The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus (A8 chip) lost support with iOS 13. They never received iOS 14, 15, or 16. The highest iOS version for an iPhone 6 is iOS 12.5.7 .

It’s not a conspiracy or a forced obsolescence trick. There are concrete, technical reasons why the does not exist.

Let’s cut straight to the chase:

The primary barrier is hardware. The iPhone 6 (released in 2014) is powered by the and only 1GB of RAM .

A quick search for “iOS 16 download for iPhone 6” will pull up dozens of shady websites, YouTube videos, and forums claiming to have a “custom ROM,” “jailbreak port,” or “developer beta” that can force iOS 16 onto your iPhone 6.