Part 1 - March 2022 Apple Buyer's Guide

In a few hours it will be March, and the first Apple Event is right around the corner. This means it is time for the Apple product buyer's guide for March of 2022. If there is an Apple Event on March 8, this will be updated as soon as possible with all the new products and services Apple will release.

🟢 - Buy it

🟡 - Caution

🔴 - Do not buy

iPhone

iPhone 13 Mini - 🟢 Last Mini iPhone, being replaced with iPhone 14 Max this fall

iPhone 13 - 🟢 Best option for most people

iPhone 13 Pro - 🟢 Lots of power and possibilities in the regular sized model

iPhone 13 Pro Max - 🟢 Best option if you have money to spend, and you like big phones

iPhone 12 Mini - 🟡 The iPhone 12 Mini is known for battery issues, and the 13 Mini helps fix that.

iPhone 12 - 🟢 Great option for the price today

iPhone 11 - 🟡 Starting to get old, and with new iOS versions its getting buggier

iPhone SE 2 - 🔴 Expecting a new model this month with 5G and an A15 chip, so wait

Mac

13” MacBook Air - Good buy, but M2 (also redesigned) model coming soon

13” MacBook Pro - 🔴 We are expecting a new version with M2 this month

14” MacBook Pro - 🟢 Perfect for Pro users who want a smaller size

16” MacBook Pro - 🟢 Perfect for Pro “Max” users. Get it? Max? Pro Max? bad joke.

24” iMac - 🟢 Great for most users, has M1 chip and relatively new

27” iMac - 🔴 Redesigned model coming soon (could be iMac Pro) with M1 Pro/M1 Max

Mac Mini - 🔴 Redesign with M1 Pro/M1 Max coming very soon

Mac Pro - 🟡 Redesigned Mac Pro with Apple Silicon sometime this year, either at WWDC or this fall

iPad

11” iPad Pro - 🟡 Mid-cycle, still a good buy ~ New model with M2 coming late 2022

12.9” iPad Pro - 🟡 Mid-cycle, still a good buy ~ New model with M2 coming late 2022

10.9” iPad Air - 🔴 New iPad Air expected this month with A15 Chip, 5G, and Center Stage

10.2” iPad - 🟢 Big screen and battery life while being pretty affordable

8.3” iPad Mini - 🟢 New all-screen design w/ newer specs & 5G

Apple Watch

Apple Watch Series 7 - 🟢 Best option for most people

Apple Watch SE - 🟢 Great if its just for a kid or just a budget smartwatch

Apple Watch Series 3 - 🔴 The worst option, go ahead and get a SE or 7

AirPods/Speakers

AirPods 2 - 🔴 Just go ahead and get the 3rd Generation

AirPods 3 - 🟢 Great sound, recently updated, best option for most users

AirPods Pro - 🟢 Great sound quality, redesign expected in late 2022

HomePod Mini - 🟢 Great smart-speaker, available in many colors

AirPods Max - 🟢 If you have the money, why not? (rich people only)

Other

Apple TV 4K - 🟢 The latest model features a faster A12 Bionic Chip, the new redesigned Siri Remote

Apple TV HD - 🔴 Outdated (released in 2015), so just get the Apple TV 4K

iPod Touch - 🔴 No updates to be expected, really outdated, battery life sucks, etc.

AirTag - 🟢 While some people use it to stalk people, when used for its intended purpose its nice.

Apple Polishing Cloth - 🟢 The Apple Polishing Cloth is the best cloth you can get. Apple says it themself: “Made with soft, nonabrasive material, the Polishing Cloth cleans any Apple display, including nano-texture glass, safely and effectively.” The $19 pricetag is definetly worth it. Never underestimate the power of the Apple Polishing Cloth.

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