Pour one out for the fourth-gen iPad, and if you’re still using one - treat it with kid gloves. MacRumors says that model has been deemed by Apple “obsolete.” Introduced in 2012, the fourth-generation iPad was the first to feature a lightning connector.
If a product is on Apple’s “vintage” list, you can still get it repaired, provided there are parts available. Once a product is “obsolete,” most you can do is shake your head, remember the good times, and start eyeing something made this decade.
If you’re toting an iPhone 6 Plus, your communicator lives to fight another day. A separate piece from MacRumors says that device has gone “vintage,” as far as Apple’s concerned. First released in 2014, discontinued in 2016, brought back for another tour in 2017 before its serious swan song in 2018 - it’s that second round that makes it “vintage,” a designation Apple can apply when a product has been off the market for more than five-years, but less than seven.
