so next month apple is releasing the
iphone 14 along with all of its other
siblings but i have been using the
iphone 13 pro since it came out it's
been my primary device and i think this
is a perfect time to revisit because
it's almost been one year and i feel
like a lot of people looking at the
iphone 14 are probably looking at deals
for the iphone 13 pro because they can
save themselves some money and still get
a really good device now it's been solid
you know like there's really nothing
drastic that i hate about this device
it's been a solid pick since the day i
started using it i opted for the 13 pro
instead of the 13 pro max just because i
like the one hand ability of it and look
i know some of you out there saying matt
man up okay use the bigger phone
bigger display it's not that bad but
look i got i got large hands okay my
finger span between the pinky and the
thumb is nine inches i got ladies lining
up at the door to get a get a picture of
these mitts but the thing of the matter
is that the bigger pro max is too wide
you know like i've used other 6.7 to 6.9
inch devices on the android side of
things and they tend to be a lot taller
rather than wider making it way easier
to use with one hand so i opted for the
13 pro because of that now also i find
that apple doesn't do a good job of
scaling like you do get a bit more
information on the pro max but it's not
so much that i feel like i have to have
the upgrade now it is better for your
eyes if you do have a bigger screen and
i might switch to the pro max i mean
when the 14 comes out but i do prefer
the one hand ability of the 13 pro now
this was a bit of a rough start when it
came out of the gate okay macro mode was
annoying at first you couldn't manually
turn it off or switch between but now
obviously you can so they did update the
software and the refresh rate on the pro
has been fantastic it's very smooth but
i do find on some android phones it
feels a bit smoother and that's due to
the animations they're using rather than
the refresh rate itself but it's been a
solid experience i think if you start
using a higher refresh rate on the pro
and then you go back to the regular 13
you'll see the difference but it's hard
to feel the difference if you've been on
the pro for so long also another reason
i opted for the smaller pro is because
of magsafe i really used to never like
these magsafe wallets but ever since
find my compatibility came out for it i
find that i'm using it a lot more the
fact that i can fit three cards in here
is more than enough that i don't need to
carry a full physical wallet around with
me and just having it on the back of my
device the entire time i don't have to
worry about
where my wallet is like i know it's
always on the back and as soon as it
gets disconnected i get a notification
so i haven't lost it once this year with
the previous wallet which was an
external wallet that wasn't attached to
my phone i had a tile inside and i found
that i was consistently paging the tile
to find my wallet all the time so i've
grown a fondness to magsafe and i think
you know i wish she could put more cards
in here but i've been making it work
with three now in terms of imperfections
because this has been in a case it is
completely
flawless like obviously you know it's a
little dirty from fingerprints on the
right and the left-hand side you know
there's a lot of cruft around the camera
bumps you know it's smudgy at the top
but the first thing i did with 13 pro
was place a screen protector on it which
is something that i never do on devices
but when i had the 12 pro from the
previous year the glass is stronger but
it's also softer the stronger the glass
gets the softer it gets at the same time
it's like a weird relationship it has
and as soon as i put that 12 pro in my
pocket i had a little scratch across the
screen i said no no no not this time not
on my watch so i put a screen protector
on it and i haven't got a scratch since
and it's been absolutely solid but the
one thing that wasn't solid was the case
i've been using the apple leather case
it's worn in very nicely but here's the
problem these things are junk like look
at this
cracked on this side and it's also
cracked on the other side now
conveniently case if i did reach out and
sent me some of their cases over to test
i was impressed with the quality and
style options so we partnered on this
portion of the video i did swap out my
broken apple leather case for the ultra
impact case it has a very slim design
like their normal impact cases but it
has four extra corners of shock
absorbing protection you can literally
drop this phone from 9.8 feet and it
will completely survive the fall this
case does a much better job of keeping
my phone protected than my previous one
it's also magsafe compatible so i can
stick my wallet to the back and use my
magsafe wireless charger at home without
having to take the case off if you
prefer a slimmer case that still has
good protection i take a look at case
castify's impact cases just like the
ultra models they're made out of 65
recycled and plant-based materials but
can withstand a drop of 6.6 feet a few
feet less than the ultra models but more
than enough for me since i'm only 5 foot
11 eleven caystify has so many designs
to choose from a lot are curated like
the snake bite clear case i have here or
if you want something a bit more
colorful the website has tons of
different designs to choose from but you
can also personalize a case with your
favorite font and design like i did with
the iphone 13 pro max case now because
it's using 90 of recycled materials and
made of biodegradable leather the
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phone's case caystify.com so when the
iphone 13 pro came out and 13 the big
deal was ios 15. i'll be honest with you
i didn't use most of the software
features the only two focus modes i used
were do not disturb and sleep the reason
why i used sleep is because i wear an
apple watch so every time i go to bed i
have the apple watch on to monitor my
sleep progress now look i'll be honest
with you you don't need to wear
technology to go to sleep it's not a
must but my sleep has been kind of weird
you know when i found myself waking up a
lot during the night so i did a lot of
little things to combat that so no
screens about an hour before i go to bed
make sure never to have a big meal
before you go to sleep where it affects
your sleep quality go to bed at a
certain time every single day make it a
routine and all those little things
added up did improve my sleep quality
and i was able to record it with my
apple watch and using the sleep focus
profile the other things like cinematic
video never used i used it for my review
and that was about it don't get me wrong
it's a cool gimmicky feature but it's
not something that i feel myself needing
to use all the time now if one day it
gets as good as a portrait mode picture
then maybe i can find myself using it as
for prores i'm glad they added it i
probably used it twice not because it's
a bad feature it just takes up a lot of
space and even though my iphone does
have 512 gigabytes of storage i found
that apple's computational photography
the colors that i get from the actual
video looks so good that i don't really
have a reason to use pro res in fact the
iphone has become a staple in the terms
of the way i record video if i go on a
trip and i need a b cam the iphone gets
pulled out especially with so many
platforms switching to vertical video
using your iphone to record it looks
really really good and look a lot of you
out there and be like well android has
better cameras and blah blah sure maybe
when it comes to actual photography but
there's still a gap when it comes to
social media apps currently across the
board the iphone still supports the best
video when you're uploading it to social
media now i know some galaxy devices and
pixel devices have certain chips and
relationships with let's say instagram
and other platforms but it's not across
the board and if i want consistency i
have to stick with the phone that's
gonna do it now i do have one complaint
sometimes i will get dead touches on the
screen let's say like i'm touching an
app or going into an app and let's say
at the top right hand corner i need to
hit an arrow or an x i find that i have
to consistently push it over and over
again i don't think it's specific to my
phone because the same sort of issue
would happen on my 13 pro max but
surprisingly the battery degradation on
this phone has been impeccable i have 99
battery health capacity that's insane
like throughout an entire year using
this phone day in day out not only has
my charging
been good but apple's battery charging
technology has gotten better one percent
an entire year now the overall battery
life with the 13 pro is really good
obviously not as good as the pro max but
i have zero issues getting through the
entire day only more recently where i
found myself doing more things on tick
tock did i find the battery start to
drain a bit more sometimes i would end
the day with like 20 left but if i
wasn't heavy on social i could easily
end the day with about 40 left now
photography is interesting because
there's lots of android phones that have
crazy sensors and can take really
impressive photos but even though the
iphone is no longer at the top i still
find it to be one of the most consistent
experiences regardless of whether i'm
using the ultra wide telephoto or the
main lens i know what to expect now i
shoot on the default profile which is a
bit more flat but sometimes i like to
tap into the rich contrast profile and
get some of those pixel-like results the
vibrancy and the scene you know and
that's something i can quickly switch on
my iphone i have two quirks with the
iphone this is not specific to the 13
pro let's just get rid of the lightning
port okay it's an old old standard it's
slow this is a pro device i would love
to see usb type-c you're gonna get
faster transfer speeds especially
beneficial if you are shooting a lot in
pro-res those files do get quite big and
transferring it via airdrop or lightning
is a little on the slow side
notifications could be better i still
think they're very disorganized
and i would love to see a third option a
size that's between 6.1 and 6.9 like a
6.4 if there was a 6.4 to 6.5 inch
iphone i think that would be the perfect
size for me maybe i'm being a little bit
selfish but i would love to see a iphone
around that size range either way if you
find a good deal on this device before
the iphone 14 comes out pick it up 99
battery capacity like that's impressive
stuff after a year this thing is going
to last you a very long time the chip
inside of here is still ahead of its
time and beating anything that android
has to currently offer if you have any
more questions about this device let me
know in the comment section down below
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