Apple iPhone 13 Pro

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Design

Overall, the iPhone 13 Pro has a similar design to its predecessor – iPhone 12 Pro. Therefore, the iPhone 13 Pro exudes a luxurious beauty thanks to the stainless steel frame, combined with the matte glass on the back.

According to the specifications provided by Apple, the iPhone 13 Pro is 19 grams heavier and 0.25 mm thicker than the iPhone 12 Pro, but this difference is too small (if not ‘negligible’). The two biggest differences that can be seen are the larger, thicker camera clusters on the back and the slightly smaller notch in front of the screen.

In terms of grip, I like the 6.1-inch size of the iPhone 13 Pro. My hands are average for Asian men, but I can also reach almost all the commonly used areas on this iPhone 13 Pro screen.

Meanwhile, I feel two corners are “difficult” to reach, which are two right angles on the opposite side of the handle; these are rarely used corners and are easily manipulated even when needed.

Screen

ProMotion – a feature worth the ‘great money.’

According to assessments from many rating organizations and technology sites (including DisplayMate), the screens of the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max are among the “top” in the smartphone world today.

iPhone 13 Pro is equipped with an OLED panel, with a resolution of 2532 x 1170 and a pixel density of 460 pixels/inch, no different from the iPhone 12 Pro. However, the ProMotion feature has given the iPhone 13 Pro a huge difference compared to its predecessor. The feature will automatically adjust the scanning frequency from 10Hz to 120Hz, adapting to the screen’s content and the speed of your finger on the glass.

This feature is not new to Android devices, even some mid-range Android devices are now equipped with high refresh rate screens, but bringing ProMotion to iPhone 13 Pro / Pro Max is still a challenge a welcome upgrade from Apple.

After nearly two weeks of experiencing the iPhone 13 Pro, I still assert that this is a feature addictive. Indeed, in my spare time, or every morning when I wake up, just swiping back and forth on the list of apps or installed apps to enjoy the “smoothness” of ProMotion alone makes me feel happy all day.

Extremely high screen brightness

Besides ProMotion, the iPhone 13 Pro screen is also extremely bright – up to 1,024 nits. With such a “terrible” brightness, I can still clearly see the iPhone 13 Pro screen right under the harsh sunlight of the sun at noon.

Going back to the Apple Event: California Streaming event in mid-September 2021, Apple revealed that the notch area “will be significantly reduced.” It is also smaller, but after more than a week of experience, I still have not seen any benefit from ‘increasing the display area’ in this notched area. If it’s “aspiration,” I hope that Apple can ‘do something to be able to take advantage of this extra area, display battery percentage, for example.

Performance

Benchmark AnTuTu

I have performed AnTuTu scoring on this iPhone 13 Pro, and the score received is 608,243.

Real experience – common tasks

With most common tasks, such as surfing Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or taking photos/recording videos, the iPhone 13 Pro works smoothly, and there is nothing to complain. As for the video recording part, I will mention more details in the camera section.

Real experience – gaming

I’ve tried the two games that I most often play for nearly two weeks, League of Legends – Wild Rift and PUBG: Mobile at “max settings”). With PUBG Mobile, the device heating up begins in the second or third match (after about 40-45 minutes). Still, I have never encountered it to the point of having an FPS drop or screen brightness reduction.

As for the game League of Legends – Wild Rift does not heat much and only has a slight lag when entering the team fight to “discharge skills” in weak Wi-Fi conditions, and I activate Dual connection (concurrent mode use 4G and Wi-Fi).

The sad thing is that mainstream games have not released an update to support high refresh rate screens. To experience the smoothness of the ProMotion feature, you must go to Apple Arcade (given three months of use from the date of activation of the iPhone 13 series) and find a game that supports, Asphalt 8+ like the term.

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Camera

iPhone 13 Pro is equipped with three 12MP rear cameras. All use Sony sensors, including a telephoto lens with a focal length of 77mm, 3x optical zoom; the main camera tube has a large sensor with f/1.5 aperture so that it can capture more light than before. The 12MP 120-degree ultra-wide lens also gets a larger sensor that supports autofocus for sharper ultra-wide-angle shots.

In addition to the hardware upgrades, the camera on the iPhone 13 Pro also features Cinematic Style and Cinematography.

With Photography Style, users can customize several color tones and warmth parameters before shooting. At the same time, the Cinematic feature is essentially a “genuine” version of video recording to remove fonts, helping with Hollywood cinematic videos.

The battery

After nearly two weeks of experience, battery life is one of the most impressive points on this iPhone 13 Pro. Specifically, according to the system’s record, its daily battery consumption is about 65%-125%, the average is at 80%. Besides, two more notable parameters are my average on-screen and background usage time of 8 hours 53 minutes and 2 hours 2 minutes, respectively.

These days, I tend to “test” the battery, so I’ve been working on my iPhone more than usual than before, which can be mentioned as ‘playing’ Cinematic mode constantly, taking more photos than usual. Besides, I switched to using iPhone to do tasks that I had only done on computers before, such as video calls (Messenger), Facebook, or even watching YouTube – the tasks I used to use on my computer.

According to some sources, the iPhone 13 Pro supports fast-charging up to 27W, and Apple did not introduce this. I used the Type-C – lightning cord (included in the box) and attached it to the MacBook Pro charger to see if that’s true. The result: the battery of the iPhone 13 Pro “jumped” from 3% to 22% in just 10 minutes. As such, battery life shouldn’t be an issue with the iPhone 13 Pro.

The points are not satisfactory.

Here are the things I don’t really like on the iPhone 13 Pro:

– Too heavy for a 6.1-inch machine, the square design causes stress, fatigue when used for a long time

– The camera is too big and too convex, leading to the overall appearance being a bit rough (the camera cluster occupies more than 1/2 of the back width), and the device is too channeled when placed on the table.

– Many applications and games still do not support 120Hz, causing an inconsistent experience

– The notch has increased the display area, but it doesn’t help much.

Ending

For me, iPhone 13 Pro has everything I need in a high-end phone: powerful performance, good battery life, super photography/video recording, and completely worthy of being the most worthy phone to buy in this year’s high-end segment.