'The Apple graveyard': 7 mythical Apple products from the past 50 years that never saw the light of day

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Excalibur. The Holy Grail. Pandora’s Box. Apple Car. Hang on — one of those doesn’t quite fit. But it turns out that while broader human history has given rise to many amazing mythical objects, so too specifically has Apple.

These are the products we heard about in hushed whispers during the company’s first 50 years that never made it into the real world and instead went on a fast-track to the Apple graveyard.

But what were they? And why weren’t they? Let’s find out!

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