Unfortunately: Apple explains this popular iPhone and Apple Watch as Vintage

Please note if you use an older iPhone or Apple Watch, because Apple has labeled more devices as vintage. These are the consequences.

iPhone 11 and Apple Watch Series 3

Apple has again marked a series of products such as ‘Vintage’. The company regularly adjusts the list of vintage products. These are devices that Apple removed from the sale at least five years ago. Earlier this year, the Apple Watch Series 4 and iPhone 6S were labeled as vintage. Now it is again the turn of a popular iPhone and Apple Watch. Apple sees the iPhone 11 Pro Max and the Apple Watch Series 3 since this month as a vintage.

For vintage products, Apple still offers repairs, but cannot guarantee that the required parts are available. With your iPhone 11 Pro Max and Apple Watch Series 3 you can still go to Apple for support, but there is a chance that you cannot be helped by missing parts. These are still delivered for the latest iPhones, with vintage products that is no longer the case.

Striking additions

They are striking additions to the list of vintage products. For example, the Apple Watch Series 4 has been on this list for some time, but the enormously popular Apple Watch Series 3 from 2017 is only now being added. It concerns all versions of the Apple Watch Series 3. The Apple Watch is available with a housing of 38 millimeters and 42 millimeters, both of which are seen as vintage by Apple. This also applies to the special Hermes and Nike editions of the Apple Watch Series 3.

Whereas with the Apple Watch Series 3 all versions have been added to the Vintage products list, this is not the case with the iPhone 11 series. Only the iPhone 11 Pro Max is marked as vintage, which will make the repairs for this device more limited in the coming period. That does not apply to the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, because Apple does not yet see this as vintage. So you can have these iPhones repaired without problems, with a guarantee that the required parts are in stock.

Still software updates

The iPhone 11 Pro Max has been on the list of vintage products at Apple since this month, but still gets software updates. The iPhone 11 series runs on the A13 Bionic chip, which offers support for iOS 26. You can still install the latest software version on the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. The devices do not work with Apple Intelligence, for which you need an iPhone 15 Pro or newer.

Do you still have an iPhone 11 Pro Max or Apple Watch Series 3? In that case you can continue to use the devices, but it is more likely that repairs can no longer be carried out. Can your old iPhone or Apple Watch no longer be repaired? Then it’s time for a new device. The iPhone 17 and Apple Watch Series 11 are currently the latest generations. View the lowest prices here: