Apple’s iPhone event JUST finished and they finally revealed their brand new iPhone 13 lineup,
so in this video, I’m gonna go through all of the new features and benefits
of the Pro models specifically, compared to the previous iPhone
12 Pro models, to help you decide if you should actually make the upgrade.
And this year, there is a massive change compared to what Apple did with last year’s Pro models,
but before I get into helping you decide if you should upgrade or not,
let’s go over all of the new features and specs of Apple’s brand new iPhone 13 Pro.
First off, I want to mention that both models come
in the same sizes as before, with 6.1 and 6.7” displays.
They also both get the same ceramic shield front glass as before, the same
overall design with the stainless steel chassis, the same 128GB of base storage,
the same display resolution, the same IP68 water resistance,
the same selfie camera hardware and the same charging speeds including 15W MagSafe.
But now getting into the differences, the most obvious difference is the smaller notch
which definitely looks better than before, and it’s due in part to
Apple moving the speaker grille to the top of the device, and interestingly,
the selfie camera is now on the left side instead of the right.
On the back of the iPhones, the camera bump is now MASSIVE compared to last year, and I’ll
explain why when I get into the camera section, but I want to quickly ask you guys to click that
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The iPhone 13 Pro models now also get a new Sierra Blue color instead of Pacific blue,
with the rest of the color options staying unchanged.
This year, the 13 Pro is surprisingly quite a bit heavier, 204 grams instead of 189 on the 12 Pro.
And the new 13 Pro Max is 240 grams instead of 228, so they’re definitely heavier!
They’re also a bit thicker, 7.65mm instead of the previous 7.4mm on the 12 Pro models.
An absolutely major change this year is the new ProMotion technology
which allows the display to refresh at up to 120hz.
But the best part about it is that it automatically and dynamically adjusts
between 10hz and 120hz depending on the content you’re viewing. But the unique
feature is that it adapts in real time, so if you’re swiping through photos, it’ll speed up
to a higher refresh rate and then slow down to 10hz if you’re looking at a still image.
This by itself will GREATLY help save battery life on the iPhones,
and it’s why the 13 Pro gets 1.5 hours more battery life than the 12 Pro,
and the new Max model gets 2.5 hours more than the 12 Pro Max.
However, I do want to highlight that if you look at Apple’s rating for the streamed video
playback battery life, which includes watching YouTube videos, the 13 Pro gets up to 20 hours
instead of 11 on the 12 Pro, and the 13 Pro Max gets up to 25 hours instead of 12
on the 12 Pro Max, which is gonna be a huge deal for those who watch a lot of videos.
Another cool difference is that the 13 Pro models have a brighter display
that can go up to 1000 nits instead of only 800 on the previous 12 Pro.
The iPhone 13 Pro models now get the new
A15 Bionic chip with a few improvements I want to discuss.
Even though the CPU core layout is the same with 2 high performance and 4 efficiency cores,
the overall transistor count is going up to almost 15 billion compared to 11.8 on the A14 chip.
The big change this year is that the GPU on the 13 Pro now gets 5 cores instead of 4 on the A14,
which should lead to a pretty huge difference in graphics performance.
The 16-core neural engine can now run 15.8 trillion operations per second compared to
11 on the A14, and there are other upgrades like a new display engine that will be more efficient,
new video encoders and decoders which help with video editing,
double the system cache which improve overall performance,
and a new image signal processor that improves the overall camera quality.
On top of that, Apple also mentioned that it has wider lossy compression support,
which basically helps make your photos, videos and audio files use less storage space.
Now before I get into the massive camera differences,
I want to list off a couple of other upgrades compared to last year.
First up, the iPhone 13 now supports Dual eSIM,
which means you can have two cell phone lines without using a physical SIM card at all.
Apple mentioned that it now supports more 5G bands, which likely points to a new Qualcomm X60
modem that was previously rumored, which will also improve battery life due to better efficiency.
And if you really want to, you can now get a 1TB storage model for a very expensive price.
And now with all of that out of the way, let’s get right into
the camera changes, and this is where it gets crazy because unlike last year,
the cameras on both the 13 Pro and the Pro Max are literally identical.
In fact, the only differences between the two
are literally the display size, the display resolution and the battery life.. That’s it!
So with that said, both iPhone 13 Pro models now get a new 3x optical zoom telephoto lens,
compared to a 2.5x zoom lens on the 12 Pro Max and just a 2x zoom lens on the 12 Pro,
so zoom shots are gonna be much improved on the new Pro models!
The only downside is that because of the 3x optical zoom, the lens’ aperture is now F2.8
instead of as fast as F2.0 on the 12 Pro model, which means that the lens takes in literally
50% less light, which is gonna add more noise to your images.
And if you wanna see how big of a difference there will be,
we’re gonna be comparing the cameras on the 13 Pro, the 12 Pro and the 11 Pro very soon!
Now to combat that slower F2.8 lens,
Apple is now allowing Night Mode to work directly on the telephoto lens which is a very good sign.
Now getting into the main wide camera,
this one is getting a pretty massive improvement, with a new larger sensor with much larger 1.9
micron pixels compared to 1.4 microns on the 12 Pro and 1.7 on the 12 Pro Max.
And in combination with a faster F1.5 aperture lens,
there is now a 2.2X improvement in low light when compared to the 12 Pro,
so this is gonna help reduce as much noise as possible for super clean photos as well as
helping to make Night Mode shots take less time than before, probably just one second or less.
But the camera I’m the most excited for is the new ultrawide camera,
because it’s getting a major improvement with a new F1.8 aperture lens which
almost doubles the amount of light that goes into the sensor.
And because of that, Apple had to give it a 6-element lens to enable autofocus
because the faster aperture makes the depth of field tighter.
And this also helps the lens focus super close, as close as 2cm away from a subject
to enable the new macro photography feature which is gonna be incredibly useful for creative photos.
On top of that, Apple’s updating the 13 lineup to support Smart HDR 4,
which should give us another improvement in terms of dynamic range.
Apple is also adding the new Photographic styles feature which basically adds a smart
filter that can do things like add more contrast to photos or make them brighter.
But the really awesome detail is that you can adjust the tone
and the warmth to exactly how you like it,
and those custom settings will stick basically forever without having to adjust it every time.
For example, if you think iPhone photos are too warm, you can
turn down the warmth and walla, you get more cool-toned photos.
And now, to finish off with the craziest new feature coming to the iPhone 13 lineup,
we have the new Cinematic video recording mode.
This feature is gonna be revolutionary because it uses the LiDAR scanner to
create a 3D depth map and automatically blur the background as you’re recording a subject.
And while it’s doing that, it can detect multiple faces in the frame,
so if your subject turns away, it’ll automatically focus on the face in the background,
and then rack focus back to the subject again.
Or, you can simply tap on a face to make it adjust focus.
Tap again and it’ll track the face as it moves closer or further away.
But the absolute mind blowing feature is that all of the depth data is saved on your phone
so you can go into the video and adjust the aperture or background blur in post.
And even CRAZIER, you can actually change the focus point as you’re editing the clip in post
if you accidentally messed it up while shooting.
And for filmmakers, later this fall, you’ll be able to record in the ProRes
video format thanks to the new ProRes hardware accelerators built into the A15 chip.
And there you guys go, those are all of the major differences between the
iPhone 13 Pro and the 12 Pro, so let’s finally answer the original question,
should you upgrade if you already own the 12 Pro?
Well, if you’re perfectly happy with your iPhone, including how much battery life you’re getting..
you don’t mind the larger notch and you’re perfectly happy with the camera quality,
then I’d honestly say that you should just stick to your 12 Pro.
But if you’ve been waiting for 120hz refresh rate for years,
I think you should upgrade because it makes the entire phone feel so much more smooth than before.
Or if you would love the extra battery life, especially the extra 2.5 hours on the 13 Pro Max,
or maybe the over double video streaming hours, then it might actually be worth it for you!
Or if you want to have the absolute best camera quality you can get in
an iPhone, I would definitely upgrade.
Those three features alone are why I’m personally upgrading to the 13 Pro Max,
especially since I absolutely love the look of the new massive camera bump on the back,
as well as the updated smaller notch on the front.
But if those three features don’t really matter that much to you, then I would honestly just
wait it out for the iPhone 14 Pro because that model might be getting a full redesign!
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