Depends on lots of things What you want to do with it What things you want it to have If you need it now or not If you ' d benefit from the slightly performance increases by waiting unlikely as like for like price will mean a better processor anyway . If you can get a deal now that ' s good value for money or one you believe unlikely to be repeated before the replacement arrives then it might be time to buy . Similarly , fully loaded with all the nice bits added makes a TP worth slightly more when you come to sell it ie better processor , maxed RAM etc , things like fingerprint readers etc just make it easier to sell . Especially when you compare to a base model that ' s just 1 gen newer of course that depends on the options offered on the new model .