The battery has a high rating, but that's it.
It's been a troubling season again this year. After making Pro on iPhone, plus getting the best vest in Pro, whether or not Pro will know enough confusion. However, Caitlin McGarry, an American Gizmodo journalist who commented on iPhone13/13mini this time, said that instead of buying iPhone13, he might as well buy iPhone13 Pro! Or wait for iPhone14! I mean. Please confirm the reasons in the comments below.
Last year, iPhone12 was a meaningful upgrade from iPhone11, with a sense of premium over $799 (86,800 yen in Japan). With regard to the iPhone12mini, this is the best size for someone with small hands like myself, but (especially with 5G) the battery life is too short for my heart to move.
So, this year's iPhone13 lineup, first of all, it's great that iPhone13mini's battery life has been greatly increased, but iPhone13 Pro has made it more difficult for the flagship, not Pro's iPhone13 doesn't seem to have evolved. Indeed, before iPhone11, the battery was certainly enhanced compared to iPhone12, and if not, it would be better to pass it this time.
It's just the battery, which is so long that it can be a reason for a new one.
Apple iPhone 13 + 13 mini
What's this? Apple's flagship iPhone that is easy to buy
Price: iPhone13 is 799 US dollars (98800 yen) ~ iPhone13mini is 699 US dollars (86,800 yen)
Favorite places: enhanced battery life, slightly improved photos in dark environments, ultra-high-speed processors, based on double storage
What you don't like: the ultra-wide-angle lens already feels good.
The battery is seriously upgraded.
Anyway, the biggest focus of iPhone13, which is not Pro, is to improve battery life, which is indispensable to everyone. Last year's iPhone12 was 14 hours and 20 minutes long enough in video playback tests, while the iPhone12mini was only 11 hours and 20 minutes, sometimes requiring recharging in the evening even if it was actually used. For smartphones, not carrying a day is a felony. Apple must have repented.
IPhone13/13mini has added batteries, iPhone13 has an amazing length of nearly 17 hours, and iPhone13mini has grown 13 hours and 42 minutes, an increase of nearly two and a half hours over last year. Due to the difference between these two and a half hours, with a charging cable or an external battery, there is no sense of punishment game characteristic of a small smartphone.
By the way, the iPhone13 Pro battery is the same as the iPhone13, and the iPhone13 Pro Max has an overwhelming 19 hours and 30 minutes, with two-and-a-half days of anecdotes on a full charge. It's just that the size is too large, it's not recommended by everyone.
So, it's really about the camera.
IPhone13 and 13mini, such as iPhone12 and 12mini, are equipped with 12 million-pixel dual cameras on the back. One is a standard lens that is considered "wide-angle", and the other is a 120-degree ultra-wide-angle lens. The IPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max also have a 12 million pixel telephoto lens for 3x optical zoom. The IPhone13 and 13mini only have digital zoom, 5x for still images and 3x for video.
The camera module of the IPhone13/13mini is much larger than the iPhone12/12mini, and the lens is significantly larger. The sensor of the main camera is said to capture 47% of Apple's light, and the ultra-wide-angle lens reduces the noise in the dark. All IPhone13 models are equipped with sensor shift camera jitter correction for clearer shooting. Last year, this feature was available only in iPhone 12 Pro Max.
I boarded the Griffith Observatory to shoot downtown Los Angeles on a foggy night. Comparisons with iPhone13 use last year's iPhone selection camera iPhone12 Pro Max, iPhone XS three years ago, and Google (GOOG) Pixel5, which defines night mode standards in recent years (although Samsung and Apple caught up a lot last year). The following photos are better than those taken. IPhone12 Pro Max can still take a good picture so far, but in terms of light quantity, iPhone13 is better. IPhone XS doesn't have night mode, you can see it clearly. Pixel 5's Night Sight mode has the ability to emit light.
In addition, we compared the shooting of iPhone 13, 12, 11 and XS in a dark environment. IPhone12 (86,800 yen in Japan) and iPhone11 (61,800 yen) are also available now, and iPhone12 will have a night mode later. The IPhone11's main lens also has night mode, but the ultra-wide-angle lens cannot be used. The XS has standard and telephoto lenses, but none of them have night mode. Let's take a look at the results of the shooting comparison.
IPhone13's camera is significantly better than iPhone12, 11 and XS, and the night mode is even better than iPhone12 Pro Max. However, I think what is slightly awkward is the ultra-wide-angle lens, which is better at natural color reproduction than iPhone12, but not the best. This point will be discussed in more detail later.
For the main lens of the iPhone13, it is also beautiful to deal with the bright daylight and shine directly into the sun. In the following beer garden landscape, you can see the ground reflecting the depth of light and the faint green light refracted from the iPhone lens. On the other hand, the scene optimization of Galaxy S21 Ultra is easy to produce a strong effect, where it plays a good role, and the left side of the image captures the light better than iPhone. Pixel5 is blurred because of the backlight, but it might be cool to think that this is the picture. With regard to iPhone XS, the absence of complaints was a landslide victory for iPhone 13.
IPhone 13 can also shoot well when the shooting conditions are best (in the bright afternoon outdoors). In the photos of the golf course below, the bright green of the ground and the dark green of trees, red flags, and faint white clouds reflect the blue sky. By contrast, Pixel5's photos look sharp from color to detail as a whole. IPhone has always been good at this bright outdoors. Pixel, which can exert its strength only in adversity, and iPhone, which feels good if it is used leisurely in a unique environment, can see the difference in roles.
In addition to improving performance in dark environments, iPhone 13 has the same features as iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. For example, the photo graphic style (smarter filter) or movie mode can be said to be the animated version of the portrait mode. However, although the photo graphic style is good, it is not absolutely necessary, and although the movie mode is interesting, it is difficult to use.
I personally tried to shoot with iPhone13 for a week, and to be honest, I was a little disappointed. The main lens is great when it's bright and at night, but how does the ultra-wide-angle lens feel? It's true that ultra-wide-angle lenses can be used to take dramatic landscapes, or to make short people look like supermodels (be sure to try), but you still want to look at the lens when taking pictures. Digital zoom always feels like it's not enough. Even if the iPhone13 is a dual lens, if it is a combination of telephoto and standard, and both support night mode, it's like between iPhone XS and iPhone13 Pro, which is perfect.
Therefore, iPhone13 Pro can be used as a camera in a variety of situations, on the other hand, the upgrade of iPhone13 feels too common.
The design has hardly changed.
The 6. 1-inch iPhone13 and 5. 4-inch iPhone13mini look almost the same as their predecessors, but there are two differences. First, the gap is a little smaller (20% for Apple), much smaller horizontally and slightly extended vertically. However, this change is only a negligible scope, to be honest, I do not know what this is for. I'm used to the notch, and I think the rest is not so much size as whether it has completely disappeared.
Another change is the tilt arrangement of the two lenses on the back. This seems to be because the jitter correction mechanism of the sensor shift hand takes up a lot of space in the camera module. Then there is this tilted shot, which can show people around you that "this iPhone is a novice iPhone." The lens itself and the square module that surrounds the lens are bigger than last year.
In addition, the iPhone13 and iPhone13mini have the same flat sides as the iPhone12, with shiny glass on the back and six colors of white, black, red, blue and pink plus silver and gold starlight. I commented on black iPhone13mini and pink iPhone13, pink and cuter Pell pink. The aluminum frame is the same as iPhone 12 and matches to a different color.
The OLED display is brighter than last year because the refresh rate is not 120 Hz like the iPhone13 Pro/Pro Max, and scrolling is not so smooth.
Pro level performanc
IPhone processing speeds up every year, so this year's iPhone is the fastest ever. The CPU of the A15Bionic chip is 6 cores and the GPU is 5 cores, which is very different from other mobile phones. Multitasking and games are easy, so there's no need to worry about slowness. It was the same last year, and it's even faster this year.
In Compute Metal, which measures the performance of Geekbench5 graphics, iPhone13 and iPhone13mini score significantly higher than the more expensive flagship Android (iPhone13mini is 10, 877, and Android 3 is 4684). Of course, the composite benchmark score of iPhone13 and iPhone13mini is higher than that of iPhone12 or 12mini with A14 Bionic. The A15 Bionic and iOS 15 contribute to battery optimization in terms of hardware and software, helping to extend battery life.
The performance of A15Bionic, such as a 120 Hz monitor, actually uses A14Bionic to notice different things without knowing. But it's a good thing to hurry up anyway.
After all, you should buy iPhone 13?
IPhone 13ram 13 mini is an attractive price as a flagship. It's really interesting to see the price, performance, and camera of the Pixel6 that comes with Google's Tuppet processor against iPhone13.
Which iPhone should I buy for non-Android users? For those who worry, there is no unified answer. Whether IPhone 13/13mini is correct or not depends on several factors.
For those who like the size of the iPhone 12mini, if you buy an iPhone 13mini operator at a significant discount, or for free, it is worth upgrading the battery life. Film mode is also a good giveaway for photo performance in a dark environment. I am also happy that the basic storage ranges from 64 GB to 128 GB.
Now people with iPhone12 can maintain the status quo as long as they don't get it for free. IPhone12 has enough batteries. It's probably better than buying it this time. It's better to wait for iPhone14.
People who own iPhone11 had better consider iPhone13 Pro. Battery life and camera upgrades are much better than this generation, and the display is brighter and smoother at 120 Hz.
Last year's iPhone12 was an affordable content. The fresh design gains the advantages of the Pro model such as 5G connection, MagSafe charging and organic EL display screen, and the price is much lower than 100000 yen. But the situation of iPhone 13 mini this year is different. Battery life is good, but the new function of the camera system is lighting, and the ultra-wide-angle lens is not as good as telephoto. IPhone13 Pro has features that iPhone13/13mini does not have, and there is no difference between cameras like iPhone12 Pro and Pro Max. Even if it is not Max, you can get the best camera in iPhone history.
However, "Little iPhone's mini this year is the last" has also been enhanced, so people with small lives are better to buy this time. Not such a person, you must use iPhone13 Pro to choose one or the other.