{"id":375094,"date":"2026-08-14T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=375094"},"modified":"2026-08-14T06:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:05:01","slug":"apple-marks-iphone-x-obsolete-official-repairs-now-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-marks-iphone-x-obsolete-official-repairs-now-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple marks iPhone X obsolete: official repairs now end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple has added the iPhone X to its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/these-two-iphones-are-now-vintage\" rel=\"noopener\">obsolete products list<\/a>, according to the company, which brings official repairs for the phone to an end. Apple-supplied replacement parts are done too.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That follows Apple\u2019s usual policy. Products generally reach obsolete status about <strong>seven years<\/strong> after they were last sold, and since <a href=\"https:\/\/ios-16.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">iOS 16<\/a> was already the iPhone X\u2019s final major software update, this feels more like the formal end of the road than a surprise.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you still use an iPhone X every day, here\u2019s the part that matters: Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers won\u2019t be doing <strong>battery swaps<\/strong>, screen replacements, or other hardware repairs anymore. From this point on, you\u2019re looking at third-party repair shops, refurbished components, or second-hand parts, depending on the shape your device is in.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it launched in <strong>2017<\/strong> as Apple\u2019s 10th-anniversary iPhone, the iPhone X changed the look of the lineup. It dropped the Home button, went to an all-screen front with gesture navigation, introduced OLED, Face ID through the TrueDepth camera, and the notch. It also set the design pattern modern iPhones still follow, even if that cutout later turned into the Dynamic Island. And at $999, it was Apple\u2019s most expensive mainstream iPhone at the time, helping make higher-end smartphone prices feel normal.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s nothing to download here. But if you\u2019re still carrying an iPhone X, its move to obsolete status brings a few familiar questions back into focus: resale value, e-waste, how long a phone should last, and who gets to repair it. None of that changes what the iPhone X was. Its place as one of Apple\u2019s most important iPhones is already secure.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has added the iPhone X to its obsolete products list, according to the company, which brings official repairs for the phone to an end. Apple-supplied replacement parts are done too. That follows Apple\u2019s usual policy. Products generally reach obsolete status about seven years after they were last sold, and since iOS 16 was already &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-marks-iphone-x-obsolete-official-repairs-now-end\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Apple marks iPhone X obsolete: official repairs now end&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":375093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-375094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375095,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375094\/revisions\/375095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375094"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=375094"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=375094"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=375094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}