The BEST and WORST Apple products of 2022 RANKED

With 2022 coming to a close, I figured now is a good time to go over the new Apple products from this year and rank them! With nearly a dozen new releases there's a lot to choose from, which deserves the top slot? iPhone 14 Pro? M1 Ultra Mac Studio? The Studio Display? How about the 10th gen iPad? Jk that one sucks

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[TT-rtvv]

Would like to see this next for the last decade of products ranked

[ethangeorge]

The Tim Apple style "Good Mooorninggg!!" was a nice touch haha

[ondrejsoukup]

My list
S: Mac Studio, Studio display, iPhone 14 and 14 Pro Max, Apple Watch Ultra, MacBook Air M2
A: Apple TV, Airpods Pro 2, iPad Air 5
B: iPad Pro M2, iPhone 14 Plus, Apple Watch 8, iPhone 14
C: MacBook Pro M2, iPhone SE3
D:
E: iPad 10

[kilohertz]

Having purchased the base model Mac Studio with an upgrade 1 TB hard drive I think it should be a S Tier. I was absolutely warned by Apple that I couldn't upgrade the hard drive. So I bought the size I felt I needed. I ordered mine on day 2 and had it in hand three weeks later. The video and audio are the best I've ever seen or heard from any device. It is always cool and quiet. I have over 35 TB of USB storage connected to it with room for at least 20 TB more. In short it is the computer I have been waiting for my entire 75 years on this planet.

[salemsloane]

Air 5 should have been higher. The added ram and M1 allows for much better performance in apps that really need it while still keeping it at a good price. I use Procreate for pro illustration work daily and being able to go from 4-5 layers on large files with the previous Air to basically unlimited is a huge deal. Also, you totally missed the opportunity to call these the Lukeys 😂

[thecfamily]

I’d put the Apple Watch SE up to a B tier. Massive speed increase and more features over the previous SE.

I’d put the iPad 10 up to a C specifically for elementary/Jr High students. Could have done more - yes. But for children, it’s a great upgrade for schools. It’s not a professional product. If they called it iPad E for education, the market makes sense.

The rest is fine. Surprised about the iPhone 14 Pro Max making it to the top. Wasn’t sure if the upgrade was that great. I decided to skip this year and wait for the 15.

[jameslatief]

Wow, I just realized Apple didn't make anything the consumers asked for. 2021 was a good year, but 2022 was just atrocious. Nobody needs Dynamic Island, we need a touchID iPhone with USB-C.

[fleecystheking]

The USB-C Apple Pencil Adapter should have been on that list! It holds a special place in my heart. First time I actually laughed out loud at the Apple Store product page when I saw it after that Apple Event ended.

[peanutbutterpancake]

I would put the studio display lower due to the high price. 
Apple's cheapest monitor costs more than a new Imac which means the majority of consumers who would want a monitor to acompany their mac would not consider Apple's option due to the price. Furthermore its only a 5k imac screen pretty much with no mini led and only 27 inches so the high price is not even justified.

[r.hartmann]

14 Pro in the „S tier“?
Absolutely no!
The contained „innovation“ of the 14 Pros are simply not worth the price.
Apple deliberately held back available technology (e.g. USB-C, periscop tele, …) just to have more room for the 15 pro.
The updates in the 14 pros are not worth it. Dynamic island is nice but not worth any hype or S-level valuation. Really - apart from all the valid criticisms about the ipad 10 gen. The step there was bigger at the end of the day …

Only a fraction of iphone users really need a new iphone - they simply just want it.
I would love to see more Apple customers refrain from buying the 14 generation and show Apple with their wallets, that it must be better in order to get that much money for a phone in 2022.

[swordfishabhi]

You should also rank the ios 16 and it’s horrible battery issues even after 3 bug fix updates - a D 😢

Also first time apple allows people to stay on 15.7.1 knowingly 😮 and that is what saves some face. Had to go through hoops to get the downgrade but at least that was an option 🙏

[aruce]

i honestly don't think the 14 pro is worthy of S tier...
the 14 pro is not really that much of an upgrade over the 13 pro and the dynamic island cuts into content *more* than the notch i would either place the 14 pro in high A tier or B tier. The cameras are a bit of a dealbreaker for me since i think having that gargantuan notch isn't really that fantastic. the 14 pro is more of a marginal upgrade of an already pretty marginal upgrade.

[bryans]

I purchased the base Studio Max in March and, after using it as my primary computer since then, would have put it in the S tier.

[ArcaneGhost]

My most awaited video from ur channel this year!! Keep it up Luke!!!

[tomboss]

The completely redesigned iPhone 14 with much better repairability is a big leap, and I hope, Apple will follow with other iPhones and especially iPads! To not being able to change the iPads battery, while it's getting updates for 7 years is nuts.
In a world, where iPhone 11 is faster than any other brand, faster iPhone chips aren't necessary.

[LeesReviews]

I think the upgrade from m1 to m2 is game changing in that the GPU is 40% faster and can run some games at 60fps now with the graphics settings on extreme

[lukey]

14 pro for me is probably d tier. they just didn’t do anything except made the notch lower down. at first i thought it was a really cool gimmick that would be useful, but after the hype dying down, the dynamic island and i guess the higher mp camera are the only noticble differences, besides that it’s basically still an 11 pro with flat sides. the 14 was somehow even worse lol, but i’ll give them points for making the al back glass much more easily repairable. i don’t think 2022 was that great for apple, although i do agree the m2 mba is pretty cool

[padx]

that Tim Cook style "good morning" lol

[rherteux]

Love my MBA M2...I think it could have been an S if they moved one of the thunderbolt ports to the right side, allowed for 2 external monitors, and hadn't crippled the base model SSD speeds. Overall I agree with your rankings.

[takmic]

Thanks a million for your knowledge about Mac products that help me to think about which I will buy next!!