Apple Product Life-Cycle
Buyers Guide
We visualize the product life-cycle (Wikipedia) of popular Apple products.
Our recommendation are based on past product upgrades and are intended to give Apple fans an orientation of when a new Apple Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod or accessory arrives at the stores.
Despite the accuracy of our data, we cannot guarantee the correctness.
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Apple Watch
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 8th October 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 308 (Ø 397)
- Expected
- 9th November 2022
The Apple Watch was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 8th October 2021.
More Information »iPhone
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 17th September 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 329 (Ø 383)
- Expected
- 5th October 2022
An upgrade for the iPhone is expected to arrive in the next 5th October 2022 days.
More Information »MacBook
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 5th June 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 1894 (Ø 397)
- Expected
- 7th July 2018
An upgrade for the MacBook is way overdue. Maybe the MacBook is discontinued. Therefore we can't tell you an advice here.
More Information »MacBook Air
- Purchase Advice
- Buy now
- Last Upgrade
- 8th July 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 35 (Ø 386)
- Expected
- 29th July 2023
The MacBook Air was upgraded by Apple 35 days ago. Get one while it's hot!
More Information »MacBook Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 18th October 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 298 (Ø 266)
- Expected
- 11th July 2022
An upgrade of the MacBook Pro is 32 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your MacBook Pro order.
More Information »iMac Pro
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 14th December 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 1702 (Ø 365)
- Expected
- 14th December 2018
An upgrade for the iMac Pro is way overdue. Maybe the iMac Pro is discontinued. Therefore we can't tell you an advice here.
More Information »iMac
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 30th April 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 469 (Ø 290)
- Expected
- 14th February 2022
An upgrade of the iMac is 179 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iMac order.
More Information »Mac Studio
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 8th March 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 157 (Ø 365)
- Expected
- 8th March 2023
The Mac Studio was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 8th March 2022.
More Information »Mac mini
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 12th November 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 638 (Ø 399)
- Expected
- 16th December 2021
An upgrade of the Mac mini is 239 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your Mac mini order.
More Information »Mac Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 10th December 2019
- Days since Upgrade
- 976 (Ø 452)
- Expected
- 6th March 2021
An upgrade of the Mac Pro is 524 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your Mac Pro order.
More Information »Studio Display
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 8th March 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 157 (Ø 365)
- Expected
- 8th March 2023
The Studio Display was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 8th March 2022.
More Information »Pro Display XDR
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 8th March 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 157 (Ø 365)
- Expected
- 8th March 2023
The Pro Display XDR was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 8th March 2022.
More Information »Thunderbolt Display
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 15th September 2011
- Days since Upgrade
- 3984 (Ø 466)
- Expected
- 24th December 2012
Apple recommended in their October Keynote the LG UltraFine 5K Display.
More Information »iPad Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 18th March 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 877 (Ø 391)
- Expected
- 13th April 2021
An upgrade of the iPad Pro is 486 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPad Pro order.
More Information »iPad
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 17th September 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 329 (Ø 419)
- Expected
- 10th November 2022
The iPad was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 17th September 2021.
More Information »iPad Air
- Purchase Advice
- Buy now
- Last Upgrade
- 8th March 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 157 (Ø 762)
- Expected
- 8th April 2024
The iPad Air was upgraded by Apple 157 days ago. Get one while it's hot!
More Information »iPad mini
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 17th September 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 329 (Ø 540)
- Expected
- 11th March 2023
The iPad mini was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 17th September 2021.
More Information »iPod shuffle
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 15th July 2015
- Days since Upgrade
- 2585 (Ø 345)
- Expected
- 24th June 2016
An upgrade for the iPod shuffle is way overdue. Maybe the iPod shuffle is discontinued. Therefore we can't tell you an advice here.
More Information »iPod nano
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 15th July 2015
- Days since Upgrade
- 2585 (Ø 345)
- Expected
- 24th June 2016
An upgrade for the iPod nano is way overdue. Maybe the iPod nano is discontinued. Therefore we can't tell you an advice here.
More Information »iPod touch
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 29th May 2019
- Days since Upgrade
- 1171 (Ø 413)
- Expected
- 15th July 2020
An upgrade of the iPod touch is 758 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPod touch order.
More Information »iPod
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 9th September 2009
- Days since Upgrade
- 4720 (Ø 273)
- Expected
- 9th June 2010
An upgrade for the iPod is way overdue. Maybe the iPod is discontinued. Therefore we can't tell you an advice here.
More Information »Apple TV
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 30th April 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 469 (Ø 779)
- Expected
- 18th June 2023
The Apple TV was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 30th April 2021.
More Information »AirPort Time Capsule
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 10th June 2013
- Days since Upgrade
- 3350 (Ø 386)
- Expected
- 1st July 2014
An upgrade for the AirPort Time Capsule is way overdue. Maybe the AirPort Time Capsule is discontinued. Therefore we can't tell you an advice here.
More Information »AirPort Extreme
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 10th June 2013
- Days since Upgrade
- 3350 (Ø 635)
- Expected
- 7th March 2015
An upgrade for the AirPort Extreme is way overdue. Maybe the AirPort Extreme is discontinued. Therefore we can't tell you an advice here.
More Information »AirPort Express
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 12th June 2012
- Days since Upgrade
- 3713 (Ø 1464)
- Expected
- 15th June 2016
An upgrade of the AirPort Express is 2249 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your AirPort Express order.
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