Apple Discontinues iPhone X and Older iPhones With Headphone Jack
Sep. 13, 2018Apple’s annual launch event is used to introduce new iPhones, but it also serves as a platform to discontinue older iPhone models and catalyze a price cut for the previous generation devices. This year’s event at the Steve Jobs Theatre in Apple Park was no different, but the iPhone models Apple chose to discontinue were quite astonishing.
Starting with the biggest surprise here,Apple has discontinued last year’s iPhone X, a device which popularized the whole ‘notch’ design trend that has been carried over to the freshly announcediPhone XR,iPhone XSand theiPhone XS Maxtrio. Moreover, Apple has also discontinued three others iPhone models which flaunted a 3.5mm headphone jack: theiPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and the iPhone SE.
Apple has removed the iPhone X, 6S duo and the iPhone SE from its official US website.Not only does the iPhone X still pack a very capable hardware and delivers an excellent experience, the device is just one year old. This is why the iPhone X’s delisting from the Apple website is quite astonishing, and also because the company usually discontinues iPhone models that were launched at least a couple of years ago.
As for the iPhone 6S and the 6S Plus, their discontinuation in the US market can be explained because they are now over three years old. But on the other hand, Apple has added two more partners to boost local manufacturing in India and aims tomanufacture the iPhone 6s Plusin the country, where the device quite popular among buyers.
So, here we are, witnessing Apple bid goodbye to the iPhone X and older iPhones with a 3.5mm headphone jack, all because the company isadamant at extracting another $9from your pocket for the Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter.
