Sorry iPhone 6 Plus users, your phone probably can’t be repaired anymore<div id="link_wrapped_content">
<body><section class="wp-block-bigbite-multi-title"><div class="container"></div></section><p>If you’ve been clutching your iPhone 6 Plus and refusing to upgrade these past seven years, we have bad news for you: Apple has officially <a href="
https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624&xcust=1-1-614614-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/feed" data-type="URL" data-id="
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624" rel="nofollow">moved it to “vintage” status[/url], which means it’s likely you won’t be able to get it repaired anymore.</p>
<p>At 5.5 inches, the
iPhone 6 Plus was Apple’s first large-screen phone and the first to support Apple Pay. It was released in September 2014 and remained on shelves until September 2016, when it was replaced by the <a href="
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https://www.macworld.co.uk/review/iphone-7-plus-3644961/">iPhone 7 Plus[/url] in the lineup.</p>
<p>Apple products are considered vintage when they haven’t been available for sale for more than five and less than seven years ago. After seven years the device becomes obsolete. When a product moves to vintage status, repair shops may have a difficult time ordering parts and they cannot order parts for obsolete products.</p>
<p>If you’re wondering why the iPhone 6 hasn’t reached vintage status, it’s because Apple continued selling it until 2018 after <a href="
https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apple-turns-to-the-iphone-6-to-boost-india-sales/&xcust=1-1-614614-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/feed" data-type="URL" data-id="
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apple-turns-to-the-iphone-6-to-boost-india-sales/" rel="nofollow">relaunching[/url] the phone in India, China, and Taiwan as a “limited edition” mid-range model. So it won’t become vintage until next year.</p>
<p>Along with the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple also moved the <a href="
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https://www.macworld.com/article/219675/review-fourth-generation-ipad-is-faster-stronger-better.html">fourth-generation iPad[/url] to the vintage list. That model was the first tablet to feature a Retina display and Lightning connector. </p>
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Sorry iPhone 6 Plus users, your phone probably can’t be repaired anymore
