Apple iOS 27 Release Creates A Price Problem For iPhone 15 Owners

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Apple confirmed at WWDC this week that iOS 27 will support every iPhone from the iPhone 11 onwards. That’s good news for millions of older iPhone users. However, for iPhone 15 owners and below, no iOS 27 AI tools could make your iPhone less valuable according to new data.

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No iOS 27 AI Tools Could Make Your iPhone Less Valuable

iOS 27 draws a clear line through Apple’s lineup. Every iPhone that runs iOS 26 gets the update. But Siri AI, the headline feature, requires an iPhone 15 Pro or newer. Base iPhone 15 owners are on the right side of the iOS cut, but the wrong side of the AI divide. They get the update. They don’t get the feature everyone will be talking about this fall.

That distinction could impact how much the non-AI phones are worth, according to new data.

iOS 27 brings new AI tools to millions of iPhones, just not the iPhone 15. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

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Sarah McConomy, COO of price comparison site SellCell, shared data with me on what happened to resale values when the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X lost software support after iOS 17 launched.

Values fell by an average of 3.4% in the three months following the public release, and 6.6% over six months. Applied to the iPhone 11, which is confirmed to receive iOS 27, owners may have avoided a further drop of around $6 over six months. For iPhone 11 Pro Max owners, that figure is closer to $11.

The drop is real but contained. As McConomy puts it, “the impact on resale values is likely to be measured rather than dramatic.” By the time support ends, most older iPhones have already gone through the vast majority of their depreciation cycle. The decline is gradual rather than severe.

But the iPhone 15 story is different. It’s not about losing support, it’s about being left…

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