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Apple Adds The iPhone 6 To “Vintage Products Lists”
iPhone 6 is now a Vintage iPhone
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- It’s been more than five years since Apple stopped selling the iPhone 6.
- The iPhone 6’s addition to the list is a little off
- After the success of the iPhone 6s in 2014, Apple offered a new, cheaper model in 2015, which was later discontinued in 2016
Since it has been more than five years since Apple stopped selling the iPhone 6, the company yesterday added the device to its list of vintage and obsolete products. The timing of the iPhone 6’s addition to the list is a little off because of the unusual circumstances surrounding its release.
It was in September of 2014 that Apple introduced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to the public. After the success of the iPhone 6s in 2014, Apple offered a new, cheaper model in 2015, which was later discontinued in 2016 alongside the release of the iPhone 7. In 2017, it was reintroduced as an inexpensive iPhone in some countries, and sales of it continued all the way up to September of 2018.
The iPhone 6 Plus, the bigger brother of the iPhone 6, joined the list of discontinued devices earlier this year.
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus stood out because they were Apple’s first devices to support Apple Pay and because they were the first iPhones to come in two different sizes. Since the introduction of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Apple has maintained its multi-size release pattern.
Products that Apple hasn’t made available for purchase on their website for at least five years are considered “vintage.” Apple’s warranty covers repairs for seven years, or as long as the law requires, but replacement parts may not always be readily available.
Those products are considered obsolete because Apple has not sold them for more than seven years. Except for Mac notebooks that only need new batteries, all hardware support has been ended for unsupported products.
Apple has reclassified the iPod nano 7 (2012) and the fifth-generation iPod touch (2013) as obsolete, while the iPod nano models (2015) are now classified as vintage. The iPod Shuffle from 2012, the fourth generation, has been relegated to the “obsolete” category, while the 2015 model has been elevated to “vintage” status.
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