Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max review

05 October 2021


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  • Alex
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  • 05 Oct 2021

OMG, low light camera shots are incredibly bad, just an eyesore when looking at the comparison tool.

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    • mobileman
    • pdH
    • 05 Oct 2021

    yes, finaly,excellent battery,great camera and of coz fast cpu.

    charg should be faster..for that speed i must put it wire for night,what i dont need to do my mi 10 5g,its chaagre itself 15min full for morning bfore i go work.
    also it weight little make me think... 240g.. omggg..

    but,A 13 pro max looks my next phone,its safety also.. i think.

    congratz apple,you did it.. i never guess i go apple camp,but looks now for sure.

    gsmarena,thanks for test..as usual excellent.

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      • Anonymous
      • 8Kf
      • 05 Oct 2021

      chung9988, 05 Oct 2021Weight 240 g .. fail No sdcard .. fail No 3.5 mm jack .. ... moreAirPods = 31% of earbuds marketshare 2020

      Despite the awful design, basically impossible to repair, lower audio quality/battery life than competion and higher price.

      Apple is laughing at cellphones with earphone jack.

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        • Anonymous
        • nYE
        • 05 Oct 2021

        chung9988, 05 Oct 2021Weight 240 g .. fail No sdcard .. fail No 3.5 mm jack .. ... moreAnd sorry if my previous comment sounded harsh, I didn't mean it that way.

        Also Android doesn't need A15, it needs more and better optimizations to the code, and not the crap like Material You (ease Google just fire those people and get some that fix android and not make it worse in design)

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          • Anonymous
          • nYE
          • 05 Oct 2021

          chung9988, 05 Oct 2021Weight 240 g .. fail No sdcard .. fail No 3.5 mm jack .. ... moreIf they used lighter materials it would be lighter.
          Also Sony (and Asus half) aside all high end phones are a fail then, because Sony (and Asus half) aside all of current flagships lack 3.5mm jack and micro sd slot.

          Which I hate, because I use both.

          As for iOS being a fail, that's a opinion, I don't like it, but I am not acting childish by saying "iOS is bad", neither I would claim Android is "good".

          Jeez

            AnonD-1016461, 05 Oct 2021Let me take you to a journey https://m.gsmarena.com/apple_... moreYep. There are two things that are ironclad about Apple- They are never going to open up ios like android and they will now be always late for significant hardware changes because their incrementally updated phones still remain in high demand- These two factors will fuel the hate train for all eternity like a solar energy. They could throw in a 5000 mah battery or a cooling system but it wont matter because people go back to the two reasons above- somebody did it first and therefore are several increments more advanced and system is too closed. lol

              Anonymous, 05 Oct 2021Lol it’s a S4 Try to use better example, 2020 when Media... moreI completely forgot about that,between Mediatek and Qualcomm both are just crap SoC makers,how about that 888 and 888+ being ovens 🤣 this explains why the android users are here as they have yet to experience excellent top shelf hardware with the best optimization. 😁

                Weight 240 g .. fail
                No sdcard .. fail
                No 3.5 mm jack .. fail
                Apple iOS .. fail

                But I like the A15 - needs to be inside an Android phone.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • nYE
                  • 05 Oct 2021

                  Anonymous, 05 Oct 2021I don't know what your point is. As you said, it'... moreThe point is that most people in the comments section with give critique to anything but Xiaomi.

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                    • HutHutHut
                    • vGg
                    • 05 Oct 2021

                    ST, 05 Oct 2021You have a camera comparison tool on this site and the Mi i... moreYou seriously need to check your eyes... Failing which change your monitor. The Mi 11 Ultra is miles ahead of the 13 Pro Max in every setting... Both in daylight and low-light its really no contest. The Mi is pin sharp and renders fine detail exceptionally well... The Apple renders detail with that pastel like artificial effect... It seems Apple is painting it in rather than producing a realistic image.

                      Camera samples looking only around 20% better than imx682, and that's not even close to the top in Android, period. Sad for such hyped hardware.

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                        • AnonD-1016461
                        • gns
                        • 05 Oct 2021

                        DaFink, 05 Oct 2021Apple are a polarizing brand, much like like Sony, where th... moreLet me take you to a journey
                        https://m.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone-reviews-1827.php
                        First apple phone that released I'm reposting some comments:

                        "Very Dissapointed in this mobile from apple....lack of features, I was Expecting more, a better camera to be exact, larger amount of memory and 3G"


                        "Nice try from Apple but?
                        -Camera lacks anything (another cheap 2mp sensor and that's all)
                        -3.5 inch screen with only 150.000 of total pixels? (decent one must be at least 230.000 per this size of screan)
                        -Video player is a nice thing to see but there is absolutely no indication of video speed? (30 fr per second or crappy 15 fr/ps"


                        "this thing is going to get so trashed in my pocket, which means i'll have to buy some fancy apple case for it for 50+ bucks"


                        Hating apple is a heart of GSMArena

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 70d
                          • 05 Oct 2021

                          Anonymous, 05 Oct 2021Hate for Apple is one of many things I see often on GSMAren... moreI don't know what your point is. As you said, it's not only about Apple phones, Android phones get criticized all the time. It's very normal, and it's not only about phones. Other products get criticized, too.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 85$
                            • 05 Oct 2021

                            SpongeBob, 05 Oct 2021"Apple's biggest camera update mandates a compari... moreWell I haven’t seen a single YouTube channel arguing that this iPhone camera is the best

                              https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/21/apple-iphone-13-pro-max/daylight/gsmarena_101.jpg

                              What is up with the sky in this picture ? Is it acceptable ? Looks like someone has hand painted it.

                                I fully agree with gsmarena . iPhone pics are over sharpened to mask poor foliage and detail. Mi 11 ultra is clearly better unless you are in denial.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • nYE
                                  • 05 Oct 2021

                                  Anonymous, 05 Oct 2021Hate for Apple is one of many things I see often on GSMAren... moreAnd totally forgot to say this, but the moment you say something about it you are automatically a "apple fanboy", "Samsung fanboy" and so on, there is just zero space for any type of discussion with most of these people, the moment you don't share their opinion fully they call you out even of you are right.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • nYE
                                    • 05 Oct 2021

                                    DaFink, 05 Oct 2021Apple are a polarizing brand, much like like Sony, where th... moreHate for Apple is one of many things I see often on GSMArena comment section.

                                    But it is not only apple, there are more brands getting comparable amount of hate.

                                    Unless your name is Xiaomi there is always someone hating a brand here in the comment section, no brand is perfect but you can predict upfront what people are going to say on articles about certain brands and what they will not say.

                                      AnonD-1016461, 05 Oct 2021The only reason that people hate Apple is basically because... moreApple are a polarizing brand, much like like Sony, where their mobile business is concerned at least, only on a much larger scale. People either seem to love or despise them.

                                      Apple also seem to have a reputation as an elitist brand, deservedly or not. This, along with the success they enjoy tends to rile people. Apple themselves don't really do much to help this situation with some of their antics.

                                      So even as someone who appreciates Apple and what they offer, I can certainly understand a degree of the derision they receive. What I don't get is why certain people who comment on this site site seem to offer nothing but. Also why someone would claim it's not possible to criticize Apple on this site, in full denial of the fact that the comments sections here are loaded with such.

                                      In fact I have always considered the readership of GsmArena to be heavily Android biased, this being due to reading the comments sections.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • nYE
                                        • 05 Oct 2021

                                        AnonD-546724, 05 Oct 2021Just like last year, the Apple iPhone remains the less exci... moreBoring doesn't mean something is bad.

                                        I for example updated my PC to Windows 11 today, it changed a lot of stuff which in my opinion is not for the good.

                                        Staying "boring" and not changing the design that much would be better here.

                                        Or look at Android 12, material you is horrible and honestly I prefer kept it "boring" and fixed some issues Android has.

                                        And no I am not saying iOS is better, it is not hence why I don't use it, but boring doesn't always mean bad and new doesn't always mean better, this applies to everything not only tech in my opinion (that is my point, so if your comment claimed PS5 is boring I would have said the same thing here)

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