Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 2 Are Now Vintage Products

May. 8, 2022

Apple maintains a list of vintage and obsolete products in its portfolio. The Cupertino giant routinely adds old products to this list based on their launch date. In the latestrevisionto the list, Apple has listed iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 2 as vintage products.

iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 2 Added to Vintage Products List

Before we go any further, it’s important to understand what a vintage product is. According to Apple, products that the companystopped distributing for sale more than 5 years and less than 7 years ago are considered vintage. On a similar note, Apple adds products that stopped distribution over 7 years ago to the obsolete products list.

Other iPads in Apple’s vintage iPads list include iPad Air Cellular, iPad Air Cellular (TD LTE), iPad Air WiFi, iPad Air WiFi + Cellular, iPad Air WiFi + Cellular (TD LTE), iPad mini Wi-Fi, iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM), iPad mini Wi-Fi, 16GB (Gray), iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular, 16GB (Gray), iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM, 16GB, Gray), iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi, iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (TD-LTE), iPad Wi-Fi + 4G, CDMA, and iPad Wi-Fi + 4G, GSM.

So, did you ever own an iPad Air 2 or iPad Mini 2? Do you have fond memories of these products? Let us know in the comments.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.