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iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Now Considered Vintage

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Apple today updated its vintage and obsolete products list to add devices that will get more limited service and repairs now that they are considered outdated.

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The iPhone 7 Plus and two iPhone 8 models are now considered vintage. Apple added the 64GB and 256GB iPhone 8 models to the list, but it's worth noting that the 128GB model isn't included yet because it was sold for a longer period of time. The (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 8 models were already on the vintage list.

A device is considered "vintage" five years after it was last distributed for sale. Apple retail stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASPs) are still able to offer repairs for vintage devices, but only if the required parts are available. If the parts aren't able to be obtained, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 users might not be able to get repairs.

Apple also moved the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 2 from the vintage list to the obsolete list. Apple's devices are considered "obsolete" seven years after they were last available for sale. Apple Stores and AASPs do not repair products that are obsolete and the parts are no longer provided by Apple.

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At the time, the iPhone 7 Plus was the best iPhone I had ever has (having had almost every model since launch). The iPhone 6 Plus was grabage and the 6S was just fixing everything wrong with the 6. The 7 Plus was so snappy and had so much headroom for its time. It was far surpassed a year later with the iPhone X with the impressive wifi and better modem, the (at the time) incredible camera was awesome in a new form factor.

I don't think I had another phone that impressed me in performance like that again until I got the iPhone 13 PM. Since then the 16 PM has been the best, and that's not saying much given the duds that were the 14 and 15. :(
 
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Recently just replaced my 8+. Really good phone other than the bad battery life in ios11. Still use it as an iPod at work so it lives on. For taking pictures of documents, the 8+ does a better job than my 16P since only the center is sharp and the edges get blurry like some really strong depth of field effect (on the 16)
 
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My first iPhone was the 8 after years of Android. And it's the iPhone I've stuck with the longest. Could've gotten a few more years out of it with a battery replacement.
 
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Had a Jet Black 7+ and a Product Red 8+ (didn't get either at launch, got the 8+ at a steep discount). Loved both phones. The 7+ was such a good upgrade from my highly disappointing 6.
 
antiprotest said:
I skipped 7 and 8, but loved the X. But now Apple itself is in danger of becoming vintage. Hope they have some pleasant surprises for us in the near future.
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I had the 6, loved it, never found anything wrong with it as one earlier poster reported. Then upgraded to the XS which i will keep until the next iPhone with a significantly useful and practical function is released.
 
My mom is still using my old 7+ I gave her end of 2018 when I was given a corporate iPhone 7 free to be used for private. It had a battery change like 3 years ago and the battery is worn to like 88% capacity again. I enjoy getting it out of its case and holding an playing around with it. It just feels special compared to my 15pm and is still in a really good condition.
I also found my love to my old iPad Air 2 again. Just set it up like 2 weeks ago and use it for light web surfing while watching some YouTube on ipad iPad Pro 12.9 from 2020.
I like how thin the air 2 is without a case.
 
I hated that entire family/form-factor, the 6-8. The only redeeming thing was that the 6S had 3D Touch. Ugly hardware design after ugly hardware design for years, until the X got things right again. The X and XS were my favorite iPhones of all time, still to-date.
 
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I hated that entire family/form-factor, the 6-8. The only redeeming thing was that the 6S had 3D Touch. Ugly hardware design after ugly hardware design for years, until the X got things right again. The X and XS were my favorite iPhones of all time, still to-date.
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Size aside, the 6-8 range were a step back from the 5/5s; which was peak design imho.
 
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