In a few weeks we’ll be flipping over to September in the calendar, and it’s the month in which Apple usually releases new iPhone models; a tradition the company continues with all sun brands this year as well.
The latest rumors indicate that the iPhone 14 models will be shown on September 13, and usually they will be in stores a week and a half later.
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When there is so little time until an expected new launch, the product is flagged red Macrumours’ kjøpeguide. “Don’t buy” is the advice that applies The iPhone 13 and 13 Pro models.
Partly because it is wise to wait until the new models arrive to see what is new before making a decision, but also because existing models often fall in price when they get their sequels.
True, the usually very accurate analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that this year’s iPhone models will be 15 percent more expensive than last year’s models:
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Hon Hai/Foxconn is one of the winners of the increased ASP of iPhone 14 series. I estimated iPhone 14 series ASP would increase by about 15% (vs. iPhone 13 series ASP) to $1,000-1,050 (USD) due to two iPhone 14 Pro’s price hikes & higher shipment proportion. https://t.co/UgiW0kom4F— Ming-Chi Kuo (@mingchikuo) August 10, 2022
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And that in dollars. The exchange rate for the US dollar is also just under 10 percent higher now than it was at the same time last year, which could mean that here in Norway we will see a price increase of over 20 percent, which could mean, for example, that the iPhone 14 Pro will start at around NOK 15,000 (12,290 for iPhone 13 Pro).
The only iPhone model still green-labeled is the iPhone SEwhich was launched in a new edition in March this year.
Not just the iPhone
It’s not just the iPhone 13 models that are red marked in MacRumour’s buying guide. Both the 11- and 12.9-inch versions of the iPad Pro are also recommended to wait. It has been 468 days since Apple last upgraded the iPad Pro models, and on average 499 and 466 days (12.9-/11-inch) have passed between each iPad Pro upgrade, respectively.
If you are in the market for a Macbook Air or 13″ Macbook Pro these days, the buying guide gives you the green light. The Macbook Air was updated just over a month ago and the 13-inch version of the Macbook Pro 55 days ago.
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The 14- and 16-inchers get a yellow light – they are nearing the end of their cycle with 296 days since the last upgrade, against an average of 391 days. These two still have the M1 processor and can probably be expected to get the M2 processor later this autumn. The same goes for the iMac, which hasn’t been updated since April 2021.
According to the website, the Mac Mini should also be close to getting new hardware. The previous edition came in November 2020 with an M1 processor and is now running overtime against the average update time – it is therefore also red marked. The same is true of the Mac Pro professional computer.
No “green” Airpods
It’s been a while since Apple launched new AirPods models. The youngest of them is the 3rd generation AirPods, which was launched in October 2021. True, 885 days have passed on average for the two updates, but MacRumours chooses to label this model with gray – neutral.
However, it is approaching two years since Apple launched the first edition of the AirPods Max headphones. And we have to go all the way back to October 2019 to find the AirPods Pro launch.
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These two products have never come in new editions, but are both starting to get old. AirPods Pro is marked in yellow in the buying guide.
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From 2016-2020, Apple released a new Apple Watch model in September every year, while it had to wait until October last year. With such an even cycle of launches, it will be natural to expect that last year’s Series 7 will get its sequel in the autumn.
The SE edition, which is a slightly more affordable variant, arrived in September 2020, but has not received a sequel. Whether the stage is set for a new SE variant this autumn too, only Apple knows.
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Macrumours also has the yellow-labeled Apple TV, which was last updated in April 2021. This is probably the product with the most uneven updates – the average is 708 days, but it has gone anywhere from 231 to 1323 days between each update.
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