{"id":247782,"date":"2026-05-17T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/11-older-iphones-still-worth-buying-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T17:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:45:07","slug":"11-older-iphones-still-worth-buying-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/11-older-iphones-still-worth-buying-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Older iPhones Still Worth Buying In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2169998\/older-iphones-still-worth-buying-in-2026\/\">11 Older iPhones Still Worth Buying In 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2169998\/older-iphones-still-worth-buying-in-2026\/\">https:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2169998\/older-iphones-still-worth-buying-in-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-17 16:47:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.bgr.com\">www.bgr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Wongsakorn 2468\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The latest iPhone models are expensive, unless you&#8217;re going with the\u00a0iPhone 17e, which starts at a relatively affordable price of $599.\u00a0However, it misses out on some key features that the rest of the lineup gets. That said, not everyone has the budget to go for the latest and greatest iPhones. Fortunately, that&#8217;s not a massive problem as the company&#8217;s older iPhones remain pretty excellent smartphones even after new ones are released, as Apple not only offers software support for five to seven years but also its A-series chips are among the most powerful on the market. By going with an older iPhone, you save a decent chunk of money but still enjoy a lot of what a new iPhone has to offer, granted you avoid buying a\u00a0vintage iPhone that has reached its end of life.<\/p>\n<p>This is precisely why iPhones have a good resale value, and many folks are happy even buying an older refurbished iPhone. As we head closer to the launch of the iPhone 18 series later this year, it&#8217;s a great time to look at which older iPhones are still a good purchase in 2026. One important detail to keep in mind while shopping for any old iPhone is to make sure that you&#8217;re getting a good discount compared to newer iPhones on the market. Otherwise, you may be better off paying a slight premium to get the latest models.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">iPhone 16 series<\/h2>\n<p>                              &#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2169998\/older-iphones-still-worth-buying-in-2026\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 Older iPhones Still Worth Buying In 2026 https:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2169998\/older-iphones-still-worth-buying-in-2026\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-17 16:47:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bgr.com\/img\/gallery\/11-older-iphones-still-worth-buying-in-2026\/l-intro-1778522713.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[124,81],"class_list":["post-247782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-16","tag-iphone-18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247784,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247782\/revisions\/247784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}