The iPhone X is way overdue for becoming vintage (a product becomes vintage when 5 years have passed since it was discontinued, and for the iPhone X that would be September 12, 2023: 9 1/2 months ago), and so it has rightfully (though probably annoyingly for iPhone X owners) been discontinued (maybe the delay was because the iPhone X was a total redesign that would shape iPhones all the way to the present, and Apple typically delays vintage status for these). Also, the original AirPods (no, self, don't start saying the AirPods' history again!), discontinued in March 2019 (a few months late), and original HomePod (the HomePod could have waited a couple years: it was only discontinued in March 2021) have been classed vintage.
What does vintage mean here? When a product is classified vintage, that product is made more difficult to repair: you can only get a repair by Apple for that product if you're lucky (although for third-party repair, you don't have anything to worry about), so if your aging device breaks, you don't have a good chance of getting a repair from the more knowledgeable source. Don't, however, try rushing for the iPhone 15 right now unless your device is broken now: if your iPhone X doesn't break, it can last until September and the AI-fitted iPhone 16 (try this rhyme: it's a bummer to get an iPhone in the summer).
By Leo
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