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These Are Apple's Oldest Products Still Sold Today
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1st gen Apple Pencil is older than all of these
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Is it true Apple still sells Apple Watch Series 3 or was that discontinued last year? Can't recall.
I believe it was "coming soon™" not just "coming soon."
The two longest lived Apple products near me, in daily use:
- 8 Years old: My Apple TV HD. It is rock solid and still updated.
- 15 Years old: My neighbor still runs her Airport Express N v1. A 15 year run is pretty good, although the software is no longer being updated and the device has been declared obsolete.
Wow, they must have been selling that for 20 years at this point.
Agree with ATVHD. Have probably had it for close to that long too.
The best is when apple doesn’t update something for years so you expect some spectacular update down the road and wait… and wind up with a minor spec bump that shoulda happened years before. They’re notorious for this
I'm sure that the iMac 24" with the M3 SoC is coming in October. Will likely have wireless keyboard and mouse charged through a USB Type C port, too.
Yup, same here. Purchased a couple years ago to replace a 10 year old imac that died. Still working fine, even with one of the parents that passed away. When the other parent passes, we will likely take it back and have it replace the 10 year old imac in the basement.
Beats Solo3 Wireless needs to be on this list. They were announced on September 7th, 2016, the same day as the original AirPods were announced. That's 7 years ago!
I didn't know Apple was in the Antique business.
I wouldn't worry so much about peripherals and accessories, they don't need to be updated often to stay relevant, but the iMac is really in dire need an update.
And … I just bought my second Apple Pencil 2 because my original one from 2018 dropped to the ground and the tip was broken. 😢
Edit: Yes I’m aware that the tip can be replaced. However, The tip broke in half and the part that was screwed into the pencil deformed and I tried many times and I still couldn’t get it out.
Edit: Yes I’m aware that the tip can be replaced. However, The tip broke in half and the part that was screwed into the pencil deformed and I tried many times and I still couldn’t get it out.
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Which is a super silly plan when they update the whole rest of the line. Thank god the studio finally got m2
The Pro Display XDR also still stands unique in it's market segment. Dell only just released the world's second 32" 6K display and it can't touch the XDR in terms of performance.
Considering the price, I expect people would not be in the general market to replace their APMs for many, many years so it makes sense that Apple would be waiting. Now that there is a new Beats Studio, it is probably around the time for APM to get an update.
My guess is iMac sales are slow and steady enough that M2 would not have really moved the needle that much, so they put it on an every-other generation upgrade cycle (though I do hope the next model also offers an M3 Pro BTO option).
The Series 3 was discontinued last September.
They better update those this year. All accessories need to drop lightning anyways
I have an iPad mini 4 that is also reaching the 8 year mark, and which I’d like to continue to use, but software obsolescence is an issue. For example, iCloud E2EE (Advanced Data Protection) requires all devices connected to the same Apple ID to be on iOS/iPadOS 16.
Kind of wish this list was longer. Not everything needs to be constantly updated every year or so.
You’re aware that you can replace just the tip?
Also, more ergonomic, after all, if you want gestures you can get a trackpad.