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
- 21st September 2018
- Days since Upgrade
- 151 (Ø 416)
- Expected
- 11th November 2019
The Apple Watch was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 21st September 2018.
More Information »iPhone
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 21st October 2018
- Days since Upgrade
- 121 (Ø 391)
- Expected
- 16th November 2019
The iPhone was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 21st October 2018.
More Information »MacBook
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 5th June 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 624 (Ø 397)
- Expected
- 7th July 2018
An upgrade of the MacBook is 227 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your MacBook order.
More Information »MacBook Air
- Purchase Advice
- Buy now
- Last Upgrade
- 7th November 2018
- Days since Upgrade
- 104 (Ø 408)
- Expected
- 20th December 2019
The MacBook Air was upgraded by Apple 104 days ago. Get one while it's hot!
More Information »MacBook Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 7th November 2018
- Days since Upgrade
- 104 (Ø 254)
- Expected
- 19th July 2019
The MacBook Pro was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 7th November 2018.
More Information »iMac Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 14th December 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 432 (Ø 365)
- Expected
- 14th December 2018
An upgrade of the iMac Pro is 67 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iMac Pro order.
More Information »iMac
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 5th June 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 624 (Ø 262)
- Expected
- 22nd February 2018
An upgrade of the iMac is 362 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iMac order.
More Information »Mac mini
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 7th November 2018
- Days since Upgrade
- 104 (Ø 404)
- Expected
- 16th December 2019
The Mac mini was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 7th November 2018.
More Information »Mac Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 4th April 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 686 (Ø 382)
- Expected
- 21st April 2018
An upgrade of the Mac Pro is 304 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your Mac Pro order.
More Information »Thunderbolt Display
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 15th September 2011
- Days since Upgrade
- 2714 (Ø 466)
- Expected
- 24th December 2012
Apple recommended in their October Keynote the LG UltraFine 5K Display.
More Information »iPad Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 7th November 2018
- Days since Upgrade
- 104 (Ø 364)
- Expected
- 6th November 2019
The iPad Pro was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 7th November 2018.
More Information »iPad
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 27th March 2018
- Days since Upgrade
- 329 (Ø 416)
- Expected
- 17th May 2019
The iPad was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 27th March 2018.
More Information »iPad mini
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 21st March 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 700 (Ø 400)
- Expected
- 25th April 2018
An upgrade of the iPad mini is 300 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPad mini order.
More Information »iPod shuffle
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 15th July 2015
- Days since Upgrade
- 1315 (Ø 345)
- Expected
- 24th June 2016
An upgrade of the iPod shuffle is 970 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPod shuffle order.
More Information »iPod nano
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 15th July 2015
- Days since Upgrade
- 1315 (Ø 345)
- Expected
- 24th June 2016
An upgrade of the iPod nano is 970 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPod nano order.
More Information »iPod touch
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 15th July 2015
- Days since Upgrade
- 1315 (Ø 340)
- Expected
- 19th June 2016
An upgrade of the iPod touch is 975 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPod touch order.
More Information »iPod
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 9th September 2009
- Days since Upgrade
- 3450 (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
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 15th September 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 522 (Ø 643)
- Expected
- 20th June 2019
An upgrade for the Apple TV is expected to arrive in the next 20th June 2019 days.
More Information »AirPort Time Capsule
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 10th June 2013
- Days since Upgrade
- 2080 (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
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 10th June 2013
- Days since Upgrade
- 2080 (Ø 635)
- Expected
- 7th March 2015
An upgrade of the AirPort Extreme is 1445 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your AirPort Extreme order.
More Information »AirPort Express
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 12th June 2012
- Days since Upgrade
- 2443 (Ø 1464)
- Expected
- 15th June 2016
An upgrade of the AirPort Express is 979 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your AirPort Express order.
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