The iPhone 6 Plus — and iPhone 6 — are now too old to receive the latest iOS updates. Apple’s iOS 15 can only be installed on the iPhone 6S or later.

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are on their way to becoming obsolete. Learn more about what happens to owners of these devices.

According to iPhonesoft, based on knowledge of someone running an internal seed, Apple plans to drop support for the iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and the original iPhone SE.

Recommended Videos The iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, and SE were released in 2016. If this report pans out, they would have been supported for more than half a decade.

As of September 2025, the most recent iPhones added to this list are the iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 8, and ...