9to5Mac
By Chance Miller
September 14, 2021
• iPhone 13 Pro comes in sierra blue, graphite, gold, and silver • 20% smaller true depth camera system on the front • Stainless steel bands, just like before • Powered by A15 Bionic • ProMotion display technology that can refresh from 10Hz to 120Hz • Unfortunately, no always-on display
Apple says the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max feature the “biggest camera enhancement ever” • 77mm telephoto camera with 3x optical camera • Ultra Wide camera with 92% boost in low light , f/1.8 aperture, auto-focus, 6-element lens • Wide camera: f/1.5 aperture, up to 2.2x improvement in low light • New macro photography features for the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max Night mode available across all three lenses
Camera features continued • New camera filter options, “Photographic Styles” will be available on iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro • iPhone 13 Pro features Cinematic Mode for video, which is basically the same thing as Portrait Mode but for video. Other features include focus tracking and the ability to adjust the focus after recording • Macro slow mo video recording on ultra wide camera • ProRes video coming to iPhone 13 Pro later this year
iPhone 13 Pro offers 1.5 hours longer battery life than iPhone 12 Pro, while iPhone 13 Pro Max offers 2.5 hours longer battery life than iPhone 12 Pro Max.
iPhone 13 Pro starts at $999, while iPhone 13 Pro Max starts at $1099. Storage options include 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB