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The Product Graveyard

Graveyard · By company · Updated NOV 2026

Failed Apple Products and Why They Failed

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3 products, launched from 1993 to 2017. The causes their entries cite most often are rushed launch (3 of 3) and quality and reliability (3 of 3).

My post on failed products examples covers twelve famous cases from tech and why each one failed.

  • No end date

    Apple Maps (2012 launch)

    Apple · Apps and online services

    Still live as of October 2026; Apple rebuilt the map and finished the US rollout in January 2020

  • Mar 2019

    AirPower

    Apple · Consumer hardware

    Announced on September 12, 2017 and cancelled on March 29, 2019, without ever going on sale

  • Feb 1998

    Apple Newton

    Apple · Consumer hardware

    Apple announced the end of Newton development on February 27, 1998

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