# iPhone 6

18 Hacker News commenters recommended iPhone 6 and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 11 years (3 owners).

**Verdict:** Owners praise its small, light size that works one-handed, its clean design, and how long it lasts, with some still using it daily after about 11 years. The common caveats are battery wear, bending, and apps that no longer support it.

## Why people recommend it

- Small, light, one-handed size (5 comments): "its cheap, light, small, thin, and I dont have to worry about breaking the screen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49638292)) "That phone size was just perfect. Easy to hold and do everything with one hand" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247208)) "I still think the design and size of the 6s - peak technology." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49633616))
- Lasted years, still in daily use (3 comments): "The 6s was great, I had mine until it literally came apart." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49703001)) "Still daily driving the 6s after almost 11 glorious years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49702701)) "My iPhone 6S did all of these well enough" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48230617))
- Clean, uncluttered visual design (2 comments): "The iPhone 6 was fairly skeuomorphic yet never seemed visually busy or ugly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806453)) "I still think the design and size of the 6s - peak technology." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49633616))
- Acceptable battery life, solid performance (2 comments): "still better in real life usage than the latest flagship Android phone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49439939)) "had a perfectly acceptable battery life" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645880))

## What people warn about

- Bends easily (3 comments): "people still joke about antenna gate from a decade and a half ago, or the iPhone 6 bending" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47365867)) "the iPhone 6 was bendable but that was a hardware engineering issue" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281863)) "iPhone 6 that bends easily" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50225093))
- Batterygate battery problems (4 comments): "the iPhone 6 Batterygate Edition really made sure I'd only use it for essential stuff, cause even typing on the keyboard was a waiting game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49370390)) "the 3rd battery is starting to die and I think many apps will stop working soon" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639817)) "I only replaced because the batteries were already replaced once." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46799791))
- Newer apps and OS not supported (2 comments): "The hardware is fine, but I basically can't install apps because they all target newer OSes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48587284)) "the 3rd battery is starting to die and I think many apps will stop working soon" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639817))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple iPhone](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iphone.md): 706 recommend
- [Fairphone](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fairphone.md): 168 recommend
- [Apple iPhone Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iphone-17-pro.md): 144 recommend
- [iPhone 13 mini](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iphone-13-mini.md): 141 recommend
- [Jolla Phone](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jolla-phone.md): 88 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Apple+iPhone+6+smartphone&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "iPhone 6", https://hackerapproved.com/p/iphone-6/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).