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iPhone 6s and last Intel Mac mini buried in Apple’s graveyard

by on16 April 2025


2018 Intel holdout and ageing smartphone is now vintage 

The fruity cargo cult Apple has pushed two more products onto its growing list of near-dead gear with the iPhone 6s and the 2018 Mac mini, both now stamped as “vintage.”

While the iPhone 6s dates back to 2015, it’s only joining the list now because the fruity firm kept flogging it well beyond its sell-by date. The 2018 Mac mini, however, marks the final Intel-powered machine in its lineup to get the vintage label, ending any illusion of continued support for Chipzilla’s silicon in that segment.

Under Job’s Mob’s rules, “vintage” means a product stopped being sold more than five but less than seven years ago. After that, it gets tossed into the “obsolete” bin — no support, no parts, no hope.

Right now, the 2018 and 2014 Intel Mac minis are vintage. Anything older is obsolete, meaning Apple staff will sniff at you if you enter a genius bar hoping to get it fixed.

The firm says it may or may not have parts available for vintage kit. After the seven-year mark, though, you're on your own.

This round of reclassification leaves the once-lauded iPhone 6s and the final Intel Mac mini gathering dust in Apple’s support history museum, joining a long line of tech that Job’s Mob is more than happy to pretend never existed.

Last modified on 16 April 2025
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