Do you have an iPhone 7 Plus or 8? Apple has bad news for you
After a handful of years outside the Apple, iPhone, iPad or Mac stalls are classified as “ancient” And “obsolete”. Two statutes with very concrete consequences: the progressive, even total end, of repairs in Apple Store or in the approved centers. In this month of May 2025, the apple firm added to its list the iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 2. Here is what it means concretely for these devices!
End of repairs approaching for several iPhone and iPad
The list of iphone “Old” Leads more precisely with the following models: iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 of 64 GB/256 GB, and iPhone 8 Plus Product (RED). As a result, the other colors of iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone 8 with 128 GB of storage are spared.
This categorization occurs because Apple marketed has stopped for over five years and less than seven years. It signs in passing a limitation of repairs to spare parts still in stock in the Apple Stores and approved centers.
After the seven years of decommercialization, they will be listed as “Obsoles” By Apple – which means that official repairs with original parts will no longer be available.
This is now the case for two tablets: the iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 2.. A situation which, in addition to the end of the respective software support, inevitably pushes users to turn to more recent models.
