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List of Apple products

full list and timeline of Apple Inc. products

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ7805629
Source-derived summary

This is a list of all computers, phones, tablets, wearables, and other products made by Apple Inc. This list is ordered by the release date of the products. Macintosh Performa models were often physically identical to other models, in which case they are omitted in favor of the identical twin.

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See also

Macintosh

List of Mac models grouped by CPU type

List of iPhone models

List of iPad models

Timeline of the Apple II family

List of Mac models

Notes

References

External links

Specifications, Apple Computer, Inc.

Mac Systems: Apple, EveryMac.com

Glen Sanford, Apple History, apple-history.com

Dan Knight, Computer Profiles, LowEndMac, Cobweb Publishing, Inc.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “List of Apple products” as full list and timeline of Apple Inc. products. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1980, 1983, 1984, 1985—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where List, Apple and products can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as full list and timeline of Apple Inc. products. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7805629. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1980, 1983, 1984 and 1985.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from List of Apple products” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.