Written by Evany
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.
- Updates
- No updates
- Use after last
- Why no 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 14 (Plus, Pro, Pro Max) | September 2027 | 2022 |
Refurbished iPhone models with the longest update policy
Color: Black
- You'll get iOS updates and new functions until 2026.
From 469,-
- You'll get iOS updates and new functions until 2025.
From 169,-
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 function until the next software update.
Which iPhone models don't receive updates anymore?
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?
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. So you can still safely use your iPhone.
Why aren't certain iPhone models not supported anymore?
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 months, the new software are made specifically for the later models. So they're of no use to older models. The iPhone 6s from 2015 has an outdated chip that's not suitable for the latest iOS version, for example
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