The Best Apple Setups Challenge

The premise of his challenge is simple, you have to come up with your ultimate Apple product based setups at four different price points, namely $500, $1,000, $2,500 and, finally, $5,000. The rules, as defined by Chris are:
You cannot use any other items, if you have a Mac Pro lying around your home, I don’t care.
The prices are based off Apple’s website.

$500 setup

• iPhone SE (128GB upgrade) - $449
• Leather phone case - $45

$6 to spare. If you’re going to have one Apple product in your life, I think it should be an iPhone.

$1,000 setup

• iPhone SE - $399
• Leather phone case - $45
• iPad - $329
• Smart Cover for iPad - $49
• AirPods - $159

$19 to spare. This gets you into the iPad game as well with a totally capable device you can prop up for movies and typing. Oh, and AirPods, duh. $19 to spare 💪

$2,500 setup

• iPhone 11 (128GB upgrade) - $749
• AirPods Pro - $249
• Apple Pencil - $99
• 12.9” iPad Pro (256GB upgrade) - $1,099
• Smart Keyboard Folio - $199

$105 to spare, so maybe upgrade the storage on the iPhone or iPad if you’d like. Swap in a 13” MacBook Pro if you’re prefer that to the iPad, but this would be my setup.

$5,000 setup

• iPhone 11 (128GB upgrade) - $749
• AirPods Pro - $249
• Apple Pencil - $99
• 12.9” iPad Pro (256GB upgrade) - $1,099
• Smart Keyboard Folio - $199
• 16” MacBook Pro (a couple upgrades) - $2,599

$6 to spare. I think this gets you the widest range of great products. I considered a Mac mini instead of the MBP, but I would have needed to spend a grand on a display anyway, so just got a baller laptop, a baller iPad Pro, and a great iPhone, even if it’s not top of the line.