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
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 16th September 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 755 (Ø 390)
- Expected
- 11th October 2023
An upgrade of the Apple Watch is 365 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your Apple Watch order.
More Information »iPhone
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 16th September 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 755 (Ø 382)
- Expected
- 3rd October 2023
An upgrade of the iPhone is 373 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPhone order.
More Information »MacBook
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 5th June 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 2684 (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
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 8th July 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 825 (Ø 386)
- Expected
- 29th July 2023
An upgrade of the MacBook Air is 439 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your MacBook Air order.
More Information »MacBook Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 31st October 2023
- Days since Upgrade
- 345 (Ø 274)
- Expected
- 31st July 2024
An upgrade of the MacBook Pro is 71 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
- 2492 (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
- 31st October 2023
- Days since Upgrade
- 345 (Ø 316)
- Expected
- 11th September 2024
An upgrade of the iMac is 29 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iMac order.
More Information »Mac Studio
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 8th March 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 947 (Ø 365)
- Expected
- 8th March 2023
An upgrade of the Mac Studio is 582 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your Mac Studio order.
More Information »Mac mini
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 17th January 2023
- Days since Upgrade
- 632 (Ø 426)
- Expected
- 18th March 2024
An upgrade of the Mac mini is 206 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
- 1766 (Ø 452)
- Expected
- 6th March 2021
An upgrade of the Mac Pro is 1314 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your Mac Pro order.
More Information »Studio Display
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 8th March 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 947 (Ø 365)
- Expected
- 8th March 2023
An upgrade of the Studio Display is 582 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your Studio Display order.
More Information »Pro Display XDR
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 8th March 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 947 (Ø 365)
- Expected
- 8th March 2023
An upgrade of the Pro Display XDR is 582 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your Pro Display XDR order.
More Information »Thunderbolt Display
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 15th September 2011
- Days since Upgrade
- 4774 (Ø 466)
- Expected
- 24th December 2012
Apple recommended in their October Keynote the LG UltraFine 5K Display.
More Information »iPad Pro
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 18th March 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 1667 (Ø 391)
- Expected
- 13th April 2021
An upgrade for the iPad Pro is way overdue. Maybe the iPad Pro is discontinued. Therefore we can't tell you an advice here.
More Information »iPad
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 17th September 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 1119 (Ø 419)
- Expected
- 10th November 2022
An upgrade of the iPad is 700 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPad order.
More Information »iPad Air
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 8th March 2022
- Days since Upgrade
- 947 (Ø 762)
- Expected
- 8th April 2024
An upgrade of the iPad Air is 185 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPad Air order.
More Information »iPad mini
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 17th September 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 1119 (Ø 540)
- Expected
- 11th March 2023
An upgrade of the iPad mini is 579 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPad mini order.
More Information »iPod shuffle
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 15th July 2015
- Days since Upgrade
- 3375 (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
- 3375 (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
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 29th May 2019
- Days since Upgrade
- 1961 (Ø 413)
- Expected
- 15th July 2020
An upgrade for the iPod touch is way overdue. Maybe the iPod touch is discontinued. Therefore we can't tell you an advice here.
More Information »iPod
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 9th September 2009
- Days since Upgrade
- 5510 (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
- 30th April 2021
- Days since Upgrade
- 1259 (Ø 779)
- Expected
- 18th June 2023
An upgrade of the Apple TV is 480 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your Apple TV order.
More Information »AirPort Time Capsule
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 10th June 2013
- Days since Upgrade
- 4140 (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
- 4140 (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
- 4503 (Ø 1464)
- Expected
- 15th June 2016
An upgrade of the AirPort Express is 3039 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your AirPort Express order.
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