Apple iPhone 13 Pro review: Many small upgrades together make a big package
The Apple iPhone 13 Pro has
brought several upgrades over the iPhone 12 Pro,
including many that might seem only incremental when looked at in silos.
However, this premium smartphone is by no means a minor upgrade. That is
because these upgrades – whether big and small – together form a big package.
Among the most noticeable are the upgrades with respect to display, imaging and
on-battery time. Interestingly, these are also the areas where this smartphone
has an edge over others simply because the upgrades influence the overall user
experience in a positive way.
Starting with the display, it has got a fair bump in brightness,
with the peak level now in the ballpark of 1200 nits for HDR content and 1000
nits in typical scenarios. Besides, the display gains significantly from the ProMotion
technology, which breathes life into the user interface elements like
transitions, scrolling, animations, etc. For the uninitiated, the ProMotion
technology is Apple’s fancy name for adaptive display refresh rate. The iPhone 13 Pro is
capable of automatically adjusting the display refresh rate between 10Hz and
120Hz, based on the on-screen content requirement. Lastly, Apple has reduced
the notch area on the top side of the screen by 20 per cent. The notch now
seems smaller but it is still big enough to be seen as a distraction on the
screen.
Moving to imaging, the iPhone 13 Pro has got a new set of three
12-megapixel sensors on the back. Though they seem lacking on paper in terms of
megapixel count, their performance and output are top-notch. The primary
wide-angle sensor is a stellar performer, irrespective of lighting conditions.
The ultra-wide-angle sensor is as good and doubles up as a macro camera for
close-up shots, thanks to the auto-focus system. The telephoto lens enables up
to 3x optical zoom and is a solid performer – especially in daylight
conditions. Overall, the iPhone 13 Pro’s camera system matches the best of
cameras in other premium smartphones currently available in the market in terms
of still photography.
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