With the passage of time, digital products need to be continuously updated to better meet the needs of users and markets.
At the same time, companies also need to constantly introduce new products to maintain rapid and healthy development.
This also means that no matter how classic and best-selling products were, it was difficult to escape the fate of history.
Recently, Apple updated the list of old and obsolete products on its official website, and the iPhone 6 Plus was added to the list of old products.
In order to better maintain the upgrading of products, Apple will define different products as old or obsolete products according to the time of discontinuation of its products.
Products that have been discontinued for 5 years but less than 7 years will be defined as old.
Older products can also continue to receive hardware support from Apple's official after-sales or authorized service providers.
Products that have been discontinued for more than 7 years will be defined as obsolete products.
Obsolete products Apple will stop providing all hardware services, and service providers will not order parts for obsolete products except for Mac products that are eligible for additional battery repair.
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were released in September 2014 and discontinued in September 2016 after the launch of the iPhone 7 series, more than 5 years ago, but less than 7 years old, so apple defined as an old product.
The iPhone 6 did not enter the list of old products because the small-screen flagship of that year was sold for a longer time.
Apple relaunched the iPhone 6 in 2017 as a mid-range iPhone aimed primarily at emerging markets and Android users who want to experience iOS.
The iPhone 6 was completely discontinued in September 2018, so it will be about two years before the iPhone 6 is defined as an old product.
According to Apple's definition of old products, although the iPhone 6 Plus has basically entered history, Apple will still provide it with after-sales service such as repairs.
However, for the "nail households" holding the iPhone 6 Plus, if the mobile phone is damaged, it does not make much sense to go to the official after-sales repair.
According to the data on the technical support page of Apple's official website, the screen unlearned repair cost of the iPhone 6 / 6s Plus series is as high as 1309 yuan, which has exceeded the value of the phone itself.
Even if the battery is replaced, the price of the iPhone 6/ 6s series is 359 yuan.
Therefore, even if Apple officials can still provide after-sales support, there is not much need to repair.
For the iPhone 6 Plus mobile phone, I believe you are all familiar with it.
I believe that many small partners still remember the slightly nonsensical advertising slogan of Apple's official website that year, "bigger than bigger".
Later, because it was ridiculed by many netizens, Apple modified it to "more than big".
So far, the official Chinese advertising slogan of the new iPhone every year has become everyone's talk after dinner.
In addition, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus set a record of 220 million smartphone sales, which no one has been able to break so far.
At the same time, the iPhone 6 Plus has also set a number of Apple "firsts", which is of great significance to both Apple and the entire industry.
For example, the first iPhone to support Apple Pay.
The first Apple's large-screen iPhone, the 5.5-inch screen is the largest screen mobile phone launched by Apple that year.
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are also the first time Apple has adopted a multi-size release strategy, and this product strategy has been used to this day.
The design of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus was also used for generations, and it was not until the iPhone X that Apple redesigned the appearance of the iPhone.
The iPhone 6 Plus is hailed by many users as one of Apple's classic iPhones.
In addition to the iPhone 6 Plus, another iPad 4 has also been listed as obsolete by Apple.
The iPad 4 was released in November 2012 and discontinued at the end of 2014, more than 7 years ago.
The iPad 4 is also the first iPad to be equipped with a lightning interface design, most of the current iPads have replaced the USB-C interface, and the iPhone still uses the lightning interface design.
iPhone 6 Plus and iPad 4, have you used them?
No one is still using these two devices.
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