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
- 16th September 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 217 (Ø 398)
- Expected
- 19th October 2021
The Apple Watch was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 16th September 2020.
More Information »iPhone
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 23rd October 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 180 (Ø 387)
- Expected
- 14th November 2021
The iPhone was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 23rd October 2020.
More Information »MacBook
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 5th June 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 1416 (Ø 397)
- Expected
- 7th July 2018
An upgrade of the MacBook is 1019 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your MacBook order.
More Information »MacBook Air
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 12th November 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 160 (Ø 368)
- Expected
- 15th November 2021
The MacBook Air was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 12th November 2020.
More Information »MacBook Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 12th November 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 160 (Ø 235)
- Expected
- 5th July 2021
The MacBook Pro was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 12th November 2020.
More Information »iMac Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 14th December 2017
- Days since Upgrade
- 1224 (Ø 365)
- Expected
- 14th December 2018
An upgrade of the iMac Pro is 859 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iMac Pro order.
More Information »iMac
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 4th August 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 260 (Ø 291)
- Expected
- 22nd May 2021
An upgrade for the iMac is expected to arrive in the next 22nd May 2021 days.
More Information »Mac mini
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 12th November 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 160 (Ø 399)
- Expected
- 16th December 2021
The Mac mini was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 12th November 2020.
More Information »Mac Pro
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 10th December 2019
- Days since Upgrade
- 498 (Ø 452)
- Expected
- 6th March 2021
An upgrade of the Mac Pro is 46 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
- 3506 (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
- 399 (Ø 391)
- Expected
- 13th April 2021
An upgrade of the iPad Pro is 8 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPad Pro order.
More Information »iPad
- Purchase Advice
- Buy
- Last Upgrade
- 16th September 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 217 (Ø 424)
- Expected
- 14th November 2021
The iPad was lastly upgraded by Apple on the 16th September 2020.
More Information »iPad Air
- Purchase Advice
- Buy now
- Last Upgrade
- 23rd October 2020
- Days since Upgrade
- 180 (Ø 849)
- Expected
- 19th February 2023
The iPad Air was upgraded by Apple 180 days ago. Get one while it's hot!
More Information »iPad mini
- Purchase Advice
- Wait
- Last Upgrade
- 18th March 2019
- Days since Upgrade
- 765 (Ø 465)
- Expected
- 25th June 2020
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
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 15th July 2015
- Days since Upgrade
- 2107 (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
- 2107 (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
- 693 (Ø 413)
- Expected
- 15th July 2020
An upgrade of the iPod touch is 280 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your iPod touch order.
More Information »iPod
- Purchase Advice
- -
- Last Upgrade
- 9th September 2009
- Days since Upgrade
- 4242 (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
- 1314 (Ø 643)
- Expected
- 20th June 2019
An upgrade of the Apple TV is 671 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
- 2872 (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
- 2872 (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
- 3235 (Ø 1464)
- Expected
- 15th June 2016
An upgrade of the AirPort Express is 1771 days overdue. Be patient and wait with your AirPort Express order.
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