Current Gap Between Apple Product Announcements is the Longest in Years [Chart]

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Posted April 25, 2013 at 6:41pm by iClarified

The current gap between Apple product announcements is the longest one in over three years, according to a chart compiled by Business Insider.

If Apple doesn't unveil anything until WWDC 2013 it will be 230 days between product announcements. That's over three months longer than the 132 day gap between the MacBook Air and the iPad 2 in 2010 to 2011.

From a purely financial standpoint, it's not good. Apple will have nothing new to goose its sales and profits. It gives rivals eight months to introduce new products that can sap at Apple's core business. That's why it forecasted a midpoint revenue guidance of $34.5 billion for the June 2013 quarter, which is a 1% drop on a year-over-year basis. It also guided to EPS of $7 for the quarter, a 25% decline.

There have been rumors that Apple could hold an iPad event before WWDC; however, that appears to be increasingly unlikely.

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Current Gap Between Apple Product Announcements is the Longest in Years [Chart]

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the real J - April 28, 2013 at 10:28pm

Something special is coming. The calm before the storm. Starting with the iPad mini with retina.

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TechAhead Software - April 26, 2013 at 6:32am

This may be a long pause and yes as mentioned by you this may benefit the rivals in increasing their sales numbers. Apple has just handful of products to sell and if they do not come up with something amazing in that time they might be out of market soon. - Amanda TechAhead

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iPhoneEverything - April 25, 2013 at 9:42pm

Thank you! The 1st guy

RobLS460 - April 25, 2013 at 6:57pm

They wait that long to release a product because when they do release a product, it needs no improvements. Who wants to buy a phone just for the manufacturer to release a newer model one month later. There's a new droid turd out every month it seems... Quality doesn't require rapid change. If its not broke don't fix it.

Neil - April 26, 2013 at 8:05am

What like the antenna problems with the 4 they really waited to fix that problem before they released the phone . It's more probably because they have nothing worth releasing yet they relise if the iphone 5s is just a faster processor and better camera it won't sell well apart from to the apple fanboys. The only selling point for the 4s was Siri with out that it would of failed so apple need something great for the 5s to make me want one

Nitro Junkie - April 26, 2013 at 12:07pm

The antenna problem wasn't as big of an issue as the media and everyone else made it out to be. If I remember correctly it was first hyped up and blown out of proportion by gizmodo. Who was the tech site that bought the lost iPhone 4 prototype. Many said it was retaliation for Apple fileing charges against them.

homosapien - April 26, 2013 at 3:09pm

Totally in agreement with RobLS460 and Nitro, I had my iPhone 5 from Apple stolen recently when i was in the mall. Ive had a Samsung S3 and a BBZ10 on hand. I was going to throw them against a wall due to usability issues, but i sold them instead. Good thing i had my trusty iPhone 4 which i was using as an Alarm phone on a sony dock. iOS is the best mobile OS out there even if its being used on older hardware. I'm going to have to spend $1K to buy a new iPhone 5 due to these delays - i cant stand the speed of the iP4 (and lack of LTE) - if its released early in Q4 i will be very upset, but i will never go to another OS - they all suck (BBZ10 doesn't suck as much as Android due to the great keyboard / communication hub, there's just a lack of quality apps).