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How long will your refurbished iPhone receive iOS updates?

With an iPhone, you receive the latest iOS updates up to 5 years after the release of the device. That makes the iPhone durable and ensures that your older device lasts a long time. In this article, you can read how long your refurbished iPhone supports software updates.

Last expected update per model

Expected last iOS update Year introduced
Refurbished iPhone X September 2022 2017
Refurbished iPhone Xs September 2023 2018
Refurbished iPhone Xr September 2023 2018
Refurbished iPhone 11 September 2024 2019
Refurbished iPhone 11 Pro (Max) September 2024 2019
Refurbished iPhone SE 2020 September 2025 2020
Refurbished iPhone 12 September 2025 2020
Refurbished iPhone 12 Mini September 2025 2020
Refurbished iPhone 13 (Mini, Pro, Pro Max) September 2026 2021
Refurbished iPhone SE 2022 September 2027 2022
Refurbished iPhone 14 (Plus, Pro, Pro Max) September 2027 2022
Refurbished iPhone 15 (Plus, Pro, Pro Max) September 2028 2023

Refurbished iPhone models with the longest update policy

Which iPhone models still receive updates?

Which iPhone models still receive updates?

The newer the iPhone model, the longer you can benefit from the latest iOS updates. For example, the iPhone X supports fewer software updates than the iPhone 11. In the following list, you can find the last year in which the refurbished iPhone model can get a software update. You can use the latest functions until the next software update.

Which iPhone models don't receive updates anymore?

iPhone back

Here, you'll find which iPhone models no longer receive new iOS updates.

  • iPhone X
  • iPhone 8 (Plus)
  • iPhone SE (1st generation)
  • iPhone 7 and 7 Plus
  • iPhone 6(S) and 6(S) Plus
  • iPhone 5, 5S, and 5C
  • iPhone 4 and 4S
  • Older models

What if your iPhone doesn't get any more iOS updates?

Refurbished iPhone

You can continue to use your device if your iPhone no longer receives software updates. You just use an older iOS version and can't use the newest functions. You'll still receive security updates, but not as often. This means you can still safely use your iPhone.

Why aren't certain iPhone models supported anymore?

View iPhone

Each year, new iPhone models get a more powerful processor, a better camera, and all kinds of other technical improvements. To optimally support the increasingly powerful smartphones, they need a new software update every year. After about 6 years, the new software updates are made specifically for the later models. This means they're of no use to older models. The iPhone 6s from 2015 has an outdated chip that's unsuitable for the latest iOS version, for example

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