Apple retires iPhone 13 and iPhone 15 Pro models - what should you buy instead?

Apple has scrubbed two of its older model iPhones in the wake of Monday's launch of the new iPhone 16 lineup. No longer up for sale are the iPhone 13 and the two Pro models of the iPhone 15. This leaves the iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 15, 15 Plus, iPhone SE, and of course, the new iPhone 16 models as your only options should you want to buy directly from Apple.

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The retirement of the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max comes as no great surprise. When Apple launched the iPhone 15 series last year, it also jettisoned the Pro models of the iPhone 14. Retiring only the Pro flavors of the previous year's phone is an attempt by Apple to push buyers who ...