October 2018. Lady Gaga, Calvin Harris and Nicki Minaj were in the charts, Theresa May was prime minister, and Apple’s iPhone XR was about to debut.

It doesn’t feel that long ago, but prepare for time to hit like a rogue wave… that iPhone will become nearly obsolete this week.

You may have sent all your millennial gifs in capital letters on it, swiped your way through Tinder with it, or perhaps you still use it today.

But it won’t be able to download the latest software update when iOS 26 is released on September 15, just before the newly released iPhone 17 and iPhone Air hit shelves.

That means that, while you can still use it and get critical security patches, it won’t get the latest features, and app developers will gradually stop catering to it.

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