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buy all right what's up mkbhd here we're
in that wrapping up 2021 phase as you
already know did that first rewind video
which was all about the biggest most
influential tech of all of 2021 and
videos like that are way more
varied and off the wall just because
there's a lot of different tech that has
an impact on the year but not all that
stuff is relatable or stuff that you can
get your hands on right now so this
video this video is specifically for
stuff that you can get right now this is
for this is the top 10 gadgets that you
can actually get your hands on that came
out in the last 365 days and with
partnering with best buy on this video
you already guessed it every single one
of the items on this list you can go to
a store right now or go to bestbuy.com
and pick up for yourself but also the
benefit of best buy having physical
stores is you can actually go to a store
and see some of these things in person
for yourself which a little underrated
so i've had the opportunity to stay
ahead of the curve with a lot of this
tech this year from best buy and uh yeah
getting to see some of it in person
before you buy it makes a big difference
you'll see what i mean in a second so
sit back relax maybe open another tab
because all this stuff is linked down
below if you want to check it out right
away and let's get into it so number 10
number 10
is the beats fit pro
okay so these came out during the second
half of the year pretty late and i
didn't even get to review them but they
are my favorite
beats headphones ever for a couple of
reasons one they're the best sounding
beats ever by a lot but two
it's the design that actually stays
locked in your ear so wing tips major
key and so because of the great sound
and great fit these pretty much
instantly became my favorite workout
headphones so if you're in need of a
pair like that i'd say look no further
uh they also have a decently small case
and a solid battery life and of course
they're sweat resistant for that workout
stuff and if you can you can go to a
best buy and see the different colors in
person plus you can check out pretty
much any other headphones they have it
all so that can help you pick your
favorite so number nine is the samsung
galaxy
z fold 3.
so i was kind of torn between putting
this or the flip 3 on this list but the
point is there are some of the most
interesting phones that came out this
year yes of course we got the candy bar
phones getting better and having bigger
batteries and better cameras and all
that's great but
these phones
do a lot different obviously the hidden
selfie camera behind the display
folding in half and they're just more
complete and capable than ever so the
flip 3 just made the whole folding phone
as a daily driver thing way more
attainable for many people with the
price tag right in line with other
phones people buy all the time it's
worth checking out in person in a store
if you can just to see how much that
crease may or may not bother you or
whether or not you even notice it or
care about it but pro tip when you're
actually using these phones both the
crease and the hidden selfie camera i
noticed really kind of disappear to the
eye as you focus on the actual content
on the phone so you get a much bigger
screen as a result
either way really looking forward to
these continuing to get better all right
so number eight and i could have gone
kind of anywhere with this because this
was a really good year for cameras but
i'm gonna go with the sony alpha one one
of their flagships this is an expensive
one but it did a lot of things right and
i really like this camera so this is a
full-frame mirrorless camera it's
stuffed to the gills with features high
resolution high frame rate high shutter
speed lots of auto focus points great
color science and that's just for photos
sony's also been crushing the mirrorless
video game for the past few years at a
bunch of different price brackets and
this one slots in basically right at the
top of their lineup it's so good i
honestly look forward to shooting videos
with it we've shot videos including the
setup tour on the studio channel with it
and also the tesla model y review on the
main channel which was shot entirely on
the a1 with that full frame sensor we've
got plenty of glass for it the autofocus
was great it was just a great year for
cameras so it's hard to pick just one
but the a1 was a beast all right so
number seven
the galaxy s21 ultra from samsung again
so this may seem like okay now this is a
little bit more of a boring option
compared to the fold and the flip that
were here before but the fold in the
flip made this list for me because
they're influential and really
interesting phones
this makes the list just because
it's their best phone and honestly i
think it's one of the best phones
samsung has made in a long time miles
better than the s20 ultra of course huge
improvement great battery world-class
display great performance and really
great cameras and honestly i really like
this design not just because it's matte
black of course but the whole thing the
intentional
leaning into the camera bump the weight
the materials everything about this
build
i really like now it's also a huge phone
so if you're trying to actually get one
i'd say check it out in person just to
make sure it's not dramatically
different from what you're expecting but
yeah huge thumbs up for me on what often
doesn't get talked about enough this
early in the year flagship so number six
i am giving to the nintendo switch oled
the new one
they kind of nailed it so obviously the
original switch was very popular just as
a portable handheld gaming console and
we've seen some others now jump into
this same
form factor the same space but the
switch oled is just an all-around better
version of the switch we already knew
and loved much smaller bezels better
display of course it's in the name
deeper blacks and a much brighter
punchier look to it and it's much better
with that full width kickstand so it's
kind of the ideal refresh and i've had
plenty of fun flights with the original
switch so can't really go wrong with the
new switch here switch oled is great all
right number five this one might be kind
of out of left field but i believe in it
a lot
apples air tags so
this is one of the most influential
products of the entire year mainly
because it shined a huge spotlight on
this industry and we got to see how all
of the competitors already in it would
react
mainly tile we got to see how tile would
react i am somehow always surprised by
how many people suddenly have intense
and deep thoughts and care a lot about a
product category as soon as apple enters
it even if it was pretty chill before
but the apple effect is real and they
have pulled a lot of other companies
into their orbit too so not only can you
find your keys anytime you lose them
with a key chain for air tags but now
other companies are making air tags
compatible wallets and air tags backpack
sleeves and air tags clamps for anything
and everything you might lose of any
size to find with apples find my network
it's great it's very handy and it was a
pretty important product of the year and
while we're at it number four the iphone
13 series but if i can be more specific
i want to shine a spotlight on the
iphone 13
mini for a second so tiny flagships are
a dying breed they have been for a while
we've known this already and so apple
comes out with their entire iphone 13
lineup again this year they've got an
iphone 13 an iphone 13 pro a pro max and
a mini and they did the mini phone right
they did it the correct way which is
that all of the phones in the whole
lineup more or less have the same specs
so the only difference between them is
screen size and battery size so the
iphone 13 mini has the exact same super
powerful chip as all the bigger phones
it has the same massive new primary
camera sensor as all the bigger phones
with improved stabilization and it
actually has a physically larger battery
than the 12 mini which struggled a bit
with that last year so if there were
ever a good time to get a mini phone
i think it's now considering all the
rumors that there might not be another
one next year and of course you can head
into best buy and check out the mini's
size for yourself you can literally hold
it up next to your current phone for
comparison to see how compact it really
is but shout out to the mini flagship
smartphone all right so number three
and this is a really fun one this is
the dji fpv drone this thing is
incredible so as i broke down in my
review video this thing is basically
combining all the best of two very
different drone worlds which is the
cinematography tools and recreational
drones that dji already kind of
dominates
and the diy first-person view racing
drones that you might catch on tv or in
a local park sometimes and the result
combining them is this incredibly fun
high performance droning experience with
a decently high quality camera and a
pair of goggles wirelessly connected
i've literally never had more fun with a
drone than with this one it can go 90
plus miles an hour in sport mode but you
sort of slowly work your way up to that
and you can unlock more and more levels
of manual control to get there
and don't worry it comes with a bunch of
extra propellers too in case you get too
close to some trees or take a tumble or
two i've done that too we've all done it
but i love this drone all right so
number two is google's pixel 6 series
and mainly the smaller less expensive
pixel six which i think is a great phone
and a great deal so this was google's
first time designing the chip inside so
there's a tensor chip powering this
phone they're clearly focused a lot
still on the cameras which are quite
good too especially on a phone of this
price and i think it has some room for a
little higher ceiling with some software
updates
but really this phone is all about
having the most convenient google
features google assistant answering
phone calls and waiting on hold for you
and working on the background
it's great it's one of the reasons i
choose to use a pixel so often as my
main phone all that phone
for 5.99 in the pixel 6. now i do
personally daily the more expensive 6
pro not a whole ton of difference really
between them but if you want to test
your eye to see if you notice the
slightly higher refresh rate or the
slightly higher resolution display
that's worth a shot so then last but not
least number one
is the new macbook pros the new m1 pro
and m1 pro max 14 inch and 16 inch
macbook pros these things have been
incredible now same deal there have been
a lot of really good laptops all over
the map this year but these made the
biggest splash of course because of the
incredible performance and efficiency
all that comes with the new apple
silicon that went into these machines
and the way it applied specifically to
my own workflow i loved it
these have been great so you can check
out my entire review video if you want
all the benchmarks and details of my
real world experiences with these
laptops but bottom line it makes a
fantastic only computer for a lot of
different creatives professionals etc
i've edited videos on the 16-inch m1 max
a lot of my colleagues and friends are
loving the 14-inch m1 pro just as much
the notch is kind of like a kind of like
the crease in the samsung folding phones
like when you're actually using the
device it fades away to the eye and
becomes a non-factor even if it is a
head scratcher why it's there in the
first place but the displays themselves
are world class with high dynamic range
high brightness high refresh rate and
high resolution
the speakers are best in class the
battery life is top of the class and it
has all the ports i mean what more could
you really ask for so there you have it
10 gadgets that came out during the last
365 days that are really influential or
really good
turns out it was a pretty good year
after all also i want to toss in because
i was doing my research for this video
and i realized it didn't come out this
year but the quest 2 the vr headset if
you're in the market for one it's still
honestly still the best like portable vr
experience standalone that you can get
right now so i'm going to just toss that
in there also didn't come out this year
but sony's
wh-1000xm4 noise-canceling headphones if
you don't have or haven't tried one of
the over-ear pairs from sony yet
really good so i'm just gonna include
those at the end but that's a little
extra and thanks again to best buy for
partnering on this video you already
know they have all the best tech
available all year round so whether it's
actually going into a best buy store to
check out something physically in person
for yourself or just going to buy what
you already know you want from
bestbuy.com they've got it all all year
round and they've been awesome for all
things tech so that's been it thanks for
watching catch you guys in the next one
peace