Some iPhone 6S units aren’t turning on, so Apple launched a repair program

Enlarge / The iPhone 6S is the new baseline for iOS 13. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)

Apple has posted notice of a new repair program to address an issue that prevents some iPhone 6S and 6S Plus phones from turning on.

"Apple has determined that certain iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus devices may not power on due to a component that may fail," the page for the program says. The program is wordily called "iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Service Program for No Power Issues."

The issue does not affect all iPhone 6S and 6S Plus units; rather, it affects phones in a certain serial-number range that corresponds to some handsets sold between October 2018 and August 2019. The iPhone 6S was discontinued in North America throughout that window, but the company continued to make and sell it for some other regions.

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