The iPhone 6s Plus will soon be considered old by Apple.So far, the old flagship of the brand will be relegated to the category of obsolete devices.He will then be completely deprived of repairs.
The iPhone 6 Plus, Apple's flagship smartphone in 2014, is about to bow out.According to an internal memo obtained by our colleagues from Macrumors, the Cupertino giant is preparing to place the old flagship on the official list of old products.He will join terminals already considered old by Apple, as the iPhone 4 (8 GB), iPhone 4S, iPhone 4S (8 GB), iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C.
"The products are considered to be old when Apple interrupted their marketing over five years ago and less than seven years ago," explains Apple.This is a final step before Apple slips a device in a category dedicated to obsolete phones.The iPhone 6, marketed for an additional year, is not yet affected by this change.
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The iPhone 6 Plus will soon be deprived of repair
Once placed in the list of old terminals, the iPhone 6 Plus will continue to be supported by Apple Store and Apple approved service centers.Apple teams will continue to allow repair or change of a component, such as the battery or the screen, provided that the parts are still available.In view of the rules decreed by Apple, the iPhone 6 Plus should remain in this section for two years.
Once these two years have passed, the first large format iPhone will be moved to the obsolete terminals section, alongside the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS."The products are considered obsolete when Apple interrupted their marketing over seven years ago.Apple no longer performs hardware repairs on obsolete products, with the exception of Mac laptops eligible for repair relating only to the battery for an additional period.Apple approved service centers cannot order spare parts for obsolete products, ”explains Apple.
The iPhone 6 Plus will then be officially obsolete.Note that the iPhone 6 Plus is already obsolete from a software point of view since September 2019 and the deployment of the iOS 13 update.Do you still use a model launched in 2014?We are waiting for your testimony in the comments.
Source: MacRumors