Will Apple give me a 6S?

[Robert M.]

Come on, OP! No way this would ever happen. They have tons of stock, and they aren't going to give you a free upgrade

 

[powerbook911]

Apple ran out of stock for the original iPhone in 2013 if that tells you anything.

Is this confirmed even in California (they tend to have to support products longer in California)? On one of mine the mute button was flaky, and I was always going to pay the repair to keep a working example.

 

[chrfr]

Is this confirmed even in California (they tend to have to support products longer in California)? On one of mine the mute button was flaky, and I was always going to pay the repair to keep a working example.

Apple keeps a list of "vintage" and "obsolete" equipment here: https://support.apple.com/HT201624
The original iPhone is in the worldwide obsolete category which means Apple has no parts available and will not service them anywhere. The 3G and 3Gs are on the "vintage" list which means that in the US, the only place that you can get support for them is California. The 3G and 3Gs will soon be moving to the obsolete list too.

 

[Mlrollin91]

I got a battery replacement for my iPad 2 in November of 2013, 2.5 years after the release. I had a 64GB Black AT&T. They had the model in stock at my local store. I was shocked.

 

[Shadowbech]

Apple does still make the 128 GB model for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus (including Gold) for replacement purposes, so they will definitely have them. So I wouldn't expect them to replace you with the 6S. You will get likes for likes.

 

[Silver Idaten]

I wonder how old Apple replacement stock those back. I've been really interested lately in older iPhones, do they still let you pay for replacements if the unit doesn't have AppleCare?

 

[Applejuiced]

The OP must be the first person ever thought of that

 

[bmustaf]

If you give them $849 dollars or somewhere about there, I am sure they will give you a 6S. Otherwise, you will get one of the tens of thousands of refurbished 6 128GBs they have for precisely this purpose.

I have an iPhone 6 with the extended AppleCare+ warranty. My phone's LCD is messed up a bit, there's a couple purple areas on my screen that show up when there's a black image (such as when I'm booting up the phone, it's just to the right of the Apple logo) on the background.
Would that have my phone entirely replaced or only the screen?
My iPhone 6 is a 128GB version and it is GSM-Unlocked, using Sprint on it. I checked the Apple website today and they don't have the 128GB version anymore, only the 64GB. Would I then get an iPhone 6S, since it is the only one with 128GB for sale?
If it only got the screen replaced, what if it were a problem which would replace my phone? Would they need to give a 6S?

Thanks

 

[eyoungren]

OP seems to have checked out.

Probably doesn't care for the answers we are giving.

 

[bmustaf]

They ran out of stock (intentionally) for sale-as-new devices. Where do you think all the warranty-returned or return-period-returned devices go? They get some polish, maybe a few new parts as needed, and go into non-retail-ready packaging for warranty service. There are warehouses full of them all over the world, of nearly every SKU.

In only the most ridiculous cases, where AAPL's back is seriously against a wall, would they take stock from a product that has a *paid* order backlog for actual revenue sale (and customers lined up to buy stock that is not even yet produced) to fulfill a warranty commitment. If they did that, I'd call it gross mismanagement, actually.

Apple ran out of stock for the original iPhone in 2013 if that tells you anything.

 

[eyoungren]

They ran out of stock (intentionally) for sale-as-new devices. Where do you think all the warranty-returned or return-period-returned devices go? They get some polish, maybe a few new parts as needed, and go into non-retail-ready packaging for warranty service. There are warehouses full of them all over the world, of nearly every SKU.

In only the most ridiculous cases, where AAPL's back is seriously against a wall, would they take stock from a product that has a *paid* order backlog for actual revenue sale (and customers lined up to buy stock that is not even yet produced) to fulfill a warranty commitment. If they did that, I'd call it gross mismanagement, actually.

The point of my comment was to show just long long Apple keeps stock (new or refurb) for warranty purposes.