Apple Will Discontinue Repair Support for These iPhones and Macs in June

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Posted May 15, 2015 at 7:30pm by iClarified

Several Apple products, including iPhones and Macs, will no longer receive repair support and service this June. According to a document obtained by 9to5mac, Apple is planning to switch some products to 'obsolete' or 'vintage' status next month.

Any product in 'obsolete' status no longer receives service or repair support through Apple retail stores or authorized service products (they are not eligible for repair whatsoever). Obsolete products are those there were discontinued more than seven years ago. The 'vintage' status products are those that have not been manufactured for more than five years, but less than seven. 'Vintage' products are only eligible for repair and service in California and Turkey.

The iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS will become obsolete in Asia, Pacific, Canada, EU, Japan, Latin America, and all Apple Retail stores. Both iPhones will become 'Vintage' in the US, where applicable. The original iPhone will also lose its vintage status in the US and become obsolete.

Some Macs will also become obsolete including the iMac (Mid 2007), the 15-inch MacBook Pro (2.4/2.2GHZ) and the 17-inch MacBook Pro (2.4GHZ). The Airport Express base station, Xserve (Late 2006), and Xserve (SFP, Late 2004).

You can check out the entire list of products that will become obsolete and vintage below:

iPhone (Obsolete in AP/CN/EU/JP/LA and Apple Retail stores, vintage in U.S.)
● iPhone 3G
● iPhone 3G (China)
● iPhone 3GS
● iPhone 3GS (China)

iPhone (Obsolete in AP/CN/EU/JP/LA/U.S. and Apple Retail stores)
Original iPhone

Macs (Obsolete in AP/CN/EU/JP/LA/U.S. and Apple Retail stores)
● MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid-2009)
● iMac (20-inch, Mid 2007)
● iMac (24-inch, Mid 2007)
● MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.4/2.2GHZ)
● MacBook Pro (17-inch, 2.4GHZ)

Other:
● AirPort Express Base Station
● Xserve (Late 2006)
● Xserve RAID (SFP, Late 2004)

These products will move to their new statuses on June 9, 2015. Apple will continue to offer support by phone for AppleCare customers.

Apple Will Discontinue Repair Support for These iPhones and Macs in June

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yas9in - May 16, 2015 at 12:22pm

I had no idea it was still possible to get service done on an iPhone 2G. I actually own one and have been keeping it as a kind of a vintage collector's peace. Any idea why Turkey??

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ismails - May 16, 2015 at 7:52am

Great. i have mid2009 macbook pro and i'm living in Turkey :)

do you know why Turkey?

stevenlacross - May 15, 2015 at 7:39pm

iPhone 4 should also be on this list, it's gotten way too slow on iOS 7

you should've kept it on iOS6. blame yourself.

MBP2011 - May 15, 2015 at 7:35pm

Is that *all years* MacBook Pro 15/17-inc 2.2/2.4GHZ???

tubex45 - May 15, 2015 at 7:37pm

Yes. They will ALL be considered obsolete very soon. Time to fork out more money for Apple.

gamerscul9870 - May 15, 2015 at 8:00pm

It's not obsolete if it doesn't run crucial or owc parts.

yas9in - May 16, 2015 at 12:24pm

in the case of 17-inch, yes. but as for the 15-inch ones, iClarified was just too lazy to write which models exactly. check the link.