Let’s Talk About Everything Apple Changed This Year, iPhone 13 series Vs iPhone 12 Series, iPhone 13 Pros and Cons

Let’s Talk About Everything Apple Changed This Year, iPhone 13 series Vs iPhone 12 Series, iPhone 13 Pros and Cons

www.systembaba.com - Sep 24, 2021

We've now gotten our hands on all the new iPhone 13 models, and Apple's latest smartphones once again find themselves among the best phones you can buy. Anyway, you're paying up for the massive iPhone 13 Pro Max or getting the better affordable 6.1-inch iPhone 13, you can expect a phone with excellent cameras, a best-in-class processor and a bevy of impressive features.

Let’s Check What’s Good and What’s Bad in iPhone 13 iPhone 13 mini iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max

In fact, the iPhone 13 models have quickly supplanted their iPhone 12 counterparts at the top of the list for the best iPhones. This is really impressive, given that last year's iPhone 12 releases weren't exactly slouches — they were excellent phones in their own right.

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Now that we've tested all four new iPhone 13 models, we can offer a positive judgment in the iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12 showdown. The latest iPhones have improved upon the iPhone 12 in almost every significant way, particularly in terms of battery life and displays.

iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12: Specification

iPhone 13 vs iPhone 12: Price and release date

There's one thing that hasn't changed as the iPhone 12 makes way for the iPhone 13 — the starting price for Apple's phones. The iPhone 13 models charge the same as their iPhone 12 counterparts: $699 for the iPhone 13 mini, $799 for the iPhone 13, $999 for the iPhone 13 Pro and $1,099 for the iPhone 13 Pro Max.

In the case of the iPhone 13 and 13 mini, you're receiving more storage for your buck than you did with the comparable iPhone 12 versions. Those two iPhone 13 variants now start with 128GB of storage instead of the 64GB the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini offered. However, on the other end of the spectrum the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max have new 1TB options.

The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are still a part of Apple's iPhone lineup, at reduced prices. The iPhone 12 costs the same $699 that Apple charges for the iPhone 13 mini, while the iPhone 12 mini drops to $599.

iPhone 13 pre-orders are underway with the phones arriving in stores Sept. 24. Check out the best iPhone 13 pre-order deals.

iPhone 13 Pro vs. iPhone 12 Pro Specification

iPhone 13 vs iPhone 12: Design and display

From a design standpoint, there's not much difference between the iPhone 13 vs. the iPhone 12 — although for one very visible exception. That will be the notch on the iPhone 13, which is a little smaller on all four new models (20% smaller, in fact, according to the company). Otherwise, the look of the phones is the same, with the same flat edges and Ceramic Shield displays for greater durability.

The new models do weigh a bit more — probably because of the bigger batteries Apple has included with the iPhone 13 — and there are new color options. The Pink model joins the black (Midnight), white (Starlight), blue and Product [RED] colors on the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini. The latest color for the iPhone 13 Pro lineup is Sierra Blue, which now is graphite, gold and silver options.

It's the displays where Apple has made the biggest changes from the iPhone 12, however the AMOLED panels used in the iPhone 13 lineup are the same size as their predecessors. Instead, Apple is assuring with brighter displays — 28% brighter than the iPhone 12's screens in fact. The iPhone 13 and 13 mini can generate 800 nits of brightness while the iPhone 13 Pro models crank things up to 1,000 nits.

In testing, we recorded 795 nits of brightness for the iPhone 13 and 788 nits for the iPhone 13 mini. That's much better than both the iPhone 12 (569 nites) and iPhone 12 mini (505 nits). The iPhone 13 Pro (1,024 nits) and iPhone 13 Pro Max (1,038) nites) are incredibly bright, too.

The bigger display story comes with the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, which are the first Apple phones with ProMotion displays. That states that they can dynamically adjust their refresh rate between 10Hz and 120Hz to reflect your onscreen activity. The iPhone 12 Pro variants were stuck at 60Hz, the same as the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini.

iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12: Camera

Cameras figure to be a major point of difference between the iPhone 13 and iPhone 12, still the number of lenses are unchanged from phone to phone. That's because of what Apple has done with the camera hardware that should make the camera experience completely different on the iPhone 13.

Both the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini offer a 12MP main camera that has the biggest sensor ever used in a dual-camera iPhone. It will let in 47% more light than the iPhone 12 camera for sharper pictures. These two iPhone 13 models support the sensor shift optical image stabilization feature Apple added to the iPhone 12 Pro Max last year, and the ultrawide lens ensure more detail in the darker areas of your images.

The iPhone 13 Pro models feature even more dramatic camera changes. The main sensor is bigger on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max for better low light images, although the ultrawide angle lens has a wider f/1.8 aperture. (It was f/2.4 on the iPhone 12 Pro models.) Again, that's going to have brighter, sharper images, even if the lights are low. And the 77mm telephoto lens on the iPhone 13 Pro models now offers a 3x optical zoom, an upgrade over the 2.5x zoom found on the iPhone 12 Pro.

Night Mode works on all three iPhone 13 Pro cameras, and the iPhone 13 Pro offers sensor shift stabilization, instead of limiting that feature to the Pro Max model.

We haven't had a chance to do a head-to-head camera faceoff between any of the iPhone 13 and iPhone 12 models. Still in some photo comps, you can see how the iPhone 13 handles low-light photography a little bit better than its predecessor. In this shot of hydrangea plant, the leaves look pinker in the iPhone 13 shot, and there's shining leaves surrounding the petals.
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One other area worth highlighting is Cinematic mode, a video shooting feature available on all four iPhone 13 models. This mode automatically adjusts focus when you're shooting video, shifting between objects in the foreground and background as your filming warrants. You won't see a feature like this on the iPhone 12.

iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12: Performance and 5G

The iPhone 13 models are all powered by the A15 Bionic processor, an upgrade from the A14 Bionic chip found in all the iPhone 12 models. Considering the A14 was the fastest system-on-chip we've tested, that should mean for some pretty powerful performance.

Having tested the iPhone 13 models, we discovered that the new chipset is faster than the A14 inside the iPhone 12, though there's not a dramatic iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12 gap. In Geekbench 5, for your knowledge, the iPhone 13 Pro recorded single- and multicore scores of 1,733 and 4,718, respectively. Both of those results were much better than the 1,585 and 3,669 results published by the iPhone 12 Pro.

One thing about the iPhone 13 Pro models — they have a 5-core GPU, alike to a 4-core graphics processor on the regular iPhone 13. You'd think that would create the Pro models a gaming powerhouse, particularly compared to last year's iPhones. Actually, on 3DMark's Wildelife Unlimited test, the iPhone 13 Pro made 70 frames per second to the iPhone 12 Pro's 51-fps result.
The iPhone 13 will ship with iOS 15 pre-installed. The iPhone 12 models in latest run iOS 14, but you can now upgrade iPhone 12 models by downloading the iOS 15 update. (You can read what we think of those new features in our iOS 15 review.)

iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12: Battery life and charging

Apple doesn't disclose battery sizes when it announces new models, so we don't know how big the iPhone 13 batteries are relative to their iPhone 12 counterparts. But we do know that they are bigger and that they last much longer on a charge.

That's welcome news. Apart from the iPhone 12 Pro Max, the other iPhone 12 models all finished well below average in our battery test in which we have phones surf the web over cellular until they run out of power.

As you can see, each of the iPhone 13 models outlasted their iPhone 12 counterparts in our battery test, with development ranging from modest in the case of the iPhone 13 mini to outstanding for both the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Both the iPhone 13 Pro variants have earned a place on our best phone battery life list where we recognize phones that hold out for more than 11 hours on our test.

Charging speeds are unchanged from the iPhone 12 — 15W MagSafe wireless charging and 20W wired charging. As with the iPhone 12, the iPhone 13 models will ship without an included charger.

iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12: Verdict

You expect phones to improve from one generation to the next, but the changes in our iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12 comparison are quite stark. The enhanced storage options, faster processor and camera improvements would be enough to make this a significant upgrade. Throw in improved battery life and — in the case of the iPhone 13 Pro models — fast-refreshing displays, and this is a big step up from last year.

As good as the iPhone 12 models were, they're no match for what iPhone 13 delivers. And that's great news if you're in the market for an iPhone right now.

Check previous posts:

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