What are discontinued products? Apple will classify the products that have been sold for more than 7 years and have stopped supplying into the category of discontinued products, and then stop all hardware services for such products Business.

Unlike the discontinued product list, the devices on the retro product list are Apple products that have been discontinued for more than 5 years but less than 7 years.

After the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple recently listed the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 2 as retro and outdated products.

In terms of system software, the official will stop supporting the above two products, but this does not mean that they are out of control. According to regulations, Apple Store   Retail stores and Apple authorized service providers will continue to provide up to 7 years of repair services for retro or outdated products, depending on the availability of parts 。

In terms of time, the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 2 are indeed "antiques", and with the new functions added by Apple in the iPad OS system More and more, this will consume more and more memory, resulting in many functions that may not work properly. But many netizens said that they would not stop updating the system because Replace it with a new iPad.

The iPad Air 2 was first released in October 2014 and is the first iPad Air equipped with a Touch ID fingerprint sensor. It also uses Apple's A8X processor , introduced the laminated seamless display for the first time, which makes it significantly thinner than the original iPad Air.

The iPad mini 2 was released earlier, in November 2013. It is the first mini series with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 Retina display The size of the flat panel has higher resolution and better detail display. In addition, it is also equipped with the first 64 bit mobile processor and dual core A7 processor. It was also the magic that many student parties dreamed of. Although A7 is a bit stuck now, it's easy to watch a video.

Five years ago, no one could match their product strength. Five years later, they found that these two products are really durable, so they will continue to be used. Besides, Apple is very kind The latest iPad OS 15 has been installed on the iPad Air 2.

How long have you used your iPad? For what reason?

Editor: Cui Cui