iPhone X Now Classified as Outdated by Apple
Apple has officially added the iPhone X, first released in 2017, to its list of outdated products. What this means for users, Apple Stores and Apple Authorised Service Providers will no longer offer hardware repairs, genuine replacement parts for device will no longer be available, your iOS will be capped at iOS 16 and you will no longer receive further updates for your operating system. Take note that your iPhone X should operate normally with apps and data already installed however you may experience issues when your favourite game requires you to update, meaning it will no longer work.
It is always best to weigh up your options and see what you as the owner can do, firstly there are independent repair shops who would be able to services your device, offering you aftermarket parts.
Is it worth losing your personal/work photos or files since backing up to iCloud, where an eventual hardware failure occurs. With no more official hardware repairs available and only third-party options remaining, the risk of an eventual failure — battery swelling, a cracked screen, water damage, or a logic board fault — becomes more likely the longer you hold onto the device, and aftermarket parts used in third-party repairs carry their own added risk of failure. If your iPhone X isn't already backing up automatically, now is the time to check. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup and make sure it's switched on, or manually back up via Finder/iTunes on a Mac or PC. Consider also backing up separately to a computer or external drive as a second copy, since iCloud's free tier only offers 5GB, which may not be enough for a full photo and video library. Losing years of personal photos, work documents, messages, or app data because of an unexpected hardware failure is a completely avoidable loss — and with parts and repairs harder to source for this device, treating a backup as optional is a bigger gamble than it used to be.
Source: Apple.
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