The presentation of new devices It means that products from years ago are obsolete. Not only because of the temporality, but also because of the technology they have. In these cases, Apple stops supporting them and classifies them as obsolete, ceasing to repair and replace them in case of failure.
Feeling it a lot, Apple says goodbye to the iPhone 5. The Big Apple believes that this iPhone, whose sixth birthday met last September, has become too old to repair. After more than 5 years, Apple lists it as obsolete product and neither certified suppliers nor the company itself can order parts.
Goodbye to iPhone 5 repairs
The iPhone 5 was one of the best-selling phones in the Big Apple. Introduced in 2012, the device featured a 4-inch screen, a dual-core processor (A6), the latest iPhone with 32-bit architecture. The iPhone 6, which would be presented a year later, would have an A8 chip with 64-bit architecture.
If we analyze the Apple support website, we stumbled upon what has been marked the iPhone 5 as obsolete, indicating that all hardware services are canceled. That is to say, all the repairs that the Big Apple had been doing so far in relation to this device They have been canceled. In addition, third-party suppliers and services such as K-Tuin have also canceled the request for components for repair.
The only exception for this final goodbye of the iPhone 5 is located in the US state of California where Apple is required by law to repair devices up to 7 years after the end of manufacture. That is, hardware support will be given to the iPhone 5 until 2020. It should also be noted that there is still one more year of support for the iPhone 5s, 5c and SE, which were introduced a year later.
The iPhone SE was presented in 2016, so it has more support time