Apple iPhone 13 review
- Walter C. Dornez
- s92
- 02 Oct 2021
ignitedean, 02 Oct 2021Must be the most boring "new" phone launch in liv... moreNah, I'd argue the XS series deserves that title. People are complaining that this year's 13 is boring but at least there's a few new things in design and performance (battery and cameras).
XS series literally only had a brighter screens and slightly better cameras
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- ignitedean
- nIY
- 02 Oct 2021
Must be the most boring "new" phone launch in living memory. Supremely yawn inducing.
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- Anonymous
- LkA
- 02 Oct 2021
AAA Media, 02 Oct 2021And in real world heavy games like genshin impact, two year... moreX70 Pro+ with 888+ barely pass 40fps for this game.
How phones with 865 can run well according to you?
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- AAA Media
- LT3
- 02 Oct 2021
iApple, 01 Oct 2021That geekench though, sammy boi and every android oem left ... moreAnd in real world heavy games like genshin impact, two year old Snapdragon 865 giving more average framerate with minimal frame drops. Apple engineers forgot to give proper cooling system to extract the most out of the benchmark paper champion a15
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- ExtremeBoky
- uNe
- 02 Oct 2021
The new iPhone 13 was producing the "same" results as iPhone 12 but at lowered ISO settings. Could be handy in low light situations. However, the details in iPhone 13 night photos are completely obliterated, which is a shame. Really bad.
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- Anonymous
- xZI
- 02 Oct 2021
dude111, 01 Oct 2021"4 small Blizzard cores working at 1.8GHz with TurboBo... moreMaybe they meant the larger Avalanche cores that can go up to 3.23 Ghz
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- Anonymous
- 7kk
- 02 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 01 Oct 2021"Sometimes the grass is good and leaves look fine, oth... morebut apple cameras have best consistency, no!?
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- Anonymous
- 7kk
- 02 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 01 Oct 2021The night mode artifacts look terrible, when there are movi... moreTrue, it's just a bit hazy, look at the building even!
My sub-$400 mediatek phone takes much better night-time photos with GCam (just wish OIS was present to help, but sadly it is still rare in that price-segment)
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- Anonymous
- 7kk
- 02 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 02 Oct 2021That's true. I just reread the review and it feels rus... morewell, ofc when you pay so much for a damn phone, who wouldn't nitpick, even the $300-400 get most of the basics right, but obv these high-end phones need to be looked at with more scrutiny, except if it's bleeding edge like the Fold and then it can be cut some slack
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- Anonymous
- 7kk
- 02 Oct 2021
batterychampion, 02 Oct 2021When comparing to iPhone 13 and 13 pro battery life, which ... moreThe Pro acc. to some early testing with the 'unoptimized' RR handling
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- Anonymous
- 7kk
- 02 Oct 2021
Lol, still stuck in 2016 with that ancient 60Hz RR😆😆😆
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- batterychampion
- 0rf
- 02 Oct 2021
When comparing to iPhone 13 and 13 pro battery life, which has better battery?
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- Anonymous
- 0cJ
- 02 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 01 Oct 2021"The lens remains the same" It's not the sa... moreThat's true. I just reread the review and it feels rushed, and a bit shoddy/ with a slight negative nit-picking bias seeping through, absent from the reviews of lesser devices. Too bad, I have generally really liked the reviews here.
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- Anonymous
- 0cJ
- 01 Oct 2021
Good review. It's really a very solid and well-thought-through device. I am waiting for to see the Pixel before I pull the trigger and decide if I should go back to iOS. I miss it :)
I don't see the foliage issues mentioned. The iPhone 13 shots look more natural than my current Xiaomi's, which is not bad on its own.
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- Anonymous
- nyP
- 01 Oct 2021
Helpful review. The pink color looks great. Like strawberry ice-cream.
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- dude111
- 8{f
- 01 Oct 2021
Damn, I'm looking at your camera comparison tool and the iPhone 11 looks better in low light than the 13; there's so much processing in action (oversharpening) that shouldn't be done with a larger sensor. Hope they improve it over time because that's a nasty regression.
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- Bodygard
- Ggr
- 01 Oct 2021
People who have a 12 or 12 Pro i see no reason to upgrade to this...
13 Pro/Max yes nice upgrade.
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- Anonymous
- pQr
- 01 Oct 2021
"The lens remains the same"
It's not the same lens. The iPhone 13 has a 5.1mm f/1.6 lens, the iPhone 12 has a 4.2mm f/1.6 lens. So, the iPhone 13 main camera lens has a larger effective diameter: 3.19mm vs 2.6mm , so the lens gathers 47% more light per time from objects.
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- Anonymous
- pQr
- 01 Oct 2021
I have access to an iPhone 13 Mini and it lies about the duration of the night mode. I have measured that Apple's "3s" night mode tells you to hold still for nearly 5 seconds. And it takes nearly 4 seconds until the "3s" countdown has ended.
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- Anonymous
- LkA
- 01 Oct 2021
dude111, 01 Oct 2021"4 small Blizzard cores working at 1.8GHz with TurboBo... moreWeaker standby time