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The new iPhone is better than the old iPhone: iPhone 13 Pro / Max Review

Many people are already satisfied with it?

How about this year's iPhone 13 Pro / Max series?Is PRO better than Muji iPhone 13?

The design has not changed much, and it seems that the 13 Pro /Max, which has been improved with tips, cameras, displays, batteries, all, can be quite good.Please have a Roné Review by Gizmodo Caitlin McGarry!


In the past, the frequency of buying iPhone was generally the iPhone "S" series.This is because the reasons for the contract conditions of the mobile business operator were great.

But the times have changed.Now, there is no career tie, and you can easily purchase SIM lock -free terminals (using iPhone upgrade programs).The performance of the camera has improved, the battery lasts longer, it has waterproof performance, and the performance and durability of the iPhone itself, such as reinforced glass that can not break even if it is dropped, needs to be replaced every year.It is also true that the sex is gone.

Apple abolished the "S" brand, which was a "landmark that did not make a significant model change", but this iPhone 13 has been regarded as the former "S" brand, and the appearance has not changed significantly since last year.

ほとんどの人は、毎年スマートフォンを買い換えなくなりましたが、今でもアメリカ人の多くがキャリア事業者を通してiPhoneを買い替えています。今年はVerizon、AT&T、T-Mobileが、iPhone 13に買い換えるようにいろんな施策を展開しています。言うまでもなく、あなたがiPhone 12ユーザーなら今すぐiPhone 13は必要ありません。それでもiPhone 13が欲しくて、そして無料や大きく割引価格で手に入れることができるなら、バッテリーの持続時間の点だけでも買い換える価値があります。

If you are an old iPhone user such as iPhone 11, XS, X, 8, iPhone 13 will be a considerable upgrade, especially if you want to make 13 Pro / Max.

iPhone 13 Pro / 13 Pro Max

What is this?: Apple's new flagship iPhone

Price: The iPhone 13 Pro starts at 122,800 yen, and the iPhone 13 Pro Max starts at 134,800 yen

Favorite place: Roughly lasting battery, improved image quality of photos taken in a low -intensity environment, improved telephoto lenses, insanely smooth displays, powerful performance

I don't like it: Cinematic mode has room for improvement

The evolved camera is fun, but there are also points that are a little irritated

The iPhone cameras continue to be improved every year, but this year is no exception.Lens have been improved in all iPhone 13 series, improving shooting performance in low -illumination.In addition, all four new iPhones are equipped with a new cinematic mode, which can be said to be a video version portrait mode.Like last year's 12 Pro / Max, 13 Pro / Max also has three types of lenses, including telephoto lenses, and is differentiated from the low -priced iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini.This year's camera is equipped with a macro shooting function that allows you to shoot amazing details at close range of three times the optical zoom.

Unlike usual, 13 Pro and Pro Max have the same camera module, so the camera performance is the same.You don't have to spend money on big and expensive Pro Max for better cameras.Both Pro and Pro Max are equipped with a standard 12 -megapixel standard camera and ultra -wide -angle camera with a large sensor, and the new 12 -megapixel telephoto camera achieves a 77mm focal length.Camera upgrades are basically implemented inside the device, but in 13 Pro / Max, the lens was obvious at a glance compared to 12 Pro / Max.According to Apple, standard lenses (ƒ/1).5) is 2 compared to iPhone 12 Pro.It seems that it can collect twice as much light, and 49%performance has been improved compared to the iPhone 12 Pro Max.On the other hand, 12 megapixel ultra -wide -angle lenses (ƒ/1).8) is equipped with a new autofocus sensor, and the light integration power has been increased by 92%compared to last year's model.

13 Pro /Max has a significant increase in shooting capacity in a dark environment compared to the previous model 12 Pro /Max. For the first time, the night mode was mounted on all cameras, including a telephoto camera, and the image quality was much better than the previous iPhone. The iPhone 11 is cheaper than when you were a model year, but you can still buy it from Apple, but this may be a big point in the difference in camera performance. The 13 Pro /Max telephoto camera also supports night mode that was not in 12 Pro. This time, we performed a shooting test from the seat at the back of the venue at the Lucy Dacus concert held at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. Photos and videos taken with tripled zooms were clear, the color was accurate, and I was able to make my favorite two songs on Instagram and make it a video of quality that would not be embarrassing (unusual for concerts. But).

In Galaxy S21 Ultra, I turned on the night mode and compared it with 10x optical zoom.As a result, I was able to shoot by approaching Lucy Dacus on the stage.The photos were not completely clear, but you can see the red lips and guitars that you couldn't see in the photos taken on the iPhone.I tried pixel 5 night shift and digital zoom, but I couldn't shoot well.Compared to the S21 Ultra telephoto lens, it is not unless I should do my best to improve the performance of the optical zoom a little more, but the three times are twice the iPhone 12 Pro (12 Pro2 in MAX.It is clearly improved compared to 5 times).

Another major feature of the 13 Pro/ Max camera is the macro shooting function realized by the newly designed super wide -angle lens and the new autofocus system. Macro shooting is not a manual mode that switches like a portrait mode, but automatically becomes a macro shooting mode when the subject approaches within 2 cm. When switching to macro mode, the position of the lens is clearly moved on the preview screen of the camera application. I was irritated for a few days when I started using the camera, but I was getting used to it. You can see that the switching of this lens has enabled the macro mode, but it feels a bit rough for Apple's software. Apple is already working on a solution to this issue and is planning to add a macro mode that users can switch themselves.

The photo of macro photography is a little adventure.The grass leaves look like a huge green dagger, the petals look like a tunnel, and the flies look like a monster from another planet.

And the new camera function that I want to continue to use in the future is cinematic mode mounted on all models of iPhone 13.It can be said that it is a video version portrait mode, but to be honest, I think this will remain.But if it works, you can shoot a good feeling.

First of all, you need to take a picture after considering a situation suitable for shooting a video like a movie.For example, it is important to shoot and how to shoot indoors or outdoors in the daytime.An environment with little light is impossible, and it is impossible at all with a decent brightness.It is also difficult to focus on one or two faces while there are many people.Unless you are a professional with a shooting list, shooting a video like a movie requires a proper effort and seems to be frustrated.Still, I enjoyed it and tried it.

I tried it in some different situations, but I couldn't do a professional image like Apple's promotion.But I enjoyed the test shooting while playing golf.In order for amateur golfers to improve, your swing video is indispensable, but it is a video like a cinematic mode movie, but it does not seem to look good, but the whole video has become cool.rice field.

Cinematic mode can be used in both the back camera and the front camera, just like the portrait mode.I couldn't shoot videos that could be published on the Internet with this selfie camera, but it was a lot of fun to try this feature.I would like to expect this function to be improved (as well as portrait mode).I don't think it's necessary to buy an iPhone 13 Pro /Max right now just to shoot a video like a movie, but it's interesting what the works taken with the iPhone 13 Pro /Max from now on.(But why do Apple want to let the general public a movie?)

Finally, the camera function mounted on all models of iPhone 13 is called "photograph style".This is also a setting buried in the toolbar of the camera app.Apple has filters such as warm colors, cold colors, and high contrast by default, and all photos can be created.It should be noted that you have to choose a "style" before shooting, so the usage is a little different from the filter to be applied later (you cannot change from "vivid" to "cool" after shooting.)According to Apple, the "photograph style" can adjust the various parts of the photo without changing the details such as the skin tone.

As shown in the photo above, it changes the photo style as a filter.Basically, iPhone cameras can take more realistic photos compared to other competitive products, but using "photograph style" is a dramatic photo that is not as aggressive as Samsung.Can be finished.

It also supports the file format mainly used by professionals called "Prores".There is also a place that can be used to the "ProRaw" format for photographers.I don't think most common iPhone users are needed.

Battery that lasts a long time like a stupid

I don't think all the iPhone users want to take the best photos, but I think it's an item that all agree with the improvement of the battery duration.Apple made a big move forward on this matter.Already, with the iPhone 12 Pro /Max, the longest lasting model of smartphones that can be purchased, but in 13 Pro /Max, the battery has become super -large and evolved further.

In the Randown Battery Test with a US gis mode video, 13 Pro was 16 hours and 21 minutes, 2 hours and 11 minutes longer than 12 Pro, and only 10 minutes to 12 Pro Max.And 13 Pro Max was 19 hours and 30 minutes longer than 12 Pro Max.

A luxurious design on a smooth display

Like every year, 6.1 inch 13 Pro and 6.The 7 -inch 13 Pro Max is more high -end specification than the low -priced brothers model.In the PRO model, it is not made of aluminum but stainless steel frame, the back is matted, especially in the new color Sierra blue.PRO's colored color is also graphite, gold and silver.

In addition, in all models of iPhone 13, the notch (the black cut out part at the top of the terminal where the in -camera is located, etc.) became slim, giving the impression that it protruded a little more than the previous iPhone.The screen has become a little wider, but I don't think there is much benefit to this.The battery%are not displayed on the top status bar, and I'm not sure why Apple was this time.But the notch itself may be gone next year ...!

And the new 120Hz display is different from the unmarked 13 and 13 mini.This is to adjust the refresh rate each time according to the content you are looking at, for example, a low refresh rate when you are looking at still images, a high refresh when you are scrolling the website or playing games.It will automatically adjust the rate.It's the same as the PROMOTISON display mounted on the iPad Pro, but when compared with the 60Hz display iPhone, you can see that the old iPhone is jagged when scrolling.For a certain number of users who value refresh rates, this may have a significant meaning, but most users will not notice.

By the way, the Android device has introduced a 120Hz display for many years.Developers need to optimize a third -party app for a new iPhone refresh rate, so it doesn't renew right now, but I think this is a welcome change.

Overwhelming speed as expected

The iPhone 13 series is equipped with the latest A15 Bionic chip of 6 -core CPU and 5 -core CPU Apple, which is the most powerful chip on smartphones.The Geekbench 5 benchmark, which measures the performance of the entire system, has overtaken the 13 Pro/ Max with an overwhelming difference in Android flagship terminals equipped with Qualcom's Snapdragon 888 chips.In Samsung's "Galaxy Z Fold 3", multi -core is 3419, single core is 1077, PRO MAX (multi -core is 4770, single core is 1744).The A15 Bionic chip is much faster than the A14 Bionic mounted on the iPhone 12, and if you are a replacement user from 11, XS, X, 8, etc., you will feel that all operations are even smoother.think.

iPhone vs.Galaxy vs.Pixel

All smartphones have drawbacks.Samsung's experimental hardware and avant -garde cameras make you feel like a gadget of a future person.However, the software experience in the state -of -the -art hardware is inevitable.For example, in recent years, Samsung has provided video shooting functions in portrait mode in multiple devices, but even the flagship model Galaxy S21 Ultra has a lot of uneven finish.

Google is excellent in the convenience of software, butPixel smartphones are quite outdated, and camera magic using AI is no longer a leading era.Apple has a good balance between hardware and software integration, but both take safety measures.

But the situation has become more interesting.Pixel 6 and 6 Pro with Google's in -house chipset are about to appear soon.Samsung hits a foldable smartphone.It is rumored that the notch will be a design that abolishes the notch in the next year's "iPhone 14".And Microsoft is ... trial and error.

Is iPhone 13 Pro worth buying?

Recently, I read past iPhone reviews, including reviews not only for gizmodes but also for major media and technical sites, especially the "S" year's review is interesting.All "S" models have improved cameras and faster chips.The iPhone 4S was described as "a faster CPU, a better camera, and a new camera have been added by familiar telephone," and the iPhone 5s chips were twice as fast as the iPhone 5, but in a certain review."No one was dissatisfied with the speed of the iPhone before."

In addition, Siri came for iPhone 4s for better or worse.The Touch ID was introduced for the first time on the iPhone 5s.In the year when the iPhone X equipped with the face recognition function (Face ID) was announced, many millions of people were purchased in the same year, which was substantially 7s, the iPhone 8.

The iPhone is evolving little by little every year, but sometimes it is not possible to immediately know which new functions will resonate.When it became 4S, I didn't think Siri, who couldn't set multiple timers, would be my enemy, and no one predicted that the iPhone 5s fingerprint sensor would be a longing in this mask era.

The iPhone 13/Max has a faster, better camera with familiar iPhone, and is packed with improved software.If you need a replacement, it's worth buying.Of course, next year's iPhone might be better, but next year's iPhone is better.