite difficult.
The definition is important for Apple fans, as once your iPhone enters the vintage stage getting it repaired can become tricky.
While these devices are still eligible for repair, it is based on the availability of parts which will soon run out.
Apple defines iPhones and other products as vintage when sales were stopped more than five years ago but less than seven years ago.
After seven years, they become obsolete resulting in no hardware service at all.
The latest additions to the vintage list are the iPhone 7 Plus and the iPhone 8.
These were announced way back in September 2016 and September 2017 respectively.
The iPhone 8 was notable for being the last flagship iPhone to feature the home button and Touch ID, before it was axed entirely for Face ID on the iPhone X.
Apple's list currently only lists the 64GB and 256GB versions of the iPhone 8 as vintage, but the 128GB version isn't.
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The (PRODUCT)RED versions of the iPhone 8 were already on the vintage list.
Elsewhere, Apple bumped the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 2 from vintage to obsolete in its latest update.
Here is the full list of "vintage" iPhones as it now stands:
iPhone 4 (8GB)
iPhone 5
iPhone 6
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone SE
iPhone 8 (64GB, 256GB)
iPhone 8 Red
iPhone 8 Plus Red
iPhone X
And these are the iPhones that are obsolete:
iPhone
iPhone 3G (China mainland) 8GB
iPhone 3G 8GB, 16GB
iPhone 3GS (China mainland) 16GB, 32GB
iPhone 3GS (8GB)
iPhone 3GS 16GB, 32GB
iPhone 4 CDMA
iPhone 4 CDMA (8GB)
iPhone 4 16GB, 32GB
iPhone 4 GSM (8GB), Black
iPhone 4S
iPhone 4S (8GB)
iPhone 5C
iPhone 5S
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 6s (32GB)
iPhone 6s Plus (32GB)
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