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iPhone 6, launched in September 2014, added to ‘Vintage Product’ list by Apple: Reports

By, New Delhi
Oct 03, 2022 07:44 AM IST

The list comprises of Apple devices which the company has not distributed for sale for more than 5 years but less than 7 years.

Apple has updated its 'vintage and obsolete products' list by adding iPhone 6 to the ‘vintage’ category, reports have emerged. As per Apple, its product is ‘vintage’ when the company has not distributed it for sale for more than 5 years but less than 7 years.

A customer holds an iPhone 6 (right) and iPhone 6 Plus after the phones went on sale at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in Manhattan in 2014. (REUTERS)
A customer holds an iPhone 6 (right) and iPhone 6 Plus after the phones went on sale at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in Manhattan in 2014. (REUTERS)

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iPhone 6 Plus, the sister phone to iPhone 6, became ‘vintage’ in February, reports said.

iPhones on Apple's vintage products list

Other iPhones declared vintage by the Cupertino-based giant are: 4 (8GB), 5, 5C, 5S, 6S (32GB) and 6S Plus (32GB).

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‘Obsolete’ devices

These are those products that have not been distributed for sale for more than 7 years. Present here are iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

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iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were launched in September 2014. In 2015, Apple began selling iPhone 6 as a lower-cost option in the wake of launch of iPhone 6s; in 2016, the device was discontinued following the launch of iPhone 7, and then reintroduced in select countries in 2017.

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These were notable for being the first Apple devices to support Apple Pay.

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