Subj : Farewell, iPhone 6S  Apple marks classic phone as 'vintage' along
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Apr 16 2025 13:00:07

Farewell, iPhone 6S  Apple marks classic phone as 'vintage' alongside this 
Mac mini

Date:
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:58:04 +0000

Description:
The iPhone 6S and 2018 Mac mini are now classed as vintage by Applehere's 
what that means.

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has just labeled the iPhone 6S as vintage The same designation has been 
applied to the 2018 Mac mini This means repairs are more limited should 
something go wrong 

Are you still using an iPhone 6S or a 2018 Mac mini ? If you are, weve got 
some bad news: Apple has just declared both products to be vintage on its 
vintage and obsolete products page , which means youll get much more limited 
service and repairs for them if anything goes wrong. 

The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus were released in 2015 and came with a few 
notable milestones. They were the first iPhones to come with Apples 3D Touch 
tech, while they were also the last to feature headphone jacks . 

In addition, Apple strengthened the chassis of the devices to prevent the 
kind of ' bendgate' controversy that befell the iPhone 6. The iPhone 6S was 
last offered for sale by Apple in 2018. 

The 2018 Mac mini, meanwhile, was the last Mac mini to come with an Intel 
processor rather than an Apple silicon chip (the first of which  the M1  
debuted in 2020). And it was the first (and so far only) Mac mini to come in 
a space gray finish. What does this mean for you? The 2018 Mac Mini (above) 
has joined the iPhone 6S on Apple's perilous 'vintage' list 

Other than taking many of us on a trip down memory lane, this news has some 
practical implications for those who are still running an iPhone 6S or 2018 
Mac mini. 

Apple labels a product as vintage when at least five years have passed since 
the company last offered it for sale. Products that last went on sale seven 
or more years ago are designated as obsolete. 

Now that the iPhone 6S and Mac mini have been declared vintage, that means 
your repair options are more limited. You can get them fixed at Apple Stores 
and Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASPs), but only if the required 
parts are available. Third-party shops might be able to repair your device if 
Apple or its AASPs wont. 

The next step  declaring a product to be obsolete  means that Apple Stores 
and AASPs generally will not repair your device, with Apple declining to 
provide replacement parts. In that case, you have no option but to either 
rely on a third-party repair shop or upgrade your device. 

So, if you are still using an iPhone 6S or 2018 Mac mini, youve still got a 
little longer before Apple stops offering repairs. That said, with these 
devices getting long in the tooth  and products like the iPhone 16 and M4 Mac 
mini offering far better performance  now might be a good time to look at 
upgrading to one of the best iPhones and best Macs you can get. You might 
also like Apple just declared a bunch of Macs obsolete  these are the 
affected MacBook and iMac models Apple declares the iPhone XS Max and iPhone 
6S Plus are now 'vintage' products  here's what that means Your original 
Apple AirPods are now officially 'Vintage'  but what does that mean?



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/farewell-iphone-6s-apple-marks-classic
-phone-as-vintage-alongside-this-mac-mini


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