It's Apple's words, not the author's: > Products are considered vintage when Apple stopped distributing them for sale more than 5 and less than 7 years ago. ~

It's Apple's words, not the author's: > Products are considered vintage when Apple stopped distributing them for sale more than 5 and less than 7 years ago. ~ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624 Products older than that are considered "obsolete".