{"id":1405,"date":"2025-05-23T01:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2025-05-23T01:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:25:06","slug":"apple-declares-the-iphone-7-plus-and-iphone-8-vintage-limiting-your-repair-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/05\/23\/apple-declares-the-iphone-7-plus-and-iphone-8-vintage-limiting-your-repair-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple declares the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 \u2018vintage\u2019, limiting your repair options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Curtain call<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/5wuvsXXzfXR6Xf95MkkhiB.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone 7 Plus\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>iPhone 7 Plus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Apple has marked the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 as \u2018vintage\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>This means there are fewer repair options should you need them<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The next step is to declare them \u2018obsolete,\u2019 but that\u2019s not happened yet<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re still rocking aniPhone 7 Plusor aniPhone 8, we\u2019ve got some bad news:Applehas just added them to itslist of \u201cvintage\u201d products, meaning your repair options have just become a little more limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple declares a product to be vintage when the company stopped selling it more than five but less than seven years ago. Apple does this from time to time with older devices \u2013 after all, it can\u2019t offer ongoing support for every device it&#8217;s ever produced on an indefinite basis. But the news will still come as a disappointment to anyone still using one of these phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"iphonevintage\">iPhone products vintage worldwide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>iPhone 4 (8GB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone 6s (16GB, 64GB, 128GB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone 6s Plus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone SE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone 7 Plus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone 8 (64GB, 256GB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone 8 (PRODUCT)RED\u2122<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED\u2122<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone X<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iPhone XS Max<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>apple<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>What does this mean in practice? Well, when Apple classifies a product as &#8216;vintage&#8217;, it cuts back on the support it will offer to owners. In theory, you\u2019ll still be able to get one of these productsrepaired by Appleor an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP), but it depends on whether the parts are still available. If they aren\u2019t, you won\u2019t be able to get genuine components when it\u2019s time to repair your phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a product has been classed as vintage, the next step is for Apple to label it &#8216;obsolete&#8217;, and this usually occurs when more than seven years have passed since Apple last offered the device for sale. The iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 were discontinued in 2019 and 2020, respectively, which means you\u2019ve still got another year or two until they&#8217;re classed as obsolete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1743358-616-00256\">616-00256 Battery for Apple iPhone 7G<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"old-school-charm-3\">Old-school charm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BFAtvSdfXmYVC7h4b3sZ4b.jpg\" alt=\"The iPhone 8\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in 2016, the iPhone 7 Plus was the larger version of theiPhone 7, and it came with water and dust resistance, a solid-state Home button, new color options, and revised antenna bands. It also controversially marked the removal of the3.5mm headphone jackonce and for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The iPhone 8, meanwhile, was released in 2017 and came withwireless charging,True Tone technology, a better chip, and improved cameras. It launched alongside theiPhone X, which was the first all-screen iPhone and consigned the Home button to history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1738149-616-00357\">616-00357 Battery for Apple iPhone 8 8th A1863 A1905<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second time in recent months that Apple has added devices to its vintage products list. In mid-April,the iPhone 6S was marked as vintage, alongside the 2018Mac mini. Don\u2019t be surprised to see further products added to Apple\u2019s list over the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtain call iPhone 7 Plus If you\u2019re still rocking aniPhone 7 Plusor aniPhone 8, we\u2019ve got some bad news:Applehas just added them to itslist of \u201cvintage\u201d products, meaning your repair options have just become a little more limited. Apple declares a product to be vintage when the company stopped selling it more than five but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/05\/23\/apple-declares-the-iphone-7-plus-and-iphone-8-vintage-limiting-your-repair-options\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple declares the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 \u2018vintage\u2019, limiting your repair options<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1406,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}