Repair of older ones Apple products will be a little more complicated. Apple A few hours ago, he updated his list of "Vintage" products, which now includes Macy's mini from 2018 together with iPhonem 6s. In other words, this means that their repairs at authorized service stations will become increasingly complicated due to the unavailability of spare parts due to their age.
Apple divides its older products into two categories – Vintage a obsoleteThis designation does not just serve as a formal stamp, but directly influences whether and how you Apple (or its authorized service center) will repair the product.
Products marked as Vintage are those that Apple stopped selling more than five but less than seven years ago. In practice, this means that service and repairs are still possible, but only to a limited extent and only if spare parts are still available. Apple no longer guarantees full support for them, but some countries (such as the USA or France)ancie) have laws that Apple forces the service to be offered even longer.
Conversely, products marked as Obsolete are devices that Apple stopped selling more than seven years ago. Once a device falls into this category, Apple It is no longer officially repaired – neither by itself nor by any authorized service. Spare parts are not supplied and the user is therefore dependent only on unofficial third-party repairs, if at all.
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For users, this means one thing: if you have a device that falls into one of these categories, expect any repair or support to be increasingly difficult. And from a software perspective, the situation is similar – once Apple stops providing updates and security patches, the product is no longer suitable for normal and safe use. So if you have any problems with your Mac hardware mini 2018 or iPhone 6s have any problems that could be solved by repair, we recommend that you do not delay it, but rather do it as soon as possible. This will ultimately increase youranceven if the authorized service center still has the spare part.
