Vintage and obsolete status refers to whether Apple and Apple-certified repair services can fix devices with expired warrantees and supply parts for those models. A vintage model is when it "stopped distributing them for sale more than five and less than seven years ago," according to Apple.

Notably, while ‘obsolete’ cannot be repaired, Apple or its authorised partners also can not sell parts of the old models.

A primer on what these categorisations mean and whether you should worry if you have any of these iPhones or other Apple devices.

Apple has designated the iPhone XS Max and iPhone 6S Plus as 'vintage' products, meaning they were discontinued more than five years ago. The Apple Wa