Apple can not repair this iPhone, the reason?

Oketekno.com – Every year Apple trying to bring the latest iPhone smartphone to compete in the international market with Samsung, Huawei and other brands. But for reasons of balance marketing and stability, as well as for its services, some smartphones have not received any official services, hardware and software.

A few weeks after the launch of the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, Apple officially registered this year the iPhone 5 smartphone in the ranks "Vintage Products"Or this product can also be called old product in the United States and Turkey.

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Please note that this old product is defined as an Apple product manufactured for more than 5 years but less than 7 years. It depends on the applicable national and national laws.

Not only the United States, iPhone 5 himself was also clbadified as "Product Obselete"Aka's obsolete products, because the smartphone has not been manufactured for about 7 years, so Apple can no longer repair the iPhone.

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"Apple has stopped all hardware services for obsolete products without exception," wrote Apple on its official support page. However, Apple's services in California continue to perform non-material repairs for the iPhone 5, 4 and 3GS. Similarly with Turkey, which still provides services for older Mac products.

The iPhone 5 was launched for the first time in 2012 using the iOS 6 operating system and costs US $ 200 at the time. This smartphone has a 4-inch screen and has become the first mobile phone to carry the A6 chip. Then, in 2014, a battery recall program was set up to solve the battery problems mbadively encountered on the iPhone 5.

Although it has not received any hardware repairs, Apple plans to open a new program called "Apple Vintage Pilot Product Repair"But there is still no more detailed information on the program and is still under internal consideration.

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