{"id":1226,"date":"2025-04-17T01:20:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T01:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2025-04-17T01:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T01:21:10","slug":"farewell-iphone-6s-apple-marks-classic-phone-as-vintage-alongside-this-mac-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/04\/17\/farewell-iphone-6s-apple-marks-classic-phone-as-vintage-alongside-this-mac-mini\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell, iPhone 6S \u2013 Apple marks classic phone as &#8216;vintage&#8217; alongside this Mac mini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the path to obsolescence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8c6b130223e6167ac2ca4a7aebcda0e3.jpg\" alt=\"A hand holding an old iPhone 6S\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The iPhone 6S (above) is now officially &#8216;vintage&#8217; \u2013&nbsp;despite not looking radically different to today&#8217;s iPhones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Apple has just labeled the iPhone 6S as \u201cvintage\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The same designation has been applied to the 2018 Mac mini<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>This means repairs are more limited should something go wrong<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you still using aniPhone 6Sor a2018 Mac mini? If you are, we\u2019ve got some bad news:Applehas just declared both products to be \u201cvintage\u201d on itsvintage and obsolete products page, which means you\u2019ll get much more limited service and repairs for them if anything goes wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The iPhone 6S andiPhone 6S Pluswere released in 2015 and came with a few notable milestones. They were the first iPhones to come with Apple\u2019s 3D Touch tech, while they were also the last to featureheadphone jacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Apple strengthened the chassis of the devices to prevent the kind of &#8216;bendgate&#8217;controversy that befell the iPhone 6. The iPhone 6S was last offered for sale by Apple in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2018 Mac mini, meanwhile, was the last Mac mini to come with anIntelprocessor rather than anApple silicon chip(the first of which \u2013 the M1 \u2013 debuted in 2020). And it was the first (and so far only) Mac mini to come in a space gray finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1742510-616-0765\">616-0765 Battery for Apple iPhone 6 Plus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-does-this-mean-for-you-3\">What does this mean for you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VtxtppACJMJzYnbX35iqcY-970-80.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2018 Mac Mini (above) has joined the iPhone 6S on Apple&#8217;s perilous &#8216;vintage&#8217; list<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple labels a product as \u201cvintage\u201d 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 \u201cobsolete.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the iPhone 6S and Mac mini have been declared \u201cvintage,\u201d 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 won\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step \u2013 declaring a product to be \u201cobsolete\u201d \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1738148-161-00042\">161-00042 Battery for Apple iPhone 6S PLUS A1634 A1687<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you are still using an iPhone 6S or 2018 Mac mini, you\u2019ve still got a little longer before Apple stops offering repairs. That said, with these devices getting long in the tooth \u2013 and products like theiPhone 16andM4 Mac minioffering far better performance \u2013 now might be a good time to look at upgrading to one of thebest iPhonesandbest Macsyou can get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the path to obsolescence The iPhone 6S (above) is now officially &#8216;vintage&#8217; \u2013&nbsp;despite not looking radically different to today&#8217;s iPhones Are you still using aniPhone 6Sor a2018 Mac mini? If you are, we\u2019ve got some bad news:Applehas just declared both products to be \u201cvintage\u201d on itsvintage and obsolete products page, which means you\u2019ll get &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/04\/17\/farewell-iphone-6s-apple-marks-classic-phone-as-vintage-alongside-this-mac-mini\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Farewell, iPhone 6S \u2013 Apple marks classic phone as &#8216;vintage&#8217; alongside this Mac mini<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[176],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","tag-iphone-6s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1227,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/1227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}