Re: Expert issues warning to anyone using iPhone on Apple's 'obsolete' list that could be seriously harmful

On 2024-06-06 16:19, Gelato wrote:

Expert issues warning to anyone using iPhone on Apple's 'obsolete' list
that could be seriously harmful
 https://www.ladbible.com/news/technology/iphone-apple-obsolete-list-security-warning-hackers-871549-20240606
 Basically, the tech giant classes products as obsolete when it has been
more than seven years since it 'stopped distributing them for sale' -
meaning the devices can no longer be fixed and rarely receive iOs security
updates.
 For example, once an iPhone turns ten-years-old, the company can no longer
order repair parts for it, so if it ever goes kaput, there is no coming
back for it.
 As you can imagine, the OG's such as the iPhone 3G, iPhone 4s and iPhone 5C
have been declared obsolete.
 You can take a look at the full 'death list' here - and you might be
surprised by how long it is.
 https://www.ladbible.com/news/technology/full-iphones-death-list-688143-20240605

Didn't look at it....
Eventually these older phones lack so many features as to be compliance skewed with the rest of the more up to date market reducing their utility for a large number of users.  (This statement applies to a lot of electronics).
My SO is keeping her iPhone 7 (8 years old this coming fall) - possibly for another year - before upgrading, OTOH she might go for a new one.
If it fails, she'll simply buy a new iPhone of the latest model and run it for another 7 - 8 years.
Further of course there are plenty of shops in larger cities that can cannibalize parts to resurrect phones if really desirable.
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