Time moves on and your cool Apple products eventually become reclassified as “vintage” products.
This occurred for the iPhone X, the first-generation HomePod, and the first-generation AirPods on Monday.
The products appeared on Apple’s vintage and obsolete products list earlier today. Products are considered vintage when Apple stopped distributing them for sale more than five and less than seven years ago. Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers continue to offer repairs for vintage products for up to two more years, subject to parts availability.
Sometime after being classified as “vintage,” an Apple product will eventually be reclassified as “obsolete,” wherein Apple states that once seven years have passed since the company last distributed it, Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers no longer offer repairs or other hardware service for it.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors and support.apple.com