Original iPhone SE from 2016 is now listed as "Vintage" by Apple

Original iPhone SE from 2016 is now listed as “Vintage” by Apple،

A few months ago, we told you that the Apple Watch Series 1 handsets, first launched in 2015, had been placed on Apple's list of “Vintage” products. Today, by MacRumors, the first iPhone SE, released in 2016, was added to the list of “Vintage” products. An Apple product is considered “Vintage” if more than five years but less than seven years have passed since Apple stopped distributing the product for sale. Once the product reaches the seven-year mark, it is considered “obsolete.”

There is no guarantee that “Vintage” products can be repaired by Apple or Apple Authorized Service Providers. If parts are available, Apple will offer to repair the product. There are no hardware services for “obsolete” devices and service providers cannot order parts for them.

The original iPhone SE was based on the iPhone 5s and included a 4-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 640 x 1136. Instead of being powered by the A7 SoC found under the hood of the iPhone 5s, the iPhone SE was equipped with the A9 chipset and carried 2 GB of RAM, twice as much as the iPhone 5s. The O.G. iPhone SE also had a slightly larger battery rated at 1624 mAh compared to 1570 mAh for the iPhone 5s.

The first generation iPhone SE is now a vintage product

THE iPhone SE also got a bump with a 12MP rear camera compared to 8MP on the iPhone 5s and was priced at $399. Apple has now released two more iPhone SE versions, the iPhone SE (2020) and iPhone SE (2022). Both are based on the iPhone 8, sport a 4.7-inch LCD screen, and are powered by the A13 Bionic (iPhone SE 2020) and the A15 Bionic (iPhone SE 2022).

Vintage list of iPhone models worldwide includes: