Hi everyone Aaron here forZollotech and the iphone 13 pro has been my main phone for the past
week i've used it for an entire week and it's a pretty great phone now i'm not sure if i'm going
to use the 13 pro max or this phone but i wanted to give you my overall impression of it and help
you decide if you want to pick one up for yourself now there are three reasons to pick up a 13 pro
over maybe a 12 pro of last year and many more if you're coming from an older phone those three
reasons are the display the cameras and also the battery other than that there's not a whole lot
else going for it over the 12 pro but those are some pretty big leaps now the first thing is the
display the display is great it's super bright in sunlight it's easy to see and this year apple has
actually bumped it up to 1000 nits for regular brightness so if you're outside in a sunny
environment it seems to be pretty bright and i really don't have any issues seeing it whatsoever
it also will go up to 1200 nits if you're viewing hdr content and it just looks great overall it has
good viewing angles no issues whatsoever and this time around it does not seem to dim the display if
it gets too hot so the phone doesn't seem to get as warm maybe that's to do with the new a15 bionic
and some of its power saving ability and also just the speed of processing even in 90 degree
fahrenheit temperatures i did not have the phone dim the display even if it was really hot outside
so that's something that's an improvement over last year's phone at least in my experience so
far now maybe that will happen in 100 degree temperatures but so far it's been pretty good
now the next thing is pwm this phone does not seem to have pwm at least that bothers my eyes
the display is flickering at a rate that actually controls brightness it'll flicker
faster for brightness or slow that down to bring the brightness down it's just how oleds work
and it really isn't an issue on this phone even on the 12 pro max it was good but this time it's
even harder to detect under 240 frames per second slow motion so that's not something that really
bothers me whatsoever but another great thing is they've added pro motion promotion makes the phone
super smooth and just scrolling through menus and things are really smooth no issues there
and some people are saying that it ramps down to maybe 90 hertz and apple does this to save
power i really haven't had an issue with it myself and certain apps are still not using
it they'll need to enable that in settings but it's not something that i would skip the phone
because of promotion is great it's been great on the ipad and now that it's on the iphone i'm sure
it's here to stay it's on the pro models this year maybe next year they'll bring it to everything
but it's great to have a super smooth experience whether that be in settings or music or something
else there's definitely a difference although if you don't like it you can turn it off if you want
now the next thing is the camera that's worth upgrading for i'm recording with it right now
in pro res pro res is something that's coming to the iphone 13 pro and pro max later on in
a software update or if you have the betas you can get it a little bit early but i'm recording
in pro res it takes up a huge amount of storage about 100 megabytes a second and unfortunately
the one negative to it is the files are so large you only have airdrop or the lightning port
to export this with in my experience it takes about an hour to export about 15 to 20 minutes
of footage so that's something that's a little bit disappointing maybe we'll see usbc next year
but prores you're seeing it right now and this is actually the microphone from the back of the
phone i don't have any external microphones hooked up this is just the audio you're hearing with the
environment around it i only bumped the volume so that it's within the correct levels otherwise i
haven't touched the audio in any way at all so this is what it sounds like straight from the
microphone itself but the cameras are phenomenal not only for video but also for photography
whether that be you're taking ultra wide or regular photos or telephoto they're just super
clear with the new sensors you have macro mode now which i really like you can use that in photo or
video and you can get up close to things although you will need a lot of light if you're getting
very close so that it's not really grainy but in general these sensors make a big difference
not only for the video you're seeing here but for photos and everything else there's definitely a
big jump from the previous version whether that be stabilization with the sensor shift stabilization
while we did have that last year in the 12 pro max this year we get in the 13 pro and pro max so
there's a big bump this year when it comes to cameras so if it's something that matters to you
you'll see the difference apple has changed night mode and it's not really enhancing the brightness
as much as it was last year it looks a little more natural if you've taken night photos with the new
phones so they've really enhanced that that could be a combination of the processor and the cameras
but it definitely is better now the forward-facing camera doesn't really get an upgrade this year as
far as the sensor goes but it can record in 4k 60 hdr and does have prores as you can see here so
again this is the same microphone straight out of the camera and it's what it sounds like and looks
like hopefully it's a little bit better than last year due to pro res but otherwise we really don't
have an improvement there now you also get some photography modes that are on the 13 and 13 mini
as well but the photographic styles are really nice you have the option to switch them between
standard and vibrant or warm or fully customize it yourself and it bakes that into the photos so
those are really nice to have this year and you also have a cinematic mode for video so while
you're using cinematic mode it's only 1080p but it does record in hdr and it uses ai to
know when you look away from it and then look back to change the focus i showed the same video clip
in my 13 pro max video and it just gives you an idea of how it works overall it's not something
i would regularly use but it's really nice to use that along with the ai sort of giving you a
portrait mode video in real time now the battery is also improved that's the third thing or reason
to upgrade the battery gets a little bit larger and it does seem to be a little bit better in my
regular use i'm going to bed with between 30 to 50 battery on the 13 pro max i would always have
50 to 70 battery so it's quite good in my use if you go to my battery settings you can see that
my battery is between about five to seven hours a day of screen on time and 10 hours of screen
off time that's with regular use whether that be using a personal hotspot recording with a camera
it just seems to easily get me through the day and it will also charge at the same rate as last year
so if you have the 20 watt adapter you're going to charge about 50 in 30 minutes with regular
use so it's pretty good it's basically what you would expect of course you've got mag safe and
more if you want to use wireless charging that's what i do i put it on the charger every night
go to bed wake up take it off and it lasts me through the day if i'm in my car i put it on a
wireless charger other than that it easily gets me through a day no problem and of course i can bump
that right up if i need to so if you're coming from a 12 pro max to a 13 pro max those are the
reasons to upgrade but if you're from an older phone maybe you're on a 10r or an iphone 6s 6s
plus this is a huge update not only for its design overall so you have a more squared off design
similar to an iphone 4 or 5. it's a really nice design it feels very premium it's stainless steel
and is just very solid you've got ceramic shield on the front so that's a big bump as well so
that actually seems to be pretty durable in my test over a year of use with the 12 pro
promax ceramic shield didn't scratch once other than from my mistake dropping it on a tripod
so it's held up incredibly well it seems to be very durable and i have no problems there
whatsoever but the overall squared off design really just makes it feel much more premium so
to me it's a big upgrade some people don't like it but it's a big upgrade as far as that goes
also you've got 5g that's an update from the previous phones as well you also have 5g in
more countries with more bands this time around but millimeter wave is still lacking in certain
countries but you do have that you also have the capability of dual e sim so if you use an esim
you can use dual e sim now this year so it would be a big upgrade for you as well and that might
also be a reason to upgrade from say a 12 pro to a 13 pro now the notch has been shrunk this year
also it's never been something that's bothered me personally so i didn't mention it earlier but if
you've been waiting for it to shrink a little bit then you may want to update now since it
did get a little bit smaller now the speakers are great as well they have a really nice wide stereo
sound they go nice and loud and are nice and clear at the highest volumes so take a listen to them
now one reason not to upgrade might be the price unless you can get a deal this is a
thousand dollar phone you have four different storage options you have 128 gigabyte all the
way up to one terabyte now and you can go from about a thousand to fifteen hundred dollars if
you don't have a deal so that's just in the united states of course prices vary depending where you
are around the world but the overall price may be a deterrent but if you can get a deal where
maybe you could get this free with a trade-in or get a huge trade-in from your previous phone
then i can recommend it that way but it is quite an expensive phone but it will be there for years
you can use it for years or trade it every year if you'd like they seem to hold their value pretty
well of course the speed isn't something i really mentioned too much because it's just super fluid
and fast i've had no issues with slow downs or anything like that the a15 bionic is great
whether you're recording prores video like this you're playing a game using augmented reality
or just doing regular day-to-day tasks you're not going to notice a difference as far as
the processor from last year to this year too much but you will if you're coming from an older phone
everything's super fast and fluid that combined with pro motion and then the better battery
definitely makes it a bigger upgrade from previous years so if that's something that matters to you
then of course i would recommend this phone and so i would definitely recommend you upgrade if
you're coming from an older phone if you're wondering about this you'll get updates for
years to come with ios 15 probably all the way to ios 20 or 21 and of course you'll get all of
the latest features and be good to go for years now as far as what phone i'll use i'll probably
go with the 13 pro max just because i have such large hands and it's what i feel comfortable with
however it's definitely a heavy phone but the 13 pro i'm kind of up in the air about it so
i may continue to use this for a while there's not really any compromises that i feel there that's
there other than maybe battery life and screen size so either one is fine i recommend either one
and if you're coming from an older phone you'll be very happy to upgrade to a 13 pro or pro max
or even a 13 or 13 mini whatever works best for you but this year there's no compromise and if
you want to use this camera for youtube this camera is incredible whether that be an hdr or
4k30 prores like this or anything else i highly recommend it let me know what you think about it
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