- Apple has marked the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 as ‘vintage’
- This means that there are low repair options you should need them
- The next step is to declare them ‘obsolete’, but it has not happened yet
If you are still shaking an iPhone 7 Plus or iPhone 8, we have found some bad news: Apple has added them to its list of “vintage” products, which means that your repair options are just a little more limited.
Apple announced a product to vintage when the company stopped selling it more than five but less than seven years ago. Apple does this with time -time with old devices – after all, it cannot offer support for every device that is ever produced on an uncertain basis. But this news will still come as a disappointment for anyone to use one of these phones.
What does this mean in practice? Well, when the Apple classifies a product as ‘vintage’, it cuts back to the support that provides owners. In theory, you will still be able to get one of these products repaired by Apple or Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASP), but it depends on whether parts are still available. If they are not, you will not be able to get the real component when it is time to fix your phone.
After classifying a product as a vintage, the next step is to labeled it ‘obsolete’ for Apple, and this usually occurs when more than seven years have passed because Apple last offered the device for sale. The iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 were discontinued in 2019 and 2020 respectively, meaning that you still have found one or two years or two until they are classified as obsolete.
Old school attraction
Launched in 2016, the iPhone 7 Plus was a large version of the iPhone 7, and it came with water and dust resistance, a solid-state home button, new color options and modified antenna bands. It also marked the controversial 3.5 mm headphone jack once and also to remove for all.
The iPhone 8, meanwhile, was released in 2017 and came with wireless charging, True tone technology, a better chip and better cameras. It launched with the iPhone X, which was the first all-screen iPhone and consigned the home button for history.
This is the second time in recent months when Apple has added equipment to its vintage products list. In mid -April, the iPhone 6s was marked as vintage, with the 2018 Mac Mini. It is not surprising to see further products added to the Apple list in the next year.
