Apple's First Lightning iPhone is Now Obsolete

The iPhone 5 that launched backmost successful 2012 is present considered obsolete, according to Apple's list of vintage and obsolete products. Apple moved the iPhone 5 and the 8GB iPhone 4 from the vintage database to the obsolete database today.


A instrumentality is "vintage" erstwhile it has been 5 years since it was past distributed for sale, and "obsolete" astatine the seven-year mark, though Apple sometimes stretches its timelines. For vintage products, Apple retail stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers tin supply repairs if the required parts are available. Devices that are obsolete are mostly not eligible for repair and Apple stops providing repair components.

Apple released the iPhone 5 successful 2012 and discontinued it successful 2013 aft launching the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c. The iPhone 5 was added to the vintage products database successful 2018, astatine which constituent repairs became constricted based connected parts availability. Now that the instrumentality has moved to the obsolete list, repairs volition beryllium mostly unavailable.

The iPhone 5 featured an updated plan with a solid and aluminum body, a taller 4-inch display, LTE support, and the first-ever Lightning larboard that replaced the 30-pin connector.

As for the 8GB iPhone 4 that was besides added to the obsolete list, Apple introduced it successful 2011 and past discontinued it successful 2013. Both the 8GB iPhone 4 and the iPhone 5 were sold arsenic low-cost devices successful emerging markets aft being discontinued successful the United States.
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