Starting next year finding parts for the iPhone 6 Plus could be harder to do
Apple iPad models that are Vintage feature the following: iPad (4th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM), iPad Air WiFi, iPad Air WiFi + Cellular, iPad Air WiFi + Cellular (TD LTE), iPad mini Wi-Fi, iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM), iPad mini Wi-Fi, 16GB, Gray, iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular, 16GB, Gray, iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular, MM, 16GB, Gray, iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi, iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (TD-LTE), iPad Wi-Fi + 4G, CDMA, iPad Wi-Fi + 4G, GSM.
The iPhone models that have crossed over to Obsolete are iPhone, iPhone 3G (China mainland) 8GB, iPhone 3G 8GB, 16GB, iPhone 3GS (China mainland) 16GB, 32GB, iPhone 3GS (8GB), iPhone 3GS 16GB, 32GB, iPhone 4 CDMA, iPhone 4 CDMA (8GB), iPhone 4 16GB, 32GB, iPhone 4 GSM (8GB), Black, and iPhone 4S (8GB).
The iPad models that are Obsolete include OG iPad, iPad 3G, iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (VZ), iPad Wi-Fi, iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, iPad Wi-Fi + 4G, iPad Wi-Fi + 4G (Verizon), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (Verizon).
The iPhone 6 has a couple of years left until it joins the Vintage list
Both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus lost software support in 2019 with the release of iOS 13. During a time when Android phones were getting equipped with larger screens, Apple decided to offer one model (iPhone 6) with a 4.7-inch display, and a “Plus” model sporting a 5.5-inch screen. The larger screens, coming after the 4-inch iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c were released in 2013, resulted in strong demand for the two new phones that year.
Both models were powered by the A8 chip which was built by TSMC (replacing Samsung Foundry) using the 20nm process node. The A8 contained two billion transistors. Compare that to the current A15 Bionic which is built by TSMC using the 5nm process node and contains 15 billion transistors. The 2014 iPhone models were the first to include the Apple Pay mobile payments platform.