Apple iPhone 13 review

iPhone's the iPhone 13 you get a

faster chipset a bigger battery a bigger

the sensor on the main camera and a smaller

notch

not too shabby but is all that enough to

convince people to upgrade to the new

the model I'm will for gsm arena and let's

find out in our full review.

looks wise the iPhone 13 doesn't exactly

break the mold it brings the same shape

and design as last year's iPhone 12 but

with one striking difference the notch

cutout for the selfie cam and face id is

smaller this time around

this might not seem like a big deal but

ever since apple introduced the notch to

its iPhones they've stayed committed to

it so now that they've finally changed

it who knows what's next on the horizon

there are a couple of other subtleties

you may notice when examining the new

iPhone is slightly heavier than last

year 10 grams to be exact

and the rear cameras have a different

the diagonal arrangement may be because of

the larger sensor in the main camera

but at its core, this is the elegant

iPhone design we're used to the iPhone

13 has a flat corning made glass back

with that signature apple logo the phone

is well balanced and easy to wield and

like last year offers a pretty good grip

as well because of the flat and edgy

aluminum frame

and of course, the iPhone 13 brings ip68

rated water and dust resistance apple

claims it'll survive for half an hour

under six meters of water

the screen of the iPhone 13 is similar

to last year's it's a 6.1 inch super

retina XDR lot protected by ceramic

shield some of the toughest glass there

is while this year's iPhone 13 pro

brings a fast 120hz refresh rate the

the regular model still sticks to a standard

60hz one

still, there is one advantage you get

here over last year and that's the max

brightness we measured around 800 nits

here with the slider compared to around

640 nits on the iPhone 12. so using the

phone out in the sun should be even more

comfortable

the panel has outstanding color accuracy

too no matter what brightness setting

it's on and of course, you get other

great features here like deep OLED

blacks true tone and hdr10 and Dolby

vision support

for audio, the iPhone 13 has a pair of

stereo speakers one at the bottom and

the other at the top which doubles as an

earpiece

they are well balanced and loud scoring

very good on our loudness charts and the

the sound quality here is

of exceptional, there's no 3.5 millimeter

jack and you need to use an apple

lighting adapter to plug in traditional

headphones.

one difference from last year's model is

that the iPhone 13 has doubled based

storage and there's also an option to

get 512 gigs of storage onboard not

expandable of course

and the iPhone 13 brings a new chipset

the latest apple a15 bionic is one

of the most powerful chipsets, you can

get on a phone and it provides

incredible performance as well as 5g

connectivity.

in CPU tests the iPhone 13 tops the

charts scoring up to 15 percent higher

then the iPhone 12. GPU performance is a

different story though because Apple has

equipped this year's pro models with an

extra powerful GPU which has 5 cores

instead of 4. so the vanilla iPhone 13

doesn't quite match the graphics scores

of the 13 pro or pro max

still, it does a great job significantly

better than last year's model and the

heaviest games run smoothly even on

their highest settings

plus the thermals aren't too bad here

either.

the iPhone 13 has a

3240 milliamp-hour battery capacity

larger than the

2815 capacity on the iPhone 12 and

battery life is better here the new

the model scored an 89-hour endurance rating

in our tests and allows for at least

three more hours of video playback or

web browsing.

but with the larger battery charging

speed is a bit slower there is no

charger in the box but with apple's 20

watt charger we're able to charge the

iPhone 13 from zero to 54 percent in

half an hour there's also support for

wireless charging which goes up to 15

watts if you use a MagSafe charger now

onto the iPhone 13's dual cameras

there's a 12-megapixel main camera and a

12 megapixel ultra-wide just like last

year but this time around the main cam

features a new sensor with larger pixels

as well as sensor-shift.

megapixel photos from the main camera

are rich in detail with great contrast

and low noise.

Apple iPhone 13 review

the dynamic range is not super wide but

is balanced and natural and colors are

true to life

but like last year sometimes the foliage

the presentation comes out looking smeared

we expected an improvement in this

regard because of the bigger sensor

if you compare the iPhone 13s

photos to the iPhone 12s they are

indistinguishable and this is

a pattern that continued through our

testing despite the new sensor

the main camera can shoot portraits and

it does a great job

the subjects are sharp and detailed and

exposure is balanced subject separation

is proficient though sometimes messy

hair or an object in the background may

mess it up.

12 megapixel ultrawide photos are quite

wide and have alright resolved detail

great contrast and accurate colors the

dynamic range is again balanced and not

that wide foliage looks worse here than

on the main cam with grass and trees

sometimes looking like an oil painting

here's a comparison with the iPhone 12

and the quality is the same

neither the camera nor the processing

have

changed in low light situations night

mode kicks in automatically and it's

super fast to shoot and process

the photos are well balanced both noises

and exposure wise and have an incredible

amount of detail excellent color

saturation great contrast and good

dynamic range.

night mode photos were taken with the iPhone

12 are indistinguishable so it turns out

the larger sensor on the main cam and

the new type of stabilization isn't

making a difference.

you can turn off the night mode and the

the result is a more true to life looking

photo these are a little softer and the

colors are more washed out but you still

have good detail contrast dynamic range

and exposure.

here's a comparison with the iPhone 12

again no differences here

the ultra-white camera produces

acceptable photos in the dark thanks to

the auto net mode they have balanced

exposure and good contrast and color

saturation they are still rather soft

and noisy though.

disabling night mode on the ultra-wide

isn't recommended the images are much

darker and noisier with smear detail and

desaturated colors.

let's move on to selfies they're

outstanding some of the best we've seen

to date, they have the spectacular resolve

detail praiseworthy contrast and

dynamic range low noise and accurate

colors.

videos can be captured in up to 4k

resolution at 60fps with all three

cameras all with great stabilization

footage from the main cam is spectacular

with excellent detail natural looking

sharpness great contrast exceptional

dynamic range and accurate colors

the 4k videos from the ultra-wide camera

are equally brilliant they have to be

among the most detailed we've seen as

far as ultrawide cameras go.

there is a new feature called cinematic

mode on the main and selfie cameras it's

shot in 1080p resolution at 30fps and it

uses advanced portrait mode technology

to simulate rack focus the depth map is

created in real-time and the algorithm

decides which subject should be in focus

and which should be blurred you can

tweak and change all of that in a post as

well.

finally, let's go over the iPhone 13's

a user interface which is the latest ios

15 out of the box it's not a major

update over ios 14 but it does bring a

few new features for example there are

the focus options are basically

filter profiles for your notifications

and calls which you can switch to

depending on your current needs

the safari web browser has also seen an

upgrade the address bar is now at the

bottom and easier to reach

and you can swipe left and right to

switch tabs the other new tidbits

include improvements in facetime tweaks

in the appearance of icons and.

notifications an upgraded weather app

and support for new keys in the apple

wallet still this is essentially the.

the same interface we've seen before of

course for your biometrics there is no

fingerprint reader but apple's face id

which is fast and secure.

you have home screens which you can add

apps or widgets too.

there's a today page on the leftmost

panel

and an app library over on the right for

more app storage.

you can get into the notification center

and control center by swiping from the

upper left and right corners the

the interface is intuitive and responsive

and you get the promise of five years of

software updates too.

so that's apple's iPhone 13. it's a

great phone one of the best on the

the market you get the signature iPhone

the design is super durable and it

comes with an even smaller notch

then there's the powerful hardware the

bright screen superb stereo speakers and

the excellent camera experience both in

the day and at night.

overall it's worth recommending which

you'd expect from the latest iPhone but

if you have an iPhone 12 already the

differences here are too small to be

worth an upgrade

and keep in mind that you don't get a

120hz refresh rate autofocus on the

ultra-wide or a zoom camera unless you

go for one of the pro models.