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Apple itself stopped selling the iPhone XS in 2019, but other retailers kept the torch alive for a little longer, hence why the XS is only hitting vintage status seven years after it was first sold.
Like a beautiful old car or your dad's long-serving leather jacket, the iPhone XS is officially "vintage," at least according to Apple. And that means a few things have changed. Alongside the 5th ...
The iPhone XR was the best of the lot, with over 70 million units sold by the end of 2019. Apple's Friday update to the vintage list comes just a few weeks after it added the iPhone 7 Plus and ...
The iPhone 5 reached vintage status this week in the US, while it's been classified obsolete in the rest of the world. Products considered 'obsolete' by Apple were discontinued more than seven ...
While I'm still of the opinion that things from the 80s (or I guess 90s now) have long reached vintage status, tech moves faster than that. The iPhone X was announced in September 2017 and ...
If you’re wondering why the iPhone 6 hasn’t reached vintage status, it’s because Apple continued selling it until 2018 after relaunching the phone in India, China, and Taiwan as a “limited ...
In May 2025, as reported by MacRumors, Apple updated the list of products it considers vintage on its support website, and welcomed three new models to the club — the iPhone 7 Plus, the iPhone 8 ...
Starting September 13th, the week following Apple’s iPhone 7 event scheduled for September 7th, Apple will officially add the iPhone 4 (CDMA) to vintage/obsolete status.
This applies to all iPhone 7 Plus models, as well as 64GB and 256GB iPhone 8 models. 128GB iPhone 8 models aren’t vintage yet, neither are iPhone 8 Plus models in colors other than PRODUCT(RED).
According to the leaked document, on June 11 of this year the first generation iPhone will enter vintage status in the United States and will be classified as obsolete in Asia-Pacific, Canada, ...
While the company is also expected to launch upgraded versions of its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, we believe that the new iPhone 8 could emerge the biggest driver of the Apple’s smartphone business.
Apple's "vintage" products list has a new entrant: the iPhone XS.. Apple adds a product to its vintage list five years after it officially stops selling it. For users, this means repairs at Apple ...