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vintage iphones are not necessarily supported

Open captn3m0 opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

This comes from a now-deleted comment on the recent HN thread:

Why is the iPhone 5S listed as supported? I don’t know that I would described it as a supported device (even if its most recent OS gets an occasional critical security update).

Apple lists the 5S as “vintage.” They won’t repair it, they won’t even replace the battery.

We already mark 5S as Discontinued, but perhaps we should also classify a separate Hardware Support tier? Our definition of support is "does this iphone receive critical security updates", but hardware support for repairs is another definition that users care about.

captn3m0 avatar Dec 14 '23 06:12 captn3m0

Good idea, perhaps with a custom column. Do you know a good source where this is documented?

BiNZGi avatar Dec 15 '23 10:12 BiNZGi

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624#iphonevintage currently lists the following:

  • iPhone 4 (8GB)
  • iPhone 5
  • iPhone 5S
  • iPhone 6
  • iPhone 6 Plus
  • iPhone 6s (32GB)
  • iPhone 6s Plus (32GB)
  • iPhone SE

But this is already tricky, since there might be the same model marked as vintage or not depending on the variant. 4-8GB is vintage, but 4-16GB or 4-32GB variants aren't. We could mark them as vintage, but clarify in the description perhaps.

captn3m0 avatar Dec 15 '23 12:12 captn3m0