For me, it has to be my MacBooks.
I love my iPad Pro at night, when lying in bed, but I just love my MacBooks.
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For those of you who consider Apple Watch to be your favourite Apple product. After the Apple Watch, what Apple product is your next favourite?
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For me, AW is, but since I cannot use it without iPhone, that's my 2nd favorite but it is on par to me to my Mac(s)
My iPad is my most favorite Apple product. Apple watch is second. iPhone and Mac are necessary, but I wish they weren't.
iPad is the most comfortable device for me for reading, and reading is what I do most during my waking hours. It's also decent for watching videos, and I find that I don't mind composing first drafts of stuff on my iPad, but editing, especially if it involves moving paragraphs around, is easier done on a Mac. I also need the Mac to manage my media files.
The watch I use for tracking my activity and sleep, and has been very good for keeping me motivated to stay minimally active.
The iPhone I need for when I go out, and it's pretty good for reading ebooks and saved articles in Instapaper, and I also use the camera a lot. But I hate using web browser on it and I wouldn't attempt writing anything extensive on it.
The Mac is the device I wish I didn't need but there are some things, some of which I mentioned above, that just can't be done on an iPad or iPhone.
Overall, I'm happy with my Apple products and not tempted to go back to Windows or switch to Android or other smartwatches/fitness trackers.
iPad is the most comfortable device for me for reading, and reading is what I do most during my waking hours. It's also decent for watching videos, and I find that I don't mind composing first drafts of stuff on my iPad, but editing, especially if it involves moving paragraphs around, is easier done on a Mac. I also need the Mac to manage my media files.
The watch I use for tracking my activity and sleep, and has been very good for keeping me motivated to stay minimally active.
The iPhone I need for when I go out, and it's pretty good for reading ebooks and saved articles in Instapaper, and I also use the camera a lot. But I hate using web browser on it and I wouldn't attempt writing anything extensive on it.
The Mac is the device I wish I didn't need but there are some things, some of which I mentioned above, that just can't be done on an iPad or iPhone.
Overall, I'm happy with my Apple products and not tempted to go back to Windows or switch to Android or other smartwatches/fitness trackers.
Hmmm…
I don’t the AW has ever been my favorite Apple product.
First Apple product/phone was the iPhone 3G. I was an Apple hater before that. That phone sucked me into the Apple world. I have upgraded phones every 1-2 years since 2008.
Next product was an iPad 2. Liked that but it was also my last iPad.
Got a BTO 27” iMac in 2011 or 2012 and LOVED that thing. Used it for a long time as a primary desktop alongside high end PC laptops from work until getting a 2018 15” MBP. I then used it as a monitor in a multi-monitor setup ran by the MBP.
Also got a 12” maxed spec MacBook which was awesome prior to the 2018 MBP. That thing was so small and portable. I would travel with both and would use the 12” on the plane since it was smaller and lighter than a iPad. Still have it now after lending it to my father for a period of time.
The iMac finally died in 2020/21 ish.
First AW was the S4 aluminum cellular instead of SS cause I thought I would upgrade it yearly. Kept it until Sept 23 cause it was just there. Did what I needed and never thought about it. The newer watches never seemed worth upgrading to.
I loved being in the whole ecosystem but the watch was never my favorite.
It would be the iPhone mostly #1 with computers behind it.
Best (s-tier) phone was midnight green 11 pro which is now essentially tied with my 15 Pro Max.
My 16” M2 Max MBP is the best computer I’ve ever had and total s-tier. If it or the M3 Mac’s had an oled screen, they would be perfect. I hate the XDR screen in the dark for media watching(despite it being better than the 2018 MBP). For computer work it is great, I just can’t stand LCD/LED backlit screens for any movie/tv. They all suck.
I have purchased and returned iPad Pros because the XDR screens are pure trash and I refuse to own an iPad without OLED or non-backlighted tech. Just too much money for garbage screen tech.
With current products I would go:
#1- iPhone 15 pro’s
#2- Apple Silicon MBPs
#3- Ultra 2 AW (also love my S7 titanium edition that I just replaced with AC+)
The Ultra 2 though was a big upgrade from the S4 and I like it a lot more than my first watch cause it does more and everything just better. But if I had to drop 1 of the 3 products, I’d give up the watch first.
I don’t the AW has ever been my favorite Apple product.
First Apple product/phone was the iPhone 3G. I was an Apple hater before that. That phone sucked me into the Apple world. I have upgraded phones every 1-2 years since 2008.
Next product was an iPad 2. Liked that but it was also my last iPad.
Got a BTO 27” iMac in 2011 or 2012 and LOVED that thing. Used it for a long time as a primary desktop alongside high end PC laptops from work until getting a 2018 15” MBP. I then used it as a monitor in a multi-monitor setup ran by the MBP.
Also got a 12” maxed spec MacBook which was awesome prior to the 2018 MBP. That thing was so small and portable. I would travel with both and would use the 12” on the plane since it was smaller and lighter than a iPad. Still have it now after lending it to my father for a period of time.
The iMac finally died in 2020/21 ish.
First AW was the S4 aluminum cellular instead of SS cause I thought I would upgrade it yearly. Kept it until Sept 23 cause it was just there. Did what I needed and never thought about it. The newer watches never seemed worth upgrading to.
I loved being in the whole ecosystem but the watch was never my favorite.
It would be the iPhone mostly #1 with computers behind it.
Best (s-tier) phone was midnight green 11 pro which is now essentially tied with my 15 Pro Max.
My 16” M2 Max MBP is the best computer I’ve ever had and total s-tier. If it or the M3 Mac’s had an oled screen, they would be perfect. I hate the XDR screen in the dark for media watching(despite it being better than the 2018 MBP). For computer work it is great, I just can’t stand LCD/LED backlit screens for any movie/tv. They all suck.
I have purchased and returned iPad Pros because the XDR screens are pure trash and I refuse to own an iPad without OLED or non-backlighted tech. Just too much money for garbage screen tech.
With current products I would go:
#1- iPhone 15 pro’s
#2- Apple Silicon MBPs
#3- Ultra 2 AW (also love my S7 titanium edition that I just replaced with AC+)
The Ultra 2 though was a big upgrade from the S4 and I like it a lot more than my first watch cause it does more and everything just better. But if I had to drop 1 of the 3 products, I’d give up the watch first.
1. iPhone + Apple Watch (Watch and iPhone for me are complimentary, one makes the other better).
2. iPad Pro ( big part of my workflow, and fun to use).
3. Apple TV, AirPods Max, home pod mini.
4. M1 Max 64 GB MBP 16 inch ( Work horse).
2. iPad Pro ( big part of my workflow, and fun to use).
3. Apple TV, AirPods Max, home pod mini.
4. M1 Max 64 GB MBP 16 inch ( Work horse).
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Coolest Apple gadget, check. Most beneficial to my fitness, health and wellness, check. Would buy it again in a heartbeat, check. But I wouldn't give it the title of "favorite Apple device" due to too many little frustrations. I'm jogging outdoors and all of a sudden my pulse greys out. I'm walking on the treadmill and feeling cheated because the watch is undercounting my distance by about 10%. A important notification comes in and while I'm trying to read it, the watch decides to preempt it was something unimportant and silly like "Stand goal achieved". Sorry Apple watch, I love you but you don't get my "favorite Apple product" designation until you make your software as trouble-free and refined as what's on my iPad, iPhone, Macbook Pro and Airpods Pro 2.
I would say the iPhone is my favourite, because it’s the most important and the one I use the most.
I think the Apple TV is the next favourite. I mean it gets used every day’ I have multiple and I’ve had one since 2010.
I like them all. There isn’t one I don’t like. The only thing I’ve not tried is the VP
I’d probably rank them like this.
1. iPhone
2. Apple TV
3. iPad
4. HomePod (I use these eveydya as my speakers for Apple TV)
5. Apple Watch
6. Macbook
7. AirPods/Airpods
I think the Apple TV is the next favourite. I mean it gets used every day’ I have multiple and I’ve had one since 2010.
I like them all. There isn’t one I don’t like. The only thing I’ve not tried is the VP
I’d probably rank them like this.
1. iPhone
2. Apple TV
3. iPad
4. HomePod (I use these eveydya as my speakers for Apple TV)
5. Apple Watch
6. Macbook
7. AirPods/Airpods