Apple iPhone 13 Pro review

14 October 2021


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Anonymous, 15 Oct 2021Apple does use deep fusion, when night mode is not used in ... moreYou can turn off deep fusion

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    • MXc
    • 15 Oct 2021

    3.6 roentgen of battery life ;-)

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      • Anonymous
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      • 15 Oct 2021

      Nick Tegrataker, 15 Oct 2021Apple never advertised that they use machine learning for d... moreApple does use deep fusion, when night mode is not used in low light conditions. That's the case here.

      Apple definitely guesses new (wrong) details in this image. Look at the holes and the hat of the person. Also, the leaves look extremely artificial. That's not due to interpolation. Interpolation leads to a blurry image when you use digital zoom. Traditional digital zoom would never show a person without a hat, if the person actually wears a hat. Instead it would produce a blurry image, where you can't really see whether the person wears a hat or does not. That's why traditional digital zoom is superior to machine learning zoom. I have a Pixel 3a and it sometimes can produce similar issues due to machine learning. The results can look terrible and can be worse than traditional digital zoom.

      It's crazy. I thought that smartphone cameras would get better and better, so one doesn't need to buy a camera from Canon, etc, but such issues, which didn't really exist a few years ago, will make it impossible to use smartphone cameras for responsible journalism and in the end one will have to buy a camera from Nikon, Canon, etc, if one doesn't want the camera to guess completely new details that are wrong and aren't the result of interpolation.

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        • 15 Oct 2021

        -Trix-, 15 Oct 2021Such a great phone with stunning cameras, upgraded from 11 ... moreWhat ? There's virtually zero difference in image quality between 11 pro and 13 pro. You can check the full res photos from gsmarena itself.

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          • 15 Oct 2021

          Anonymous, 15 Oct 2021That's what happens when you use a 12MP sensor and try... moreNo, it isn't interpolation. That's the point. If it was interpolation, the image would look blurry. In this image, Apple's deep fusion guesses new details, which are wrong and not even that small. So it produces a rather sharp image with wrong details. Traditional digital zoom doesn't do this. Traditional digital zoom just interpolates, which leads to a blurry image.

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            Tanase Adrian, 15 Oct 2021yeah,you're telling me?i just returned an iphone 13 pr... moreYou need a real pro camera then, not a camera phone. A current flagship camera phone, any brands, is still having a not perfect results as you wish.

              Such a great phone with stunning cameras, upgraded from 11 Pro and expected minor difference in photo quality, but got major upgrade for photos and video.

              So happy that Apple now gave smaller one the same cameras than big brother.

                Anonymous, 15 Oct 2021The X70 Pro+ already has a bunch of middling reviews out th... moreyeah,you're telling me?i just returned an iphone 13 pro after 1 day!i have an iphone 11 and frankly there is omething about their pictures that i just don't like!!they look fucking ugly...ok,i get it, colors look natural but...i don't know...there is no details, if you zoom juuust a little bit, it gets noisy.there are no details in the foliage, it is not nice.i am sick and tired of these pictures frankly.

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                  • 15 Oct 2021

                  DevilMind, 15 Oct 2021I'll buy 2 iPhone 13 Pro 1tb versions in a next few mo... moreI am so jealous LOL

                    YUKI93, 15 Oct 2021While I can see some of Apple's typical oversharpening... moreYeah, they look Samsung-ey when you zoom in on them. Not a good look, I'm surprised how bad it actually looks.

                      While I can see some of Apple's typical oversharpening effect for daylight photos, it's actually not as severe as I would have thought. At least within the iPhone world, the photo quality has been improved from before. If I'm looking for any brand new 2021 smartphone solely based on the camera performance, I would consider this iPhone on my list. Just about the only thing that stops this iPhone from being a complete winner is the lowlight photos. It's not really my favourite.

                        ""So, what if you're looking for a high-end phone that is also compact? It turns out your options aren't all that many""

                        Depend on what you mean by high-end...

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                          • 15 Oct 2021

                          Random guy, 15 Oct 2021IP rating?68

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                            • 15 Oct 2021

                            There is something wrong with the JPEG / heic processing in the new 13 pro / pro max series. It looks overprocessed (which is normal in phone standards), yet lacking in details. Seems like a beta software.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 7k4
                              • 15 Oct 2021

                              We can see the iPhone 13 mini battery life peeking out ;-)

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                                  Oh, that portrait feature for photos and videos are so painful to watch - so many glitches, even with all that "3D" ToF + huge yellow tint on selfie video.
                                  Still, 13 is a decent upgrade compared to older iPhones. My friend is still rocking the abysmal iPhone X, so this upgrade seems like a reasonable one - he likes the iOS for some reason.

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                                    Anonymous, 15 Oct 2021I'm disappointed by the battery life but this is what ... moreBattery life is correlated to phone size. The Pro Max has a bigger body and therefore can use a bigger battery, which leads to greater battery life.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 15 Oct 2021

                                      I'm disappointed by the battery life but this is what Apple wants. Push buyers towards the Pro Max by introducing disproportionately better specs. The battery life in the Pro Max is just so much better I don't think anyone should bother with the vanilla pro.

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                                        Anonymous, 14 Oct 2021Also look at the blue sign from the same image! In the 3x d... moreThat's what happens when you use a 12MP sensor and try to extrapolate via algorithms to fill in the details. I get that Apple is good at getting colours right but the details would still be lacking or even outright incorrect.

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