iPhone 13 Pro & Pro Max: Top Features & Changes!

today we finally got the iphone 13 proin pro max in hand today we're going tobe going over all of the top features

and everything that's been new andimproved so if you enjoyed the video besure to subscribe for our full reviewcoming soon the unboxing experience forthe 13 pro and pro max is very familiar

you've once again got the slimmed downboxes so you know what that means no power brick which for me isn't a huge deal inside the box is the phone itself a three foot lightning a usbc cable and some documentation alongside your standard apple stickers and i would say that maybe it's time for apple to spice up the unboxing experience on the iphone

just a little bit i know this is

something that in the grand scheme of things doesn't matter at all but it

could just be one of those little things that makes the apple experience a bit more memorable the hardware on the 13 pro and pro max are more or less the same this time around compared to last

year's models the camera lenses are slightly larger the notch is ever so

slightly smaller but we've got a new color here and that's sierra blue i'm

honestly a little surprised that apple went with blue for the flagship iphone color two years in a row but blue must

do very well in their test groups or something like that i personally dig the

color it's not super loud or contrasty but already being familiar with the

general aesthetic of the 12 pro i knew this color would be one that looks a lot better in person than in pictures online

and i think that's exactly the case here

a lot of people notably aren't fans of

this color compared to last year's

midnight blue but i personally think it

looks quite nice another interesting new

hardware change is something that most

people probably wouldn't notice from the

naked eye and that's the fact that this

year's pro models are slightly thicker

and heavier for a while i thought apple

was following a trend of trying to make

all their devices as thin and light as

possible but i think they realize that

operating that way probably isn't the

best for battery life so the 13 pro is

now thicker by 0.25 millimeters and

heavier by about 15 grams this obviously

isn't something you'll really notice

versus the 12 pro for everyday use but

it's something to note nonetheless as

rumored for months and advertised by

apple at the event the notch has finally

gotten a tiny bit smaller yeah this is

something that everyday users who aren't

into tech a lot will likely never notice

it's such a subtle little change and i

don't want to talk a whole lot about the

iphone 14 in this video but word on the

street is that next year's iphones will

feature a hole punch camera and no notch

so we'll have to see about that but for

now we've got this relatively minor

downsize the notch was able to get

smaller due to apple re-engineering and

reorganizing some of the face id and

speaker components in the phone so now

the speaker grille is right at the very

top of the bezel instead of in the

middle of the notch promotion is finally

on an iphone like i can actually say

that it's been a long time coming and

i'm glad we finally got it for those who

aren't aware promotion is a feature

apple first introduced for the ipad pro

years ago and what promotion does is

enhance the display's refresh rate so

instead of refreshing up to 60 times per

second it'll refresh up to 120 times per

second and perhaps just hearing the

numbers doesn't mean much but this is an

extremely noticeable upgrade now there's

a new level of smoothness and fluidity

on the iphone's ui that it's never had

before everything is twice as responsive

and a little bit quicker as well

promotion doesn't make your iphone

itself faster but having promotion

definitely makes the phone feel faster

in almost every way it's a really killer

feature and one that i hope we get on

all the models in the future the refresh

rate luckily isn't the only display

improvement this time around but it is a

relatively subtle one the 13 pro and pro

max now have an increased max brightness

for non-hdr content the displays on the

previous models only went up to 800 nits

of brightness for sdr content and up to

1200 for hdr content now the displays go

up to a thousand nits for sdr content

and 1200 for hdr and while that isn't a

massive jump you can definitely tell a

little difference the 13 pro definitely

looks noticeably brighter in certain

scenarios and for days when you're

outside and the sun is glaring above you

you'll now have a slightly improved view

of your screen which should be helpful

but outside of this brightness increase

the smaller notch in pro motion this is

it as far as display upgrades for the

iphone this year and these are all

really solid refinements over last

year's model 120 hertz is undoubtedly

the most buzz worthy feature but

everything combined is a little s

upgrade for the year the iphone 13s this

year are featuring the a15 bionic cpu

and this isn't the intel to m1 upgrade

that some may have expected but there's

definitely some noticeable improvements

in general performance the a15 features

a new six core cpu with 2 performance

cores and 4 efficiency cores and with

that you're going to see improved geek

bench scores by about 10

and as expected it's a pretty marginal

upgrade even on paper there's also a new

5 core gpu and new 16 core neural engine

this is going to offer slight but

somewhat noticeable improvements for

video and graphical computing related

tasks as far as how the a15 feels

compared to the a14 and the iphone 12

pro there isn't a huge difference quite

honestly the 12 pro doesn't feel like a

lackluster device next to the 13 pro and

if you're a 12 user the performance

should quite honestly be the last reason

you upgrade the 12 series still feels so

smooth and new the 13 pro is just

refining that experience a little bit

but not a revolutionary upgrade by any

means they could have stuck the a14

inside and for the most part you

probably wouldn't tell a difference for

day-to-day tasks the camera system is

one aspect of the pro iphones that

always improves in one way or another

and that is still the case with the 13

pro and pro max this time around you're

getting an updated ultra wide angle lens

with even better low light performance

you're now getting an f 1.8 lens instead

of an f 2.4 lens on the 12 pro and this

is definitely a nice addition as the

ultrawide camera is obviously the

weakest performer out of the three you

can notice an improvement in low light

photos as well and if you're interested

in seeing a comparison between the 13

and 12 pro be sure to subscribe to the

channel for our full review where we'll

feature that content another killer

feature is the addition of macro

capability to the ultra wide angle lens

and there isn't any sort of special

macro mode you need to enable either you

simply place an object close to the lens

and you immediately see how close you

can get to the subject it's not insanely

detailed like a macro lens that is

intended only for macro use but it's far

better up close than what you get on any

of the previous models and the cherry on

top here is that this feature works just

as well for video as it does for

photography it's honestly a sleeper

feature that i think people will

appreciate a lot more over time the

telephoto lens on the 13 pro has also

seen some improvements as well compared

to the 12 pro from last year you're now

getting a 13x optical zoom in and 2x

optical zoom out so you've now got a

total of 6x optical zoom range and so

now you're going to be able to have

overall better viewability than what you

had on any previous models you've now

got 15x digital zoom as well and digital

zoom isn't something i'd normally like

to use but it's cool to have a bit more

range in case i absolutely have to catch

something far away on camera and then

the aperture on the telephoto lens has

been improved as well you're now getting

an f 2.0 lens versus an f 2.8 lens on

the previous model so low light

performance should see an improvement

smart hdr4 has also made its way to the

iphone 13 series and this is apple's

automatic hdr processing system for

photos as far as the general benefits

provided by smart hdr4 i'm not really

sure we haven't investigated this too

thoroughly yet but so far i'm not seeing

a very noticeable difference between the

12 pro and 13 pro as far as hdr

performance is concerned so it seems as

though the benefits of smart hdr may be

more under the hood than stuff you can

visually see i'm surprised this feature

wasn't introduced a long time ago but

the iphone now comes with live photo

filters courtesy of the new photographic

styles feature you've got a standard

style rich contrast vibrant warm and

cool photographic styles and with each

of these photographic styles you can

adjust the tone and warmth to get the

best look for the current situation

photographic styles isn't a

revolutionary feature by any means but i

think it's cool that you're able to make

edits to a photo before you commit to it

officially cinematic mode is by far the

biggest new feature coming to the

iphone's video system as far as the way

it looks this is essentially apple

applying the same software they use for

portrait mode photos to video and when

in cinematic mode you can switch between

the wide angle lens and telephoto lens

but you can't use the ultra wide angle

lens and it makes sense as to why one of

the main features of cinematic mode

outside of the portrait mode look is the

ability to tap and lock focus on certain

subjects so whenever you move around the

frame the camera should maintain focus

on whatever you initially tapped on and

this is a really convenient feature for

those who want to track specific

subjects when shooting videos cinematic

mode also lets you adjust the flash

exposure and depth of field the lens

isn't actually variable aperture this is

just a way to decrease or increase the

intensity of the blur effect being

placed on the video and i think it's

very smart of apple to allow you to do

this i'll have more thoughts on

cinematic mode for the full review but i

think overall this is a great feature

for people shooting content for fun that

they want to have some flair add some

style to i also think it's cool that

cinematic mode essentially forces you

into shooting hdr and that'll hopefully

get more average users familiar with the

concept of hdr and what makes it better

than sdr content and i want to give an

honorary mention to the prores video

recording feature that was announced for

the 13 pro and pro max just like pro raw

from last year apple announced this

feature and got you hyped only to let

you know that you won't have it out of

the box but this will allow for a less

compressed recording codec that will fit

perfectly in the workflow of a lot of

videographers using apple computers i

highly doubt prores in and of itself

will look substantially better than

regular video recording as far as

overall image quality but i think it's a

nice feature that can actually cater to

pro users the batteries on the iphone

13s have all been improved as that was a

pretty notable complaint with certain

models including the iphone 12 mini the

batteries across the board have been

increased by about 18

and with that you should expect a pretty

noticeable improvement in general

battery performance in addition to the

battery getting bigger the a15 processor

has been further optimized to improve

battery life as well so far i haven't

noticed a massive improvement in my

daily usage of the 13 pro max but i can

definitely tell the difference

especially when you consider the fact

that the pros now have 120 hertz

displays for those of you who want even

more than 512 gigs of storage in your

pro iphone the 13 pros have got you

covered as there's now a one terabyte of

storage option for the iphone which is

honestly kind of insane this isn't the

first phone ever to have this much

storage obviously but to think that you

have potentially close to a terabyte of

storage inside your phone is kind of

crazy and so is that price tag you could

get an imac for that kind of money

overall this isn't a massive upgrade to

the iphone not quite like what we got

last year but all the features brought

to the table this time around are pretty

solid and i'd say the pro phones make

more sense to upgrade to than the

regular 13s you're getting the 120hz

display better build quality and all the

best camera features we're going to be

putting out a review of all the 13

models so be sure to subscribe to the

channel so that you know when those

videos drop and let us know in the

comments what your favorite feature of

the 13 pro is mine is surely that 120

hertz it's been such a long time coming

but that's gonna do it for this one

thank you