Are the iPhone 6, 6s, 6 Plus, 7 and 7 Plus considered Vintage, Obsolete, or still Supported?

Are the iPhone 6, 6s, 6 Plus, 7 and 7 Plus considered Vintage, Obsolete, or still Supported? Apple’s support article outlining this is a bit confusing. I am writing a User Tip.

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Posted on Feb 13, 2025 5:08 PM

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Feb 13, 2025 5:27 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Bob Timmons wrote:

If you have a Mac, Google for http://mactracker.ca/

It covers everything.

6 Obsolete
6+ Obsolete
6s Mixed
6s+ Mixed
7 Supported
7+ Supported


Thank you Bob for your reply, that link is very helpful. I found out you can also download it on the App Store for iOS. I believe 6s is supported, except 32 GB model, obsolete and 6s Plus is vintage, except 32 GB model, obsolete.

Feb 13, 2025 6:00 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Bob Timmons wrote:

"Mixed" means the shop may or may not offer repairs due to parts availability in a given region. It's going to be difficult to come up with a "one size fits all" answer for each iPhone.

As I noted above, the Mac version is easier to navigate than the iOS version, unless you are using a larger iPad

Great information, I will note those types of models as Mixed then on my User Tip. Expect it shortly!

Feb 13, 2025 7:20 PM in response to Zachyy

I have one more question for you Bob, since I know you are much more knowledgeable than me in the iPhone community. I don’t want to spoil too much about my user tip, but the order of all the iPhone’s cellular from the first is 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, LTE Advanced Cellular, Gigabit-class LTE, 5G? Or something along the lines of that, please correct me if I’m wrong.

Feb 13, 2025 8:42 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Bob Timmons wrote:

Good old Wikipedia is probably your best bet as a reference, but the question will be how complex and detailed you want things to be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_network

I would keep things simple and concentrate on the most popular and well known stuff.

It’s a complete list of iPhones and key specifications user tip. I thought I would include connectivity such as WiFi and cellular. But what are your thoughts?

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