Apple Says These Products Are Now Vintage

[MacRumors]

Apple today updated its vintage products list to add the 2018 Mac mini and the iPhone 6s, devices that will get more limited service and repairs now that they are considered vintage.

The iPhone 6s initially launched in 2015, but Apple kept it around as a low-cost device until 2018, which is why it is only now being added to the vintage list. The iPhone 6s had Apple's A9 chip, and it was equipped with a strengthened aluminum chassis to fix the iPhone 6 "bendgate" design flaw. It was also the first iPhone with 3D Touch, and the last flagship iPhone with a headphone jack.

The 2018 Mac mini came out before Apple transitioned to Apple silicon, and it was actually the last Mac mini that had Intel chips inside. It was equipped with Intel's "Coffee Lake" chipset with 4-core and 6-core options, plus it had Intel UHD Graphics 630.

A device is considered "vintage" five years after it was last distributed for sale. For vintage products, Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASPs) are still able to offer repairs, but only if the required parts are available.

At the seven year mark after a device's last date of sale, it is considered "obsolete." Apple Stores and AASPs generally do not repair products that are obsolete, and parts are no longer provided by Apple.

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[I7guy]

RIP 6S. At the time it was awesome.

 

[It’s always something]

Apple today updated its vintage products list to add the 2018 Mac mini and the iPhone 6s, products that will now get more limited service and repairs now that they are considered vintage.

The iPhone 6s initially launched in 2015, but Apple kept it around as a low-cost device until 2018, which is why it is only now being added to the vintage list. The iPhone 6s had Apple's A9 chip, and it was equipped with a strengthened aluminum chassis to fix the iPhone 6 "bendgate" design flaw. It was also the first iPhone with 3D Touch.

The 2018 Mac mini came out before Apple transitioned to Apple silicon, and it was actually the last Mac mini that had Intel chips inside. It was equipped with Intel's "Coffee Lake" chipset with 4-core and 6-core options, plus it had Intel UHD Graphics 630.

A device is considered "vintage" five years after it was last distributed for sale. For vintage products, Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASPs) are still able to offer repairs, but only if the required parts are available.

At the seven year mark after a device's last date of sale, it is considered "obsolete." Apple Stores and AASPs generally do not repair products that are obsolete, and parts are no longer provided by Apple.

Article Link: Apple Says These Products Are Now Vintage

I had the 2008 Mini. Putting Lion on it was a big mistake though 😬

Edit: I misread which Mini the fine article is talking about! 😆 But it is still true that Lion was a mistake on that poor thing.

 

[AusMness]

Bring back the space grey (black?) Mac Mini Apple, it’s absolutely gorgeous but I wouldn’t wish an Intel Mac on my worst enemy

 

[wellander1]

The 2018 Mac mini was not replaced until 12 November 2020 then the M1 Mac mini came out so that seems wrong. It should be vintage in November in that case and it was not completely replaced until 17 January 2023 so that should start the 5 and 7 years.

 

[TehFalcon]

Bring back 3D touch

 

[TehFalcon]

The 2018 Mac mini was not replaced until 12 November 2020 then the M1 Mac mini came out so that seems wrong. It should be vintage in November in that case and it was not completely replaced until 17 January 2023 so that should start the 5 and 7 years.

Willing to bet that that the 2018 Mini, and MacBook Pro will not receive the next macOS, the 2018 MacBook Air didnt even get Sequoia.

8th Gen Intel is being phased out that's what is going on.

 

[Andres Cantu]

The 6s was such a great phone. The A9 chip was so much better than the A8 with much more speed, 2x RAM after 3 sequential years of just 1GB, and NVME flash. You could FEEL the difference between the 6 and 6s.

 

[rafark]

I still have a 6s, ios 15 crippled it.

 

[dannyyankou]

I miss 3D Touch, I actually kinda want it back. I guess long-pressing gets the job done, but it isn’t as responsive.

 

[UltimaKilo]

I miss 3D Touch, I actually kinda want it back. I guess long-pressing gets the job done, but it isn’t as responsive.

Agreed.

The 6S was a great phone, but it was dwarfed a year later by the iPhone 7, which felt so much snappier. The 6S fixed the disaster of the iPhone 6 though.

 

[MickeyVee]

My 2018 MacMini is still going strong. Still fast and processing 60mp Leica files. Assuming that it will not take the next MacOS version, will get a M4 MacMini at that time.

 

[dominiongamma]

Bring back 3D Touch

No thanks, glad its gone, I a lot of apps hardly used the function

 

[DamonOrl]

I loved my 6s.

 

[McScooby]

Why's the 6s, 8 Red & X vintage, but not the 7, spare parts? https://support.apple.com/en-us/102772

 

[Populus]

RIP 6S. At the time it was awesome.

Completely agree. Faster second-gen Touch ID, 3D Touch (which still lives on the Mac), great camera upgrade, and a really awesome SoC Apple A9 that, along double the RAM, made it really long lasting.

I had a 2016 iPhone SE, and I can say that chip was awesome at the moment.

 

[dannyyankou]

Agreed.

The 6S was a great phone, but it was dwarfed a year later by the iPhone 7, which felt so much snappier. The 6S fixed the disaster of the iPhone 6 though.

I think the iPhone 7 is one of their most underrated phones. It had a lot of “firsts” that are still in iPhones today. Telephoto lens, portrait photos, water and dust resistance, the Taptic Engine, stereo speakers. And of course, the removal of the headphone jack haha.

 

[arkitect]

My 2018 MacMini is still going strong. Still fast and processing 60mp Leica files. Assuming that it will not take the next MacOS version, will get a M4 MacMini at that time.

Same here — Mac Mini Space Grey 2018.

I am not too bothered by not having the latest OS. I am still on Sonoma. 🙂

 

[PsykX]

RIP 6S. At the time it was awesome.

Oh yes it was. Tech has improved a lot since then, but I still have good memories about this phone.

 

[klasma]

The best thing about the 6s was the internals it donated to the OG SE.

 

[kwikdeth]

The 2018 Mac mini was not replaced until 12 November 2020 then the M1 Mac mini came out so that seems wrong. It should be vintage in November in that case and it was not completely replaced until 17 January 2023 so that should start the 5 and 7 years.

I seem to recall the high end Mac mini i7 was sold for quite some time after the M1 mini was first released.

 

[Dr McKay]

I remember calling up my nearest Apple Store in 2015 to inquire if they might do a battery replacement on my 2010 17 inch MBP (figured I would ask and possibly get it done properly before I resorted to ordering a Chinese battery of dubious quality online and did it myself) and the guy on the phone to me laughed and said "We don't stock parts for retro hardware". 😭

 

[Scoot65]

I'm still using my 6s (running 15.8.4) as my daily phone. It's serving me well. All my banking apps etc. run just fine and are receiving updates.

 

[kwikdeth]

I seem to recall the high end Mac mini i7 was sold for quite some time after the M1 mini was first released.

Confirmed:
I3 - November 10, 2020
I5 - January 17, 2023
I7 - January 17, 2023

 

[DunedinD]

The 2018 Mac mini was not replaced until 12 November 2020 then the M1 Mac mini came out so that seems wrong. It should be vintage in November in that case and it was not completely replaced until 17 January 2023 so that should start the 5 and 7 years.

Apple sold that Intel-powered Mac mini alongside the M1 version, until January 2023. :-/