Until recently, the System Setup > General tab showed the manufacture date of a piece of hardware. It is no longer there and I cannot find it via a search of System files. To where has it been moved ?
It would be nice to know how old a piece of hardware it as I consider upgrading via replacement. It used to be easy to know via the General tab in the Systems area of my iPhone and iPad.
iPhone 14 Pro Max
On iOS 17 the Battery First Use Date and Battery Manufacturer Date was listed at Settings > General > About, and with iOS 18, it has moved to the more appropriate place at Settings > Battery > Battery Health.
In neither version did it show the manufacture date of the iPhone and under iOS 16, not even the manufacturer date of the battery is listed.
I can tell you the iPhone 14 Pro Max was released on September 16, 2022 and was discontinued on September 12, 2023.
I thought it was under Setup > General > About but manufacture date is only available for desktop computers. My mistake. Thanks.
Have you tried searching for "Manufacture" inside Settings?
Manufacturing dates are only shown by iOS/iPadOS for recent models of iPhone and iPad. Older models do not offer this software feature.
Product manufacture date disappeared from General. Where has it gone?
