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Iphone 13 and 13 pro tips and tricks: 15 features to try.

There's lots to dive into below the surface and we've cherry-picked some of our favourite little features

Whether you've got yourself an Phone 13 or you just updated your existing iPhone, getting some tips on how to make the most of it can be really useful.

Most of the features highlighted are available for all iPhone models running iOS 15 or later, but there are one or two that are limited to the newer models that won't be applicable to older models. So, make sure you're running iOS 15 or later on your iPhone - or get out your iPhone 13/ 13 Pro - and work your way through some of our favourite, less-obvious features.

You can watch the video guide above or follow the written steps beneath that. Whichever you find most convenient.

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1 - stop apps from tracking you.

Lots of apps want to track various patterns and usage data from you while you use their apps. In most instances, it's so they can serve you more relevant advertisements or get to know how people use their software to help them improve it. However, there's good reason to block all tracking, especially if that company has a reputation for not respecting your right to privacy.

If you want to block apps from tracking just open Settings > Privacy and now tap "Tracking". Right at the top there's a toggle that says "Allow apps to request to track". If you don't want any apps to request tracking information, just toggle this off. Or, alternatively, you can manually toggle tracking on or off for apps individually in the list below.

2 - See which apps access what data

On a similar note, this is just a quick tip: scroll down to the bottom of the Settings > Privacy screen and tap "Record App Activity". Toggle it on, and now wait for a week or so. After a few days go back to that menu option and you'll see a breakdown of how various apps have been using permissions on your phone, and you can see if any of them are accessing things like your location or other personal information far too regularly. You can also opt to save a report as a blank binary file that you can share and save.

3 - Bring the old Safari back

In iOS 15 we got a new Safari with a search bar and tab switcher at the bottom. It's actually quite convenient for one-handed use and lets you easily swipe between tabs. However, if you want the old layout back - with the URL bar at the top - you can switch back .

There are two ways to do it. Either go to Settings > Safari and scroll down until you see the two tab icons. Now select "Single tab". When you relaunch Safari it'll now have the bar at the top.

The other quicker way to switch is to open Safari itself, open any webpage and tap the "AA" icon in the search bar. Now you'll see a pop-up menu appear. Tap the option that says "show top address bar".

4 - Bundle non-important notifications

iOS 15 has a feature called "Scheduled Summary" that lets you bundle all the less important notifications together and deliver them at the same time, rather than getting lots of random pings throughout the day.

To enable it, go to Settings > Notifications and tap "Scheduled Summary". Now toggle it on and go through the setup process. Now you choose the apps you want to include in your summary and tap "Add Apps" at the bottom.

On the next screen - choose the times you want the first and second summaries to appear. You can also tap the "+" to add more frequent summaries throughout the day. So you could have one appear at breakfast time, lunchtime and one in the evening if you want. When those are chosen just hit the "Turn on Notification Summary" option at the bottom.

Now you'll only be notified by direct messages or apps not included in your selection through the day, until the time you choose to have the summary appear.

5 - Announce notifications on AirPods

If you have a pair of AirPods Pro (or other AirPods or Beats headphones) you can have Siri announce notifications through them whenever you have them in your ears and connected to your iPhone. To switch that on, go to Settings > Siri and Search and now tap "Announce notifications" and then toggle the option on at the top of the page. And toggle on the "Headphones" switch as well.

6 - Switch off HDR video

By default, the newer iPhone 13 Pro models record video in HDR or Dolby Vision which not only takes up lots of space but also isn't compatible with a lot of other devices. To switch it off, go to Settings > Camera and tap "Record Video". Toggle off the option that says "HDR Video".

7 - Reachability

Back in the day when iPhones had buttons, you could bring stuff down from the top of the screen to make them easier to reach by lightly double tapping on the home button. And you can actually do it on the new phones without buttons too, but you have to activate it first.

Go to Settings > Accessibility and tap "Touch". Toggle on the Reachability option. Now when you swipe down at the bottom of the screen, it drops the stuff from the top of the screen further down, making it easier to reach.

8 - Double tap the back to screenshot

With the right accessibility function enabled, you can simply tap twice on the back of your phone to take a screenshot. Rather than fiddling with the button combination.

Just go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch and now select "back tap". Choose the double-tap option and find Screenshot in the list. Now when you double-tap your phone's back, it'll take a screenshot. You can - of course - choose other functions like dropping down notifications or control centre, which can be hard to reach.

9 - Use Live Text

One cool new feature is Live Text, which allows you to use your camera to read and display text in real-time. You could - for instance - use it to instantly send a sentence from an article or document in a message.

Open a messaging app. Double-tap on the text field and then tap the little icon that looks like text in a box. It will now open up a camera view and start scanning text and will then display it in the field as you show it to the camera.

To be more precise, just tap the little capture icon in the corner to take a quick still of the text you want. You can now highlight the specific block of text you want to include by just dragging your finger across the text you want.

Another way you can do it is just opening the camera app and making sure you're in Photo mode. Now point at the text you want, or tap to focus on the text manually, and tap the live text icon in the corner. It will take a scan of the text, and you can now highlight text within the popup image to share with someone. Copy and paste to wherever you want it.

10 - Live text in a screenshot

There is another way to use Live Text. With a screenshot. Take a screenshot and tap on it to open up the editor view. Tap on the markup/pen icon at the top and now tap the live text icon in the bottom corner. Now you can drag to highlight the text you want to copy and paste it to any app you like.

11 - Focus mode

Focus mode could easily be its in-depth feature and video. However, briefly, if you head to Settings > Focus you can create dedicated scenarios where only specific apps and people can interrupt you at specific times or locations.

You can set up one scenario for Personal mode and another for Work mode. Going through the process might take a bit of time, but essentially just involves adding dedicated people who can contact you and choosing which apps to allow. It's really straightforward.

Once that’s set up you can schedule when you want it to come on. Whether it’s time and date-based or location-based. You can even customise the home screens that appear during each focus time.

12 - Limit the screen frame rate

By default, the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max have their screens set to go to a maximum of 120Hz refresh rates . If - for whatever reason - you would like to limit that you actually can, but you won't find it in the Display settings. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Motion. Now toggle on the "Limit Frame Rate" option, and it won't go over 60fps.

13 - Create your own Photographic Style

One other camera feature on the new iPhone models is something called Photographic Styles. Unlike a simple filter, this adjusts things like warmth, brightness and contrast to create an aesthetic that will be applied to all of your photos when you snap them. Open Settings > Camera, and scroll to "Photographic Styles". Swipe through the options until you find a look that you like. Once you've found one, hit the blue tap at the bottom.

14 - Change the music on your Photos Memories

In the new Photos app, Apple automatically sticks a backing track on the photo and video memories it creates for you in the "For You" tab. But you can change that. Open up Photos and tap "For You" and choose one of the Memories at the top.

Once open, tap on it again and tap the little music icon in the corner. Now you can swipe across and it changes the filter and the music as you do. Or you can tap the musical note icon in the bottom right to see a larger selection of options, including a search button which - when pressed - lets you go through your entire library for a specific song.

15 - Trackpad keyboard

Last but not least. This is an old, old favourite, but it's a must. If you want to precisely move your cursor when typing, you can turn your keyboard into a trackpad by just long-pressing the space bar and then swiping your thumb around. Now place the cursor on the screen in the exact place you want it to go.

• iPhone 13 Pro review: a better display, the best camera, and incredible battery life

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The iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max are phones designed for people who care about the details. The improvements over last year’s iPhones are significant but not obvious at first glance.

Just as with the regular iPhone 13 and 13 Mini , the most important upgrades on the 13 Pro are to battery life and the camera system. The 13 Pro adds a third major improvement with a high refresh rate screen.

Upgrading the battery, camera, and screen sounds like an iterative, yearly update; they sound like the so-called “S” updates that Apple used to do for iPhones before its naming schemes became unpredictable. And it is true that the design is virtually identical to that of last year’s iPhone 12 Pros. But those assumptions — those words — don’t quite do justice to how big the changes really are.

Updated on October 5th, 2021 to include results from longer-term testing with the iPhone 13 Pro Max.

iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max battery

The change that’s most likely to make the biggest impact for the most people is battery life. Apple is happy to tell you that the battery improvements come from a constellation of updates, including increased efficiency in the new A15 Bionic processor and changes to how the new display uses power. I am sure all that is true, but I’m just as sure that the biggest contributor is simply that the batteries are bigger than last year.

The 13 Pro has an 11 percent larger battery, and the 13 Pro Max’s battery is an astonishing 18.5 percent larger . Apple’s quoted improvements over the 12 Pro models are one and a half hours more usage on the 13 Pro and two and a half hours on the 13 Pro Max — and the 12 Pro Max was already a battery life monster.

The battery life improvement isn’t complicated; it’s a bigger battery

I’ve only had the phones for a little less than a week, so I focused most of my use on the smaller iPhone 13 Pro as a kind of worst-case test. And my results are in line with Apple’s claims. On a day when we really pushed the phone with lots of 4K video and max brightness on the screen, it still lasted from early morning to 11PM with 20 percent remaining — with somewhere north of four hours of very heavy use in the screen time tracking app. A day with less intense usage clocked me at seven hours of screen on time before the low battery warning kicked in.

As for the iPhone 13 Pro Max: it is a beast. I can’t seem to kill this phone off in a day without intentionally shooting a ton of 4K video. It lasts even longer than last year’s Pro Max. I normally hesitate to enthuse about battery life because people’s phone usage can vary so much, but I can confidently tell you that the 13 Pro Max will get most people well into their second day. That extra battery adds some weight, but I think it’s worth it.

Bottom line: I have much more confidence walking out of the house for a long day without carrying an external battery pack. For me, the line a smartphone needs to cross is that I trust I can get through a normal day without battery anxiety. Both the 13 Pro and the 13 Pro Max easily get there.

iPhone 13 Pro design and specs

Last year was a big design update for the iPhone, with flat sides, 5G, and MagSafe charging. This year’s models inherit all of that, changing the design in only minor ways. The most obvious one is the notch on the screen. It’s slightly smaller, but only horizontally — it still pushes down into what you’re looking at to the same degree. Apple also didn’t do anything with that extra space at the top, meaning you still can’t see your battery percentage without pulling down the control center.

The other design change is that the new iPhones are almost imperceptibly heavier and also thicker across the entire body compared to last year’s models. But the camera bumps on both phones are significantly bigger, which means that 12 Pro cases are not going to fit on the 13 Pro. I think the tradeoffs are worth it for the improved battery life and camera system.

The design is virtually identical to the iPhone 12 Pro models

Unlike many Android phones with gently curving displays at the edges, Apple does still have a small bezel around the screen. The rails on the edges are glossy stainless steel that pick up fingerprints, the glass on the back is a smooth matte. The front uses Apple’s Ceramic Shield finish to prevent cracks, and the camera lenses are sapphire. It’s a beautiful phone, and I think it’s a huge step up from the curved sides we’ve seen on iPhones from the 6 all the way up through the 11.

The important spec outside of the camera system and the screen is the new A15 Bionic processor, which is indeed fast. But as always with iPhones, the primary purpose of that speed is ensuring the phone will still feel fast in years to come, not making it seem faster than last year’s device. There are a bunch of camera features that seem to be enabled by the A15, however. I’ll also just point out that the 13 Pro models get five GPU cores to the regular 13’s four, but that extra core doesn’t seem to enable anything specific beyond more speed.

Base storage still starts at 128GB, but at the top end, there’s a new 1TB option. That is a ridiculous amount of storage for a phone, but if you’re planning on shooting a bunch of ProRes video, then it might be something to actually consider. Screen sizes and resolutions are the same: 6.1 inches at 1170 x 2532 pixels for the 13 Pro and 6.7 inches at 1284 x 2778 pixels for the 13 Pro Max. 

In terms of networking, Apple is focused on expanding support for Mid-Band 5G — the kind that will actually matter more than the UWB version that’s only really available on certain street corners. All that really means is that in the US, the 13 Pro is ready for a 5G future that could come if carriers keep their promises (they haven’t so far, but maybe next year). As usual, if you travel a lot, you should keep an eye on the bands available on the several variants that are sold in different regions .

Finally, although I know it’s a lost cause and that I sound like a broken record, I still believe that Apple should switch the iPhone from the Lightning connector to USB-C. I also still believe Apple made a mistake by not taking advantage of the obvious opportunities to do so with the big iPhone X and iPhone 12 redesigns. I understand the reasons why it hasn’t switched, and I disagree with them. Especially on a “Pro” phone, the standard cable would be incredibly convenient and useful for both charging and connecting other accessories without adapters.

iPhone 13 Pro cameras

The camera systems on the iPhone 13 Pro and the 13 Pro Max are identical this year, which means you don’t have to buy the bigger and more expensive phone to get the best photos.  And I do mean best photos because there isn’t another phone on the market that can match the iPhone 13 Pro. (Google’s upcoming Pixel 6 hasn’t been released as of writing this, of course, but it will have its work cut out for it.) 

Apple’s marketing for the camera system on the 13 Pro is that it’s the “biggest advancement ever.” I don’t know that I would go that far, but I also can’t remember the last time I’ve said “whoa, look at this photo” as many times as I have during this review.

The best cameras on a smartphone

I will start, however, by pointing out that this camera system is one of the things I’m referring to when I say that the 13 Pro is a phone for people who pay attention to the details. In bright sunlight or normal light, the pictures these phones take are very hard to distinguish from the iPhone 13 or even the iPhone 12. In good lighting, almost any high-end smartphone is very competent these days.

Where the Pro 13 camera system shines is in low light. The main wide-angle sensor has seen a massive upgrade this year. Unlike Android phones that are chasing big megapixel counts and then “pixel binning” to achieve low light performance, Apple is sticking with 12 megapixels, the same resolution it’s used since 2015’s iPhone 6S. The sensor itself is much bigger now and features 1.9 µm pixels, which are about as big as anything we’ve seen on a smartphone. And on top of all that, the lens now has an f/1.5 aperture.

All of that adds up to a camera that can very quickly take in a massive amount of light relative to other phones. Combined with some tuning and improvements to Apple’s computational photography, the low light performance on the 13 Pro is simply second to none.

There’s less image noise in low light and more dynamic range in low and even medium light. Apple also tells me it has adjusted how it handles the black point, so shadow exposure is more accurate now, too — the 13 Pro is just more willing to let darks be dark while accurately exposing lighter areas. In situations the 12 Pro would aggressively hop into night mode and lighten everything up, the 13 Pro often doesn’t need night mode. And when the 13 Pro does drop into night mode, it goes through that exposure process twice as quickly.

We used this word last year in our 12 Pro Max review , but I think it applies even more this year. The camera on the 13 Pro is confident. As computational photography has become the norm over the past few years, I have seen lots of camera systems — including on the iPhone — just sort of panic and do the wrong things with exposure or tone. The iPhone 13 Pro has almost never done that in my testing.

Let’s bring things back to earth. Will most people notice the quality difference between the 13 Pro and the regular iPhone 13 or even last year’s iPhones? Most of the time, I think the answer is actually no. On phone screens, you really have to zoom in and pixel peep to see it. But if there’s any place where I think it makes sense to call an iPhone “Pro” as in “for professionals,” I think this main wide angle camera is it.

The ultrawide camera also got an upgrade in terms of taking in more light, but it’s not as dramatic a difference. A more interesting upgrade is adding autofocus to that camera, which allows it to pick up a new trick: macro photography.

When you bring the phone in close to a subject, you can see the camera frame switch over to the ultrawide when it’s about 10cm away. It tries to keep the same basic framing with a crop, but apparently, not everybody is enthused: Apple emailed us the night before the review to say it would ship a software update later with an option to disable the automatic switchover. Then you can keep pushing in until you’re as close as 2cm away and still have an in-focus shot. The photos it takes are better than the bespoke, throwaway macro lenses on many Android phones these days. It’s a fun feature.

The wide angle camera has gotten the most impressive upgrade, but my favorite is the new telephoto lens. Apple has set it to a 3X zoom, the equivalent of a 77mm focal length and up from the 2.5X / 65mm in the 12 Pro Max. That extended zoom does mean that it drops to an f/2.8 aperture (from f/2.2), but whatever low light losses that entails are more than made up for by the addition of night mode for this lens. Apple isn’t playing the superzoom 100X game; instead, it’s focusing on quality at the 3X optical zoom for things like portrait photography.

And that quality is incredible. I simply love taking photos of people with the telephoto at 3X now, getting a natural bokeh effect without having to engage the software portrait mode. The telephoto lens gets the award this year for most improved. 

Apple has held the crown for best smartphone video for a very long time now, challenged (but not losing) only briefly by the Samsung Galaxy Ultra series phones in the last year or two. This year, video quality is simply amazing, at least on the wide angle camera. That larger sensor and the fact that it’s using sensor-based stabilization instead of just OIS makes for stable and beautiful footage even in low light. 

Apple will also let you shoot video in ProRes this year. I didn’t have much time to test that, and ProRes isn’t really a part of our video workflow. But it’s there if you buy an iPhone that has enough storage to handle it.

I’ll state it plainly because it bears repeating: the iPhone 13 Pro has the best camera system on any smartphone available as of this writing.

Photographic Profiles

Apple has added two new camera modes to this year’s iPhones, both Pro and regular. Each is fascinating in its own way. Cinematic Mode is essentially Portrait Mode but for video, while Picture Profiles change the default way the iPhone takes photos. Picture Profiles are particularly interesting because they serve almost as an admission that Apple is feeling competitive pressure from the likes of Samsung and Google, so let’s start there.

Profiles are a new setting in the camera app that change the way your photos look by default. So instead of applying a filter after the photo is taken, you can set your iPhone to have a specific kind of “look” right away. In fact, Apple insists that Profiles are not filters at all, for reasons I’ll get into shortly.

The default options for Profiles include Standard, Rich Contrast, Vibrant, Warm, and Cool. Each one has its own little sliders that you can manually tweak for both Tone and Warmth. If you tweak those sliders, the name of that profile cleverly changes to match your settings (my personal favorite name is “Rich Cool,” because I imagine that’s Apple’s target demographic). When you set one of these profiles, it becomes the new default way the camera takes pictures, though it will also pop up a button that lets you toggle it off. (The button is also clever, the way it looks changes based on what profile you’ve set). 

The TL;DR for Profiles is that “Rich Contrast” makes the iPhone’s photos look more like a Google Pixel, with bluer tones and deeper contrast. And “Vibrant” makes the iPhone look more like a Samsung phone, with more extreme colors all around. 

Historically, Apple has insisted that what it aims for in photography is the “truth” of what your eye would see. I will (regretfully) set aside philosophical questions about the nature of objective reality and what a photograph is and instead just point out that it’s fair to say that when it comes to photography, Apple is much less opinionated than the competition. Samsung and Google are both more willing to tune their images to be more pleasing to their customers than Apple is. With Profiles, Apple is essentially giving its customers the option to get pictures they like better without having to edit them after the shot.

Understanding how Profiles actually works is a little complicated. Apple’s computational photography process is called Smart HDR, and what it does is standard across many phones these days: it takes a bunch of photos at different exposures all at once and then combines them into a single, final image. Part of that process involves making choices about white balance, color, contrast, and so on. Another part of that process is the iPhone semantically recognizing different things in the scene — things like faces, people, grass, sky, cats, or whatever and exposing them differently. 

When you set a profile, the iPhone makes different choices during the Smart HDR capture about white balance, color, contrast, and so on based on the preference you set. It also uses that semantic recognition to make better choices for things like skin tone. That’s why it’s not a filter — it’s not applied evenly across the entire image.

Profiles are not something you can undo in the edit — though Apple does label them in the metadata when you view them in the Photos app. You should also know that you can’t shoot with profiles and have RAW output on at the same time. Unlike a RAW photo where you can make all sorts of choices in the edit, Photographic Profiles lock your choices in to the file as it’s saved. In theory, it might be possible for the iPhone to save all of that extra data, but Apple tells us that it would create huge files that it wouldn’t be worth it for ordinary use and that people who do want to edit after the fact can just shoot RAW.

Cinematic Mode

Apple’s flashiest iPhone ads are for Cinematic Mode. It’s an entirely new mode for iPhone video that uses software to blur the background of a video, much as Portrait Mode does for photos. Unlike Portrait Mode, Cinematic doesn’t take advantage of the iPhone 13 Pro’s LIDAR sensor for creating a depth map — it just uses software to recognize human faces and bodies.

The reason Cinematic mode makes for such a great demo is that it can automatically shift the focus when something happens in the scene. It locks on to the biggest face that it sees, but if that face turns away, the iPhone can automatically shift focus to somebody else in the background. It is fun to play around with and works with both the rear and front-facing Selfie cameras.

You can also change the focus point as you’re shooting by tapping something in the background and lock focus by tapping again. And then, after you’re done shooting, you can change your focus decisions moment-to-moment in the Photos app and even change the amount of background blur for the entire video. 

Because it’s the equivalent of Portrait Mode for video, it can have the same problems as Portrait Mode for photos — it rarely works in low light, for example. (Apple’s own ads for Cinematic Mode show it working in low light , which I find misleading.) It can also have weird or bad cutouts around hair, which is a little less noticeable because it’s video, but it’s still there. Finally, Cinematic Mode only works in 1080p at 30FPS. 

Cinematic Mode really only works well within Apple’s own ecosystem of apps. The depth map information is saved into an ancillary “sidecar” file that goes alongside the video, but only Apple apps like Photos or Final Cut can do anything with it right now. If you AirDrop it to a Mac that isn’t running macOS Monterey, the iPhone will bake all your depth choices into the file before sending it along. Apple tells us that it hasn’t worked with third-party companies like Adobe or Lumafusion to make that data editable in those apps. 

I think Cinematic Mode is crazy fun, but I’m not sure how much value it really adds to people who want to use their iPhone for actual, professional video work. I’m not going to say it’s a gimmick, but it is gimmick-adjacent. Like Portrait Mode in photos was at the beginning, Cinematic Mode feels like it’s a few years away from being truly useful for anything beyond casual use. Despite Apple’s promos, I have a hard time believing real movies will be made with this in its present state.

iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max displays

The iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max finally offer iPhone users a screen feature that flagship Android phones have had for quite a long time: higher refresh rates. Apple’s branding for its screen is “Super Retina XDR display with ProMotion,” and the important part is the ProMotion, which previously has only been on the iPad Pro.

Historically, the iPhone has been able to refresh its screen at 60Hz (or 60 times every second), but the new iPhone 13 Pros can vary the refresh rates from as little as 10Hz all the way up to 120Hz. Apple is using a type of OLED display called LTPO ( Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide ) panel, technology first seen on Samsung phones . It has a wide dynamic range, can get much brighter, and also uses less power because it can ratchet down the refresh rate.

What all this means practically is that scrolling and animations look much smoother. It also has battery life benefits because if nothing’s moving on the screen, the screen needs to refresh less often and therefore uses less power. 

Apple waited too long to introduce high refresh rate displays on its Pro phones, but it has implemented them well

None of this is news to Android users, but if you haven’t used a high refresh rate display on a phone before, it can be a little hard to explain why it makes a difference. This is doubly true on iPhones because Apple has gotten away with not putting a high refresh rate screen on an iPhone for so long because iOS is itself a very smooth OS without very much jank in its animations.

When I scroll on the iPhone 13 Pro, the text stays readable instead of turning into a blur. Things moving on the screen are smoother. It feels more like a direct interaction with my finger because the iPhone can literally change its refresh rate to match my movement.

Apple’s implementation is also smart: iOS keeps an eye on what activity is happening on the screen and adjusts the refresh rate to match. So the screen matches the 24FPS frame rate in video apps, for example. Apple tells me apps coded with its default tools like Swift will get these benefits for free and that developers will have access to tools to update their apps to support ProMotion if they like. 

I get if all this sounds very silly. It is very much a premium feature that is more about experience than anything practical. That’s exactly what ProMotion is, and it is exactly what I think we should expect from a phone that costs more than a thousand dollars. It was a similar story when Apple’s own high-density Retina Displays hit the scene. Once many people experienced the nicer thing, they were bothered by its lack.

I have heard all the speculation about why Apple waited this long to implement this feature, and I don’t really buy any of them. I admit that high refresh rates are the epitome of “nice to have,” but part of the point of Apple’s extravagant Pro phones is to provide the nicest experience. Now, finally, they do. Crucially, Apple did an excellent job with its implementation.

The ProMotion display is the perfect example of what you get with the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. It’s an improvement that may only matter explicitly to a few but will subtly make life nicer for everybody who uses it. The battery life upgrade isn’t quite so subtle, of course. 

As for the camera, I can see it both ways. When you’re sharing photos and videos to social media and looking at them on a phone, the differences are subtle at most — but they’re there if you look for them. And if you use your iPhone’s camera for more than just Instagram, you’ll appreciate the updates. 

The list of significant things I have to complain about with these phones is almost astonishingly short. (Though, as you might expect, I can quibble for days about little things like the lack of a meaningful MagSafe ecosystem , the lightning port, or how iOS 15 handles notifications). 

The story of the iPhone 13 Pro is a story of iteration, sure, but iteration matters . iPhone 12 Pro owners will have to pay a lot of attention to see some of the differences, and an upgrade probably doesn’t make a lot of sense. But if you’re using something older, all that iteration comes on top of the major improvements from the iPhone 12 Pro — the upgrades will be very noticeable. 

Either way, when you start to pay attention to the details, prepare to be impressed.

Agree to Continue: iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max

Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it — contracts that no one actually reads. It’s impossible for us to read and analyze every single one of these agreements. But we’re going to start counting exactly how many times you have to hit “agree” to use devices when we review them since these are agreements most people don’t read and definitely can’t negotiate.

To use any of the iPhone 13 models, you have to agree to:

• The iOS Terms and Conditions, which you can have sent to you by email
• Apple’s warranty agreement, which you can have sent to you by email

These agreements are nonnegotiable, and you cannot use the phone at all if you don’t agree to them.

The iPhone also prompts you to set up Apple Cash and Apple Pay at setup, which further means you have to agree to:

• The Apple Cash agreement, which specifies that services are actually provided by Green Dot Bank and Apple Payments, Inc. and further consists of the following agreements:
• The Apple Cash terms and conditions
• The electronic communications agreement
• The Green Dot bank privacy policy
• Direct payments terms and conditions
• Direct payments privacy notice
• Apple Payments, Inc. license

If you add a credit card to Apple Pay, you have to agree to:

• The terms from your credit card provider, which do not have an option to be emailed

Final tally: two mandatory agreements, six optional agreements for Apple Cash, one optional agreement for Apple Pay

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iPhone 13 Pro & iPhone 13 Pro Max review: Exceptional phones but the Pro Max underwhelms

The new iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max

iPhone 13 Pro

We have on-hand the iPhone 13 Pro in Sierra Blue as well as the iPhone 13 Pro Max in Graphite. Our iPhone 13 Pro — the one we use every day — is a 512GB version. This year, Apple has upgraded its storage capacities to include a new 1TB option for the first time.

A familiar design

The design here hasn't changed. As it usually does the year after an iPhone enclosure redesign, it essentially borrows its physical appearance from the iPhone 12.

The 2021 iPhone lineup across the board has the same stainless steel body sandwiched between ultra-strong glass. The back glass is frosted, unlike the base iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini that both have a glossy back.

Some buttons have shifted on the sides as Apple tinkered with the internal layout. The iPhone 13 Pro both have bigger batteries, as well as a reconfigured TrueDepth module. This has forced the side button, volume buttons, and mute toggle down just slightly.

They also happen to be a bit thicker, increasing by .01 inches. Weight has grown, thanks again bigger battery, from 189 grams to 204 grams on the iPhone 13 Pro and 228 grams to 240 grams on the iPhone 13 Pro Max.

The iPhone 12 Pro Max was already a heavy phone, and this has caused it to be borderline untenable for users. The new weight isn't all that much of a difference, but for a phone this unwieldy, we'd have preferred to see the weight move in the opposite direction. For most people, it's simply too big and heavy.

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max

Graphite, silver, and gold have remained year-over-year, but Pacific Blue has been set out to sea and replaced by a new, lighter Sierra Blue. Apple is using a new process that it says involves "multiple layers of nanometer-scale metallic ceramics applied across the surface for a stunning and durable finish" for this new hue, and we like it.

It is certainly lighter than the Pacific Blue. Feedback suggested that users wanted Apple to go with more contrast in colors, and not just more pastels, but we're fond of it. In 2022, it would be great to see Apple release a full matte black version, though.

The new display

Our only notable physical change on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max is that display. Apple has increased the brightness, reduced the notch, and introduced ProMotion to the iPhone lineup.

Brightness has increased from 800 nits typical brightness up to 1000 nits. For indoor use, this doesn't mean that much.

But, if you're outdoors a lot and find the sun too bright to see your phone screen, this will help. Just don't expect a massive leap.

The notch is narrower, side to side, but "deeper" a bit. This is fine, but Apple hasn't taken advantage of the new space in the operating system whatsoever, including still not showing the battery percentage on screen. The biggest benefit here is you get a tiny bit more photo or video space when you're consuming media, and even then, that depends on the aspect ratio you're looking at.

ProMotion is a worthwhile addition and needs to be experienced to get a full appreciation of the feature. We found it similar to watching HD and going back to SD as we put down the iPhone 13 Pro Max and picked up the older iPhone 12 Pro Max.

This technology that first debuted on the iPad, allows the screen refresh rate to intelligently ramp up to 120Hz when motion is necessary and slow back down when not being used to save battery life. Even though ProMotion is on the iPad Pros and can speed up to 120Hz, it can't drop as low as it does for iPhone.

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

The new iPhone 13 Pros can go as low a 10Hz when higher refresh rates aren't necessary, leading to even more battery savings.

Right now, it's most noticeable in Safari and swiping between Home Screens. There are not yet a large number of third-party apps that support the feature — yet. Apple promises it will appear in more games, and will make changes to make it easier to implement soon.

The high refresh rate makes your phone feel more responsive to your touch and like you're interacting with it. How much this matters, or is visible, to any given user varies.

If you can see the benefits, ProMotion looks phenomenal. It isn't just us saying so — DisplayMate has bestowed the honor of "world's best smartphone display" this year, and we believe it.

Between the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, we're expecting phablet fans to buy a disproportionate number in the first month. Over time, though, as it has always been, the iPhone 13 Pro will be the far more popular choice. This reviewer has used both the iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Pro Max as daily drivers.

That ends with the iPhone 13 family. Apple has still not utilized the larger screen to its potential.

Max size, mini utilization

Apple has had ample chances to impress with its "plus" or "max" phones, yet the differences have been minimal.

Beyond battery life, with the iPhone 13 Pro Max, Apple has refused to bring any tangible advantage. There is much more Apple could do here.

Apple's logic of not fitting more onto the display doesn't track. If we look at the all-new iPad mini, Its widgets are smaller than those on the iPhone 13 Pro Max, despite the fact users hold the larger tablet farther from their faces.

When we see the tiny icons on the iPad mini dock and the smaller widgets that users can pack in, we want an option for that on the iPhone.

There are no split-screen apps, no more rows of icons on the Home Screen, no larger widgets, no bidirectional charger thanks to bigger battery life, and no extra row on the keyboard. There's so much Apple could do here, yet it does nothing but scale everything up from the iPhone 13 Pro.

Now that the cameras are the same, we've finally decided against the max-sized iPhone and instead have moved to the iPhone 13 Pro and saved some cash simultaneously.

Once Apple starts to embrace the larger display and larger size, we'll happily make the jump back.

Cameras, cameras, cameras

Both iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max are sporting the same trio of shooters this time around, removing the one feature that made the iPhone 13 Pro Max unique.

Each phone has a 1X wide angle lens, a .5X ultra-wide lens with a 120-degree field of view, and a 3X optical telephoto lens. They both still have the LiDAR Scanner, which aids in focus for low light as well as a myriad of AR tricks.

Pro-level quality

At this level, not all changes are easy to discern, nor are they super flashy by any means. But they make all the difference.

The camera bump grew a bit. Especially for iPhone 13 Pro, it is markedly larger than that of the iPhone 12 Pro.

Apple has now increased the sensor size on the most-used camera of the iPhone, the wide angle lens, coupled with a new wider aperture. This was a great camera before, but the improvements have already yielded improvements.

Any grain or noise in an image is a result of the hardware stack of the camera. While many co-related factors cause aberrations, they are typically due to the reduced amount of light that hits the sensor.

Given the same resolution, a smaller sensor has smaller detectors per pixel, seeing less light. A smaller aperture lets less light into the sensor itself. With less light coming in, the camera will have to switch to Night Mode or keep the shutter open longer, which can cause blur, grain, and other anomalies.

Between the larger sensor in the iPhone 13 Pro and the aperture increasing from f/1.6 to f/1.5, the camera will have to switch to Night Mode less often and result in less noise overall. This is precisely what we've seen in testing the two cameras. Times when the iPhone 12 Pro wanted to use Night Mode, iPhone 13 was just fine.

In 2021, both devices have the same lens and sensor camera setup. The iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max had different focal length tele lenses, but they've both been upgraded to 3X optical zoom this year.

That means digital zoom too has been increased up to 15X. You can zoom in more than ever, though it still isn't worth it. At 15X digital zoom, we saw substantial noise in these photos, and it gets increasingly hard to keep the camera stable.

It's still possible to do, and in well-lit environments, you can still produce solid photos, but as Apple has emphasized, most people don't need a ton of zoom. If you do, get a digital SLR and appropriate lens, or pick one of the many tele snap-on lenses that we'll see adapted to the iPhone 13 Pro very soon.

That tele lens zooms in closer for Portrait Mode photos than it has in the past. At times, we had to reevaluate whether to use the wide or tele cameras on specific images because the tele lens was just a bit too much now. At the same time, it also let us get some fantastic Portrait Mode shots that were a little too far away.

That all leads us to the massively upgraded ultra wide lens. Apple has widened the aperture, going from f/2.4 to a much faster f/1.8.

Apple's shortcoming on the iPhone 12 line was the ultra wide. It created interestingly styled shots, but too much noise crept in due to the small opening. The shutter was also slightly slower because of the lack of light, so we'd end up with blurry pics if the subject or our hand moved at all.

It also defaulted to Night Mode more often than we liked. Night Mode is fantastic, but you need a steady hand and still subject. If you can get a similar shot without it, it is always worth it.

There is a drastic improvement year-over-year in photos from the ultra wide lens, resulting in less use of Night Mode or better images taken with it, sharper images, and much less noise. We'd always recommend switching to the wide if you could, but now feel fully comfortable using that ultra wide when needed.

That new ultra wide lens also has a secret trick. It can intelligently switch to the new Macro Mode as you get very close to your subject. You're able to get within two centimeters from your subject in Macro Mode, and the results are beautiful.

We've already taken some of our favorite shots of all time in the new Macro Mode. The images are crisp, vibrant, and low on noise. Our only issue, which is unavoidable with macro, is your phone often gets in the way. When you're getting that close to your subject, your phone will often block out your light. So plan your shots accordingly.

Macro Mode doesn't just work with photos either — it works with video as well. We have one video of a wasp cleaning its antenna filling the entire screen that is amazing to see.

One early issue with Macro Mode, though, is that there is no physical toggle. This is fine most of the time, but with video, we don't always want it to make the jump. There's no way to stop this at the moment. Apple says a toggle is coming, but it hasn't arrived yet.

Cinematic Mode gives it its best

Apple's proud of Cinematic Mode. You could tell just by how Apple introduced the feature, creating a short whodunnit film that relied on copious looks away from the camera to show off the impressive effect of Cinematic Mode.

At the most basic, Cinematic Mode mimics Portrait Mode, but on video. It takes your subject and then applies bokeh to the surrounding area.

Beyond that, it can watch your subjects, and as they turn their head to look elsewhere, it can shift the focus to a second person in the shot. This is what Apple demoed at the iPhone 13 release event, and it was undeniably impressive.

In our testing, Cinematic Mode is not limited to people, with our testing seeing it work on pets and inanimate objects. Should the effect fail and look bad, editors can leverage the depth map that's saved with the image. Editing can fix the problem — or the effect can be disabled entirely.

On a recorded clip, identified subjects are marked with rounded squares around their faces. The active focus subject is yellow, while the background subjects are white. You can manually shift the focus during the video between these as you edit. Multiple points can be on a timeline to continuously adjust the focus throughout the clip.

Very similar to animation points if you've used Final Cut Pro .

During shooting, you can manually set your exposure, focus, and aperture. Afterward, you can turn Cinematic Mode off entirely if the effect fails to follow your subject accurately.

Just as with Portrait Mode, the depth effect can be controlled. Apple puts a stylized "f" in the corner that will adjust the digital aperture. In layman's terms, this will increase or decrease the bokeh in the background. If you want more bokeh and blur, reduce the aperture number, whereas if you want the background sharper and the effect less pronounced, increase the value.

We've shot quite a bit of footage so far in Cinematic Mode, and it doesn't do a bad job by any means. As you've likely heard it compared, it feels like the early version of Portrait Mode. Sometimes there are just small parts around the edge of your subject that aren't identified correctly, resulting in a bit of unnecessary blur.

When it gets things wrong, it becomes unusable. Though this is called Cinematic Mode, as it stands, this won't be used in any cinema-bound film. It's just far too early in the release-and-improve lifecycle, and Apple will need to continue refining it.

We were happily surprised to see Cinematic Mode also work not only on people but also on pets and objects. Pets as a subject created some of the best-looking clips we've recorded.

Of all things, our biggest issue with Cinematic Mode is its resolution. Cinematic Mode can only be captured in 1080P at 60 frames per second. This feels like a step backward. We can finally AirPlay high frame rate HDR content in 4K and then we get Cinematic Mode at 1080p.

Apple may fix this limitation by the time the iPhone 14 arrives, but right now, it's terrible for pro users who have to decide between an excellent filming effect or proper 4K footage.

Photographic Styles

Another feature that hits Apple's whole iPhone 13 lineup this year is Photographic Styles. This is akin to a professional photographer creating a specific "look" to help their images stand out.

Rather than quickly apply a LUT or filter after a photo is taken, Photographic Styles are applied at the time of capture. While a simple filter applies a general look over the top of the image as a whole, Photographic Styles use advanced techniques to apply different levels of adjustment to other areas of your photo.

You can choose from standard — this is the default look from the Camera app that aims to be as true to life as possible, not overly saturated — rich contrast, vibrant, cool, and warm.

Apple has put together a fantastic explainer of these various styles within the Settings app. You can see a sample image and how each style changes the look of the picture.

Once you choose your style, you can further tweak it to your liking. Both tone and warmth can be tweaked between -100 and 100 to create a stronger or weaker effect.

With existing filter workflows, this feature will likely go mostly overlooked with the iPhone 13. The market choosing the iPhone 13 Pro probably puts a higher priority on photography, so this will hopefully get more use and improvements as it evolves.

Performance gains don't go unnoticed

Powering the new iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max is Apple's latest square of silicon. The A15 Bionic processor is faster, more battery efficient, and more graphically capable than its predecessor. It is still a six-core chip — two high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores — but now packs more punch.

The iPhone 12 Pro scores 1598 on the single-core score, and 4089 on multi-core. The iPhone 13 Pro hits 1732 and 4255 in the single-core and multi-core tests, respectively. On Geekbench ML, scores went from 887 on the iPhone 12 Pro to 936 on the iPhone 13 Pro.

Finally, we saw the most significant improvements in graphics. Geekbench's Compute benchmark improved from 9451 on the iPhone 12 Pro to 14275 on the iPhone 13 Pro.

Turning to the iPhone 13 Pro Max, the numbers were very similar, since it has the same chipset.

A15 Bionic runs everything, from the camera's ISP, to the ProMotion display, to the highly-optimized battery. Even though Apple isn't yelling about how fast the iPhone 13 Pro is from the rooftops, it should be. This thing smokes the competition and will surely provide the necessary bandwidth for years to come.

Battery, the killer new feature

With that exterior redesign comes an interior one as well. And, that interior redesign has resulted in more volume for a bigger battery.

In one battery test that kept the screen on continuously and played back videos and browsed Safari, iPhone 13 Pro Max lastly nearly ten hours. That was roughly an hour and a half more than the iPhone 13 Pro and more than two and half hours longer than the iPhone 12 Pro Max.

Use cases vary so much, user to user. There are a lot of variables that go into how long a battery will last in use. Still, it shows at least anecdotally how much longer the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max can last in similar situations, even if not representative of your daily tasks.

As use cases settle out, we'll be talking more about this in the future. The short answer is, though, the 2021 iPhone 13 Pro lineup lasts longer than their counterparts from 2020.

Was Apple ready for iPhone 13?

We like the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max a great deal. There are substantial new features, and the line represents the best iPhones to date. But, at launch, developer tools were missing, significant features were broken, and some pro features were absent.

Social media reports lamented that the Apple Watch was seemingly unable to unlock their new iPhones. Apple quickly responded, saying a fix was coming soon.

On our iPhone 13 Pro, we shot many Cinematic Mode videos with HDR off, only to find that HDR was force-enabled. This makes editing the video in any external application a bit more complicated. Apple also responded to this saying it is a bug and will be fixed in a forthcoming update.

ProMotion, a flagship feature, was broken in several places where the high frame rate should be kicking in. It also didn't provide any developer guidance on enabling ProMotion in apps until after the iPhone 13 was in customers' hands.

Then we have Apple ProRes — or we should say we don't have Apple ProRes. The high-end video codec isn't available at launch and will instead be delivered later in, you guessed it, a forthcoming update.

Even since we started writing this review, more issues have appeared to crop up . Reports of non-functional selfie cameras, temporarily non-responsive displays, and more have continued to pop up as more devices land in the user's hands.

These seem like features that absolutely should have cropped up in wide testing ahead of release.

Apple should have shared complete developer tools for the new screen refresh rates immediately after the device's announcement. We've covered all the iPhone and operating system launches since the original iPhone, and this feels like the buggiest one yet as it pertains to the new hardware.

Should you buy the iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max?

Let's reset a moment. We've been a bit harsh on some of the shortcomings of the iPhone 13 Pro Max and the litany of issues that seem to be prevalent, but that doesn't mean these aren't exceptional phones. They certainly are.

The iPhone 13 Pro, in particular, is a stunning device that looks incredible, is stupendously fast, is equipped with best-in-class cameras, and has the highest-rated display on a smartphone.

Bugs are temporary issues, and while they mar the first time experience for early adopters, with Apple already aware and several bugs already being squashed as of the most recent developer betas, hopefully fixes will arrive with haste. Users who pick up an iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max can rest assured that none of the bugs have been critical and will certainly be short-lived.

If you want the best iPhone to date, grab an iPhone 13 Pro — or if you're desperate for a larger screen — an iPhone 13 Pro Max.

• Sierra Blue is a wonderful new color
• Outstanding design carried over from iPhone 12
• All three cameras gained substantial new upgrades
• Cinematic Mode is full of promise
• Photographic Styles are an awesome new addition
• Support for Apple ProRes
• Solid performance gains in graphics
• Battery improvements are greatly noticeable
• ProMotion is noticeable, though more apps will need updated
• MagSafe remains a fantastic feature with more options than ever
• 1TB storage option for media-hungry power users
• Sierra Blue could be considered too light
• Increased in weight year-over-year
• Many bugs remain at launch
• ProMotion isn't widely supported (yet)
• CPU isn't as big an upgrade as previous year
• No support for Wi-Fi 6e
• No increase in charging speed or data for MagSafe
• iPhone 13 Pro Max doesn't take nearly enough advantage of its larger display
• Cinematic Mode only supports 1080P

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Here, we'd be giving the iPhone 13 Pro a five out of five and the iPhone 13 Pro Max a four out of five, but we've averaged them together for the entire "pro" lineup.

Where to buy

Wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon are already incentivizing the purchase of the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. From free phone offers to discounts with a qualifying trade-in , bargain hunters can enjoy deals knocking up to $1,500 off the new phones.

Amazon and Expercom also stock the entire iPhone 13 lineup, with access to the best iPhone 13 Pro prices and iPhone 13 Pro Max prices at your fingertips in our Price Guide.

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From your review it sounds like Apple needs to get its staff back in the office pronto. Oh, and thanks for saving me some money. The pro version sounds like my next phone. 

As someone who has purchased a new iPhone every year since 2007, my 13 Pro is simply the best iPhone I’ve ever owned. I had the 12 Pro Max, and while it was an excellent phone, it was too unwieldy for me, a bit too heavy and had size issues with some pockets. The 13 Pro is an ideal size, the clarity is beyond exceptional and the battery life exceeds that of every previous iPhone owned. I agree: 5 out of 5 stars.

Some of y’all need to wrap kerosene dipped rags around your ankles to keep the ants away from your candy asses. In my opinion, this year’s pro max is the best yet. The increase in weight and thickness is negligible. The increase in battery life is profound. I think this article is a little unfair to the pro max and I disagree with the author’s wish for size and weight deductions. The technology is where it is in history and I love the direction Apple went in order to get the significant improvement in performance. Everyone is welcome to disagree with me, this is just my opposing opinion.

Sorry but the Max line is still where my money goes.  I don’t care about widget or icon size.  As I put all my apps in folders, an extra row is not a criteria that I am concerned with.   For me and my large hands, it is the feel and the large screen size, while being pocketable.  The new IPad Mini does seem enticing to go to a two device system, but I want an all in one device for my daily driver.

Every so often, these first-world pro problem stories come across as ADHD people that need their next 15-minute attention fix.  "Underwhelmed"?  Whatever. These are stellar phones, best in their class and the Android crowd doesn't come close. I just placed my order for a Sierra-blue Pro Max to replace my IPX.  Very much looking forward to it.

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iPhone 13 starter guide: Setup, accessories, features and more

Now that you have an iPhone 13, here's what you need to know

Part one: iPhone 13 settings to change

Part two: accessories to buy, part three: features to try, part four: apps for the iphone 13.

The latest iPhone 13 models include the best iPhones Apple's ever made. So if you've just opened the box to reveal one of Apple's phones, consider yourself a very fortunate person.

Getting started with the iPhone can be as simple as making sure it's fully charged, pressing the power button and then following the on-screen instructions to get everything set up. But there are some additional steps you can take when setting up your iPhone 13 to make sure you're getting the most out of Apple's phone.

If the iPhone 13 is your introduction to iOS devices because you've made the switch from Android , we're here to help make the transition a smooth one. And even if you've been upgrading from iPhone to iPhone for years now, our iPhone 13 starter guide still has a few tips and suggestions on settings to tweak and features to try that you might have overlooked.

Let's get started exploring what the iPhone 13 has to offer.

As we said, Apple equips its iPhones with a guided setup that can turn even the most novice iPhone owner into an expert in no time at all. We advise following all of Apple's setup instructions and not using the commands to skip ahead, tempting as it may be to dive into your iPhone 13 right away. 

In particular, make sure you set up Face ID — that's the system for unlocking the iPhone with your face. You will also want to train Siri to recognize your voice and set up the Wallet app with a credit card so that you can use your iPhone 13 as a mobile wallet. All three of those activities are included in Apple's set-up tutorial, and they'll come in handy sooner rather than later in your regular iPhone use. So make sure you complete them.

Apple's setup screens also include instructions on migrating from another phone, whether it's an Android device or an older iPhone. For anyone upgrading from an iPhone, we recommending using Apple's Quick Start feature to set up your iPhone 13. It's a no-muss option to wireless transfer contacts, apps, settings and data from one iPhone to another.

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Here are some other settings, you'll want to adjust as you get started with your iPhone 13.

A feature that's new in iOS 15 , Focus mode is Apple's attempt to eliminate the constant barrage of notifications and interruptions that seem to come with mobile devices. With Focus mode enabled, you can control which notifications and alerts make it through to you; you can even decide which apps to have front and center when you're at work or relaxing.

To set up a Focus mode , head to Settings and select Focus. From there you can create a focus for work, night time or just about any period you can think of. Then follow our instructions on how to use Focus mode to pick the people and apps you don't mind getting alerts from when you're trying to focus. 

Assuming you haven't set a specific time or location for your Focus mode to launch, you can manually activate Focus mode from the Control Center, which you reach on an iPhone 13 by pulling down from the top right corner of your home screen. Focus mode is the icon with the crescent moon labeled "Focus."

Edit your home screen with widgets

You're able to edit your iPhone 13's home screen just by pressing on one of the app icons until everything starts jiggling. This allows you to drag app icons around and place them wherever you like, but the real value of editing your home screen is adding widgets.

Widgets became a part of the iPhone home screen starting with iOS 14, and that's continued with iOS 15, which comes preinstalled on your iPhone 13. A widget is a little snippet of an app that shows at-a-glance info, saving you from having to launch the app. I've got a Weather app widget on my home screen that displays the current temperature, for example.

Widgets can also be combined into what Apple calls a Smart Stack, featuring Apple's built-in apps. Swiping up on the widget changes what information is displayed, and in some cases, the Smart Stack even changes dynamically to show relevant info — most mornings, for example, I see a Calendar widget that displays my appointments for the day.

When the feature first arrived in iOS 14, we put together a guide on how to add a widget to your iPhone's home screen . Nothing's changed about the process for iOS 15, except that Apple has added even more widgets for its built-in apps, and third-party app makers have had a full year to create widgets of their own. Having a few well-placed widgets certainly makes your iPhone 13 a lot more useable.

Adjusting Safari's tab bar

iOS 15 contains a surprise for long-time Safari users. Apple's built-in browser moves the tab bar from the top of the screen to the bottom. Apple made the switch as part of an overhaul of Safari across its different platforms, and putting the tab bar near your thumb in iOS 15 Safari makes it easier to reach one-handed, especially on the larger screens of the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Max . 

But some people simply don't like the change, and Apple heard their complaints, giving them the ability to undo that tab bar relocation. To switch things back to how they were , go into Safari and tap the "aA" button on the left side of the tab bar. On the subsequent pop-up menu, select Show Top Address Bar. You'll be back to browsing in that old, familiar way in no time.

Set up an emergency contact

Like other iPhones before it, the iPhone 13 has an Emergency SOS feature you can use when you're in trouble. Press down on the Wake button and one of the power buttons simultaneously, and slider appear for shutting down the iPhone and for contacting medical emergency services. 

In addition to calling emergency services, your iPhone can also send a text message with your GPS location to designated emergency contacts. To designate someone as a contact, go into your iPhone's contacts app, tap the name of the person you're picking, and tap the Add to Emergency Contacts button.

That shutdown screen with the Emergency SOS slider also has a Medical ID slider that paramedics can access if you're non-responsive during an accident. To fill in that information, you can add Medical ID info in the Health app on your iPhone.

You may have noticed, there's no charger included with your iPhone 13 purchase. Apple stopped adding that with the iPhone 12 in 2020, as part of a move to make the phone more eco-friendly. Apple figures you probably have plenty of chargers lying around from previous iPhone purchases.

If you don't, though, you're going to want to purchase an iPhone 13 charger. And since the iPhone 13 supports wireless charging, it might be a good idea to pick up that accessory as well, particularly one that's made to support Apple's MagSafe charging technology. And of course, as durable as the iPhone 13 is, picking up a case to protect your iPhone 13 from drops wouldn't be a bad idea either.

We've rounded up the best iPhone 13 accessories , but here's a few selections that will help you get the most out of your new phone.

Apple 20W USB-C Power Adapter Normally $20, Apple's own 20W wall charger can make sure your iPhone 13 charges at full speed regardless of which model you own. Plug in the Lightning cable that comes with your phone, and you'll be ready to top off your iPhone 13 whenever battery begins to dip.

Belkin MagSafe 2-in-1 Wireless Charger Belkin's wireless charging stand delivers the maximum 15W charging speed for the iPhone 13 while also working with the phone's MagSafe connections to hold your iPhone in place. Even better, the stand can wireless charge Apple's AirPod charging case in case you happen to own a pair of wireless earbuds. Speaking of which...

Apple AirPods 3 The latest generation of Apple's earbuds includes features like adaptive EQ and spatial audio support, plus IPX4 water resistance and a more ergonomic design. You're giving up the active noise cancellation features that Apple offers with the AirPods Pro , but you're also not spending as much on your next pair of wireless earbuds.

As for cases, apart from the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro, Apple's other models all feature different sizes. So when shopping for an iPhone 13 case, make sure you're eyeing something that fits your particular iPhone model.

We're rounded up the best cases for the iPhone 13 , as well as iPhone 13 mini cases , the best iPhone 13 Pro cases and top cases for the iPhone 13 Pro Max . Here are our top picks for each iPhone model.

Apple iPhone 13 case with MagSafe Who better to build an iPhone 13 case than the company that built the iPhone itself? Because the iPhone 13 case with MagSafe is clear, you don't have to fret about showing off the iPhone's stellar design and colors. And MagSafe compatibility means it works with Apple's wireless charging feature for accessories.

Peak Design Everyday Case for iPhone 13 Pro If you want both a minimalist design and an excess of elegance, we recommend the Peak Design Everyday Case, available for the iPhone 13. The case has an attractive design and good grip, but really, its job is to stay out of the way, while also working with MagSafe chargers.

CaseBorne R Series for iPhone 13 Pro Max A big phone demands big protection, and that's what you're going to get with the CaseBorne R Series. The polycarbonate and aluminum case offers 12-foot drop protection, and its transparent rear panel at least lets you see the iPhone's back.

Spigen Tough Armor iPhone 13 mini case Small phones need protection, too, and Spigen's Tough Armor boasts three layers of defense inside the frame to keep your mini safe in the event of drops. You get a built-in kickstand, and the Tough Armor is compatible with MagSafe chargers, too.

So you've set up your iPhone 13 and you've loaded up on the necessary accessories. It's time to dive into just what this phone can do. Here are some of our favorite features, some of which are exclusive to the iPhone 13 and others that are powered by the iOS 15 update.

Cinematic mode

No matter what iPhone 13 model you own, you can shoot Hollywood-style videos with shifting focus thanks to the new Cinematic Mode . With Cinematic Mode enabled, your videos have depth of field, and the focus can change, depending on the action you're capturing. (If the person you're shooting turns to talk to someone else in the video, for example, that person will wind up in focus.)

Cinematic Mode happens automatically, more or less. It's now a dedicated mode in the iPhone 13's camera app, alongside Video, Portrait and others. You can leave the focusing to your phone if you prefer, but you can also tap objects as you capture video to shift the focus.

Be aware that Cinematic Mode footage is capped at 1080p, so your dreams of shooting 4K video using this feature are on hold for now.

Photographic Styles

Another iPhone 13-specific feature is Photographic Styles , which some people might describe as fancy filters, though that's not a fully accurate description of what this feature can do. Instead of applying effects after the fact, you can turn to Photographic Styles in real-time, which lets you see how the photo will look before you press the shutter button.

Rich Contrast

Besides the standard view, Photographic Styles include Rich Contrast, Vibrant, Warms and Cool, with the effects doing precisely what their name would imply. You can even tweak the effects to a certain extent, adjusting warmth and color.

Apple made a lot of changes to FaceTime in iOS 15, including the layout and audio features of its video chat app. But one of the more eye-catching additions is SharePlay , which lets you listen to music, watch videos or share your screen with other people during your video chat sessions.

As you might imagine, Apple's own apps and services like Apple TV Plus and Apple Music support SharePlay. But Apple also released a developer tool that lets anyone add support for the feature to their apps. Disney Plus, Showtime and Paramount Plus are among the streaming services to add support. We've also been impressed by non-streaming apps that have folded in support for SharePlay — RedFin syncs up searching real estate listings through SharePlay while Night Sky lets you stargaze with other people.

We've got a guide for how to use SharePlay , which involves launching FaceTime, initiating a video call as usual and clicking the SharePlay option when you find the content you want to share.

Live Text and Visual Look Up

iOS 15 also introduces two new features that add some smarts to your camera — Live Text and Visual Look Up. With the former, you can use your iPhone 13 camera to copy any text in your photos and paste it into other apps, like Notes, Mail or Maps. 

Visual Look Up adds more information to your photos — just swipe up on an image in your Photos app and tap the information button. You'll get information like the location, historical details or — in the case of flora and fauna — data on what you're looking at. Even better, Visual Look Up also works in Messages and Safari — basically, any built-in app where you can view photos.

If these features sound a lot like what you can do with an Android phone, you're not mistaken. Google Lens offers similar capabilities, and has done so for a while. Yet, despite Google's head start, Live Text and Visual Look Up compared favorably to Google Lens when we tested the features during the iOS 15 beta process.

Memories in Photos

Memories isn't a new feature in iOS 15 or on the iPhone 13. But Apple's updates have significantly improved this feature, which takes your photos and videos from your library and turns them into automated slideshows. Memories are now front-and-center in the iOS 15 Photos app, and it's easy to fall down a wormhole watching these collections of your old shots.

Slideshows come with their own audio track, but if you don't like Apple's picks, you have the option to select different music. You can tweak the filters on the slideshow photos as well.

One of the best things about owning an iPhone continues to be all the apps available to you in the iOS App Store. We've picked out some of the best apps for your new iPhone , though you should also look at our collection of the best iPhone apps overall and the best iOS games .

Philip Michaels is a Managing Editor at Tom's Guide. He's been covering personal technology since 1999 and was in the building when Steve Jobs showed off the iPhone for the first time. He's been evaluating smartphones since that first iPhone debuted in 2007, and he's been following phone carriers and smartphone plans since 2015. He has strong opinions about Apple, the Oakland Athletics, old movies and proper butchery techniques. Follow him at @PhilipMichaels.

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If you see cookies-related error messages while using Safari on iOS, that means your device is set of reject cookies. Since that can cause issues with websites, we recommend re-enabling that feature, which won’t take more than a moment of your time. So, let’s talk about how to enable cookies on your iPhone 13. 

The following applies to the entire iPhone 13 lineup (iPhone 13, Mini, Pro, and Pro Max). Also, the same applies to any previous iPhone generation that runs iOS 15. We’ll also assume you use Safari, but you’ll find tips for other browsers as well. 

How to Enable Cookies on iPhone 13

As you can imagine, cookies can be enabled using the Settings app on your iPhone 13 running iOS 15. With that said, here are the steps that you need to take. 

1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone by tapping on its icon. 

2. Scroll a bit down and tap on ' Safari .'

3. Again, scroll down until you see the section called ' Privacy & Security .' 

4. First, make sure the switch next to ' Block All Cookies ' is disabled . 

5. Make sure the switch next to ' Prevent Cross-Site Tracking ' is disabled as well. That's it!

If you use Chrome or Firefox, navigate to Settings > Chrome or Settings > Firefox. Then, disable the switch next to 'Allow Cross-Website Tracking' to enable cookies.

What's the Difference Between 'Block All Cookies' & 'Prevent Cross-Site Tracking?'

By disabling the switch next to 'Block All Cookies,' you will instruct Safari to do just that – allow all cookies on your iPhone. When enabled, this feature prevents pretty much any type of online cookies from reaching your device, which might also block log-in cookies (which is the likely cause of any error messages you might see). 

By disabling the switch next to 'Prevent Cross-Site Tracking,' you will also prevent your iPhone from storing third-party cookies. They are saved by sites other than the one you’re visiting, which is the essence of how online tracking works. 

With that said, if you want to enable cookies on your iPhone 13, we recommend disabling the 'Block All Cookies' switch to allow first-party cookies. That should solve any error message you might see. However, if that doesn’t help, feel free to disable the 'Prevent Cross-Site Tracking' feature as well (to allow third-party cookies).

For more tips and tricks on using your new phone, head over to  our latest iPhone 13-related articles . We made sure to prepare a vast number of tutorials and guides, showing you how to become an advanced iPhone user. 

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The Best iPhone To Buy In 2024

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What’s the best iPhone you can buy right now? This is one of the most common questions we get asked as tech journalists, and with Apple’s ever-expanding lineup, answering it becomes trickier every year – but here’s our 2 cents on the subject…

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They’re expensive but they hold their value, are easy to use, and the outperform pretty much everything else on the market where it counts – day to day performance, support, and camera tech

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The iPhone 15 Pro Max is the ultimate iPhone, boasting cutting-edge features and unrivaled performance.

With its powerful A17 Pro chip, stunning 6.7-inch OLED display with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, and an impressive camera system that includes a 48MP wide lens and a 12MP telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom, this phone is a photography and videography powerhouse.

While it comes with a premium price tag, the iPhone 15 Pro Max justifies its cost with its advanced capabilities, such as the Always-On display, Dynamic Island, and the innovative Action Button.

Plus, with its long-lasting battery life, you can enjoy up to 29 hours of video playback on a single charge.

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For those seeking a balance between performance and affordability, the iPhone 15 Plus is our top recommendation. This device offers many of the same features as the iPhone 15 Pro Max, including the A16 Bionic chip, 5G connectivity, and the Dynamic Island, at a more accessible price point.

The iPhone 15 Plus also impresses with its large 6.7-inch OLED display and dual-camera system, consisting of a 48MP wide lens and a 12MP ultrawide lens. With storage options ranging from 128GB to 512GB, this phone provides ample space for all your photos, videos, and apps.

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This phone packs an impressive A15 Bionic chip, 5G connectivity, and a dual-camera system that delivers excellent photos and videos in most lighting conditions.

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Use Your iPhone to Take Stunning Long-Exposure Photos of This Weekend's Aurora Light Shows

Learn how to use Live Photos to take gorgeous long-exposure shots of the Northern Lights, with no extra apps or equipment needed.

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This weekend's spectacular aurora borealis light shows in the night sky are giving photographers a wonderful chance to test their skills and capture amazing images. To photograph the Northern Lights, you don't necessarily need a DLSR or fancy equipment -- your iPhone alone can create photos of a lifetime. 

If you've seen artistic photos of waterfalls or rivers, then you'll no doubt have seen long-exposure shots where the water is intentionally blurred to look silky-smooth while the surroundings -- the rocks and trees -- remain pin-sharp. It's a great technique to give the impression of motion in a still image and it used to be something you'd need a DSLR with filters and a tripod to take. But a neat feature built right into the iPhone's camera lets you take shots that look just as good. 

You don't even need the latest iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max to take advantage of this feature. It works on any iPhone launched after the iPhone 6.

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The technique uses Live Photos, a feature that turns a still image into a short animation by recording a few seconds of video when you fire the shutter. By analyzing which objects are moving, the iPhone captures the movement and blurs it. It's also able to recognize what isn't moving (a rock or a wall, for example) and attempts to keep those objects sharp and in focus. This lets you capture long-exposure images in even bright midday sun without using a tripod or filter. Take that, DSLRs. 

A standard image taken with the iPhone 11 Pro (left) and the same image, with the long-exposure mode enabled (right). 

Here's how you can do it.

Know what makes a good long-exposure shot

Not everything works as a long-exposure image. A close-up of a flower blowing in the breeze will just become a blurry mess, while a picture of a static car will remain, well, static. 

What you need is a scene where there are both static and moving elements. Waterfalls are common subjects, as the rushing water will be blurred while the surrounding rocks will remain solid. Any body of water, really, would be a good subject to experiment with. 

The standard shot (left) looks like any old snap from a Disney park. But a long exposure (right) transforms it into an ethereal image that really shows off the movement in the scene.

You can also try busy city streets. The long-exposure effect keeps the buildings and roads sharp and fixed in the image, but the people walking all around will be blurred into ghostly figures, which looks atmospheric and dramatic. 

This weekend's brilliant aurora borealis events are also a great opportunity for long-exposure photos . Because the lights are shifting so quickly, a long-exposure photo may capture reds and greens that our eyes might not even see. 

Turn on Live Photos

Getting a long-exposure image requires the movement that's recorded in a Live Photo, so it's critical that that mode is activated when shooting. It's located in the top right of the screen in the camera (when held in portrait orientation) or the top left (in landscape orientation). You'll see an icon of two circles surrounded by a third dotted circle. If there's no line through it, then Live Photos is activated. If there's a line through it, tap the icon and you'll see the message "Live" appear onscreen in a little yellow box. 

Make sure this icon doesn't have a line through it.

Keep steady

Although the iPhone doesn't require a tripod to get a good long-exposure image, you'll get the best results if you keep the phone as steady as possible while it's taking the Live image. I suggest resting the phone against a wall or some other fixed surface while shooting. If you have to hold the phone in your hand, I find that tucking my elbows in toward my body and holding my breath helps decrease motion blur while taking the shot. 

It's a good idea to take multiple shots too, hammering the shutter button while you hold the position. This way you'll increase your chances of capturing at least one image that's stable enough to produce an attractive long exposure.

Create the long exposure

Once you've captured your Live image, it's time to transform it into the actual long exposure. Start by opening your image in the gallery app. In the top left you'll see a small icon saying Live  with a small downward-pointing arrow next to it. Tap the arrow and you'll have the option to turn the image into a looping GIF, a bouncing GIF that plays forwards then backwards or, down at the bottom, a long exposure. 

It'll take a second or two, but you'll quickly see how any motion in your shot has been blurred into the dreamy effect you're after. You can then zoom in to check that it's still nice and sharp. Feel free to apply the same effect to other photos you took of the same scene, just in case they worked out better. 

If you happen to still be on iOS 14 or older, open the image you've settled on in your gallery and swipe up. This will bring up a panel called  Effects  where you can loop the motion in the video into GIFs. Swipe to the end of the effects panel though and you'll see one called  Long Exposure . Tap it. But you really should update your phone to a more recent version.   

I didn't intend to make this shot a long exposure when I first took it, but because it was a Live photo, I was able to go back later and turn the long-exposure mode on.

Make long-exposure photos from existing Live images

If you don't have a view of auroras in the night sky, have a look through your library to see if you already have other images that would work for long-exposure photos. The great thing about using the iPhone's long-exposure tool is that you don't need to use it while you're shooting. You can go back and apply it to any Live image you've taken up until now. 

Perhaps you visited Niagara Falls in New York or Havasu Falls in Arizona a few years ago and you happened to have had Live Photos activated when taking your shots. You can swipe up and activate long exposure on any of those shots. You can even go into your Live Photos album in your gallery to see all the shots you've got on your phone that can be transformed into long exposures. My advice? Put a good podcast on, settle into a comfy chair and see what dreamy shots you can dig out of your library. 

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iPhone 17 Pro Rumors: 12GB RAM, Narrower Dynamic Island for Pro Max

It's an iPhone 17 rumor frenzy this week courtesy of Jeff Pu, an analyst who has sources within Apple's supply chain in Asia.

12GB of RAM

In a research note with investment firm Haitong, Pu said the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will be equipped with 12GB of RAM. For comparison, the iPhone 15 Pro models have 8GB of RAM , and the iPhone 16 Pro models are also expected to have 8GB of RAM. The increase would contribute to improved performance for multitasking on the iPhone.

The alleged RAM amounts across the iPhone 17 lineup:

• iPhone 17: 8GB
• iPhone 17 Slim: 8GB
• iPhone 17 Pro: 12GB
• iPhone 17 Pro Max: 12GB

How that compares to the iPhone 15 lineup:

• iPhone 15: 6GB
• iPhone 15 Plus: 6GB
• iPhone 15 Pro: 8GB
• iPhone 15 Pro Max: 8GB

Narrower Dynamic Island on Pro Max

Pu said the iPhone 17 Pro Max will feature a "much narrowed Dynamic Island" as a result of the device adopting a smaller "metalens" for the Face ID system.

This would be the first size reduction for the Dynamic Island since its iPhone 14 Pro debut.

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iPhone 13 Pro Max - Technical Specifications

Year introduced : 2021

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Sierra Blue

Alpine Green

Ceramic Shield front, Textured matte glass back and stainless steel design

Size and Weight 2

Width: 3.07 inches (78.1 mm)

Height: 6.33 inches (160.8 mm)

Depth: 0.30 inch (7.65 mm)

Weight: 8.46 ounces (240 grams)

Super Retina XDR display with ProMotion

6.7‑inch (diagonal) all‑screen OLED display

2778‑by‑1284-pixel resolution at 458 ppi

ProMotion technology with adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz

HDR display

Wide color (P3)

Haptic Touch

2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)

1000 nits max brightness (typical); 1200 nits max brightness (HDR)

Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

The iPhone 13 Pro Max display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.68 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

Splash, Water, and Dust Resistant 3

Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529

A15 Bionic chip

New 6‑core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores

New 5‑core GPU

New 16‑core Neural Engine

Pro 12MP camera system: Telephoto, Wide, and Ultra Wide cameras

Telephoto: ƒ/2.8 aperture

Wide: ƒ/1.5 aperture

Ultra Wide: ƒ/1.8 aperture and 120° field of view

3x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out; 6x optical zoom range

Digital zoom up to 15x

Night mode portraits enabled by LiDAR Scanner

Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control

Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono)

Dual optical image stabilization (Telephoto and Wide)

Sensor‑shift optical image stabilization (Wide)

Six‑element lens (Telephoto and Ultra Wide); seven‑element lens (Wide)

True Tone flash with Slow Sync

Panorama (up to 63MP)

Sapphire crystal lens cover

100% Focus Pixels (Wide)

Deep Fusion

Smart HDR 4

Photographic Styles

Macro photography

Apple ProRAW

Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos

Lens correction (Ultra Wide)

Advanced red‑eye correction

Photo geotagging

Auto image stabilization

Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

Video Recording

Cinematic mode for recording videos with shallow depth of field (in 1080p at 30 fps)

HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 60 fps

4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps

1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps

720p HD video recording at 30 fps

ProRes video recording up to 4K at 30 fps (1080p at 30 fps for 128GB storage)

Macro video recording, including slo-mo and time‑lapse

Dual optical image stabilization for video (Telephoto and Wide)

Sensor‑shift optical image stabilization for video (Wide)

Digital zoom up to 9x

True Tone flash

QuickTake video

Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps

Time‑lapse video with stabilization

Night mode Time‑lapse

Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)

Continuous autofocus video

Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video

Playback zoom

Video formats recorded: HEVC, H.264, and ProRes

Stereo recording

TrueDepth Camera

12MP camera

ƒ/2.2 aperture

Animoji and Memoji

Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps

Lens correction

Retina Flash

Enabled by TrueDepth camera for facial recognition

Pay with your iPhone using Face ID in stores, within apps, and on the web

Send and receive money in Messages with Apple Cash 4

Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your Mac

Pay for your ride using Express Transit 5

Learn more about Apple Pay

Learn more about Apple Cash

Cellular and Wireless

Model A2483 *

5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79)

5G NR mmWave (Bands n258, n260, n261)

FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)

TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)

CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz)

UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Model A2484 *

5G (sub‑6 GHz and mmWave) with 4x4 MIMO 6

Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA 6

Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO

Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology

Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness 7

NFC with reader mode

Express Cards with power reserve

For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your carrier and see apple.com/iphone/cellular .

Built-in GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou

Digital compass

iBeacon microlocation

Video Calling 8

FaceTime video calling over cellular or Wi‑Fi

FaceTime HD (1080p) video calling over 5G or Wi‑Fi

Share experiences like movies, TV, music, and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay

Screen sharing

Portrait mode in FaceTime video

Spatial audio

Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

Optical zoom with rear‑facing camera

Audio Calling 8

FaceTime audio

Voice over LTE (VoLTE) 6

Wi‑Fi calling 6

Audio Playback

Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos

Spatial audio playback

User‑configurable maximum volume limit

Video Playback

Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, and ProRes

HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG

Up to 4K HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos, and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay 2–enabled smart TV

Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately) 9

Use your voice to send messages, set reminders, and more

Activate hands‑free with only your voice using “Hey Siri”

Use your voice to run shortcuts from your favorite apps

Learn more about Siri

External Buttons and Connectors

Front camera

Side button

Lightning connector

Volume buttons

Ring/Silent switch

Rear cameras

LiDAR Scanner

Power and Battery 11

Video playback: Up to 28 hours

Video playback (streamed): Up to 25 hours

Audio playback: Up to 95 hours

Built‑in rechargeable lithium‑ion battery

MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W 12

Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W 12

Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter

Fast-charge capable: Up to 50% charge in around 30 minutes 13 with 20W adapter or higher (available separately)

Wireless charging up to 15W 12

Magnet array

Alignment magnet

Accessory Identification NFC

Magnetometer

Three‑axis gyro

Accelerometer

Proximity sensor

Ambient light sensor

Operating System

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iPhone User Guide

Accessibility

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing, and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPhone.

Learn more about Accessibility

Features include:

Voice Control

RTT and TTY support

Siri and Dictation

Type to Siri

Switch Control

Closed Captions

AssistiveTouch

Spoken Content

Built-in Apps

iTunes Store

Voice Memos

Free Apps from Apple

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, Clips, and Apple Store app are preinstalled.

Apple Store

iTunes Remote

Dual SIM (nano‑SIM and eSIM) 14

Dual eSIM support 14

iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max are not compatible with existing micro‑SIM cards.

eSIM not supported in all regions. Learn more about eSIM on iPhone .

Rating for Hearing Aids

Mail attachment support.

Viewable document types

.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz (USDZ Universal)

System Requirements

Apple ID (required for some features)

Internet access 15

Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder

macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 through macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.8 or later

Windows 7 or later using iTunes 12.10.10 or later (free download from itunes.com/download )

Environmental Requirements

Operating ambient temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)

Nonoperating temperature: −4° to 113° F (−20° to 45° C)

Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing

Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Language support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10 Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10 Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10 Key), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Ainu, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Fula (Adlam), Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam, Maltese, Manipuri (Bangla, Meetei Mayek), Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese, Welsh

QuickType keyboard support with autocorrection

Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese - Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese - Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese - Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Japan), English (Singapore), English (UK), English (U.S.), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-set), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal), Tamil (Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with predictive input

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual input

English (U.S.), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese - Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese - Traditional (Pinyin), French (France), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Latin)

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

English (U.S.), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Latin), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickPath keyboard support

English (U.S.), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese

Siri languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

Dictation languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, U.S.), Spanish (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong, Macao), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi (India), Hungarian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Definition dictionary support

English (UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Traditional) – English, Dutch – English, French – English, French – German, German – English, Gujarati – English, Hindi – English, Indonesian – English, Italian – English, Japanese – English, Japanese – Chinese (Simplified), Korean – English, Polish – English, Portuguese – English, Russian – English, Spanish – English, Tamil – English, Telugu – English, Thai – English, Urdu – English, Vietnamese – English

English (UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified)

Spell check

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Arabic Najdi, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish

Apple Pay supported regions

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China mainland, 17 Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, U.S., Vatican City

iPhone 13 Pro Max

USB‑C to Lightning Cable

Documentation

As part of our efforts to reach our environmental goals , iPhone 13 Pro Max do not include a power adapter or EarPods. Included in the box is a USB‑C to Lightning Cable that supports fast charging and is compatible with USB‑C power adapters and computer ports.

We encourage you to re‑use your current USB‑A to Lightning cables, power adapters, and headphones, which are compatible with these iPhone models. But if you need any new Apple power adapters or headphones, they are available for purchase.

iPhone and the Environment

iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max are designed with the following features to reduce their environmental impact: 17

See the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max Product Environmental Reports

Made with better materials

100% recycled tungsten in the Taptic Engine, representing 99% of the tungsten in the device

100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 98% of the rare earth elements in the device

100% recycled gold in the plating of the main logic board

100% recycled gold in the wire in the front camera and the rear cameras

100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board and the battery management unit

35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components

Energy efficient

Meets U.S. Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems 18

Smarter chemistry 19

Arsenic-free display glass

Mercury-, BFR-, PVC-, and beryllium-free

Green manufacturing

Apple’s Zero Waste Program helps suppliers eliminate waste sent to landfill

All final assembly supplier sites are transitioning to 100% renewable energy for Apple production

Responsible packaging

100% of virgin wood fiber comes from responsibly managed forests

90% or more fiber-based packaging

Apple and the Environment

We’re committed to making our products without taking from the earth, and to become carbon neutral across our entire business, including products, by 2030.

See Apple’s commitment

* To identify your iPhone model number, see support.apple.com/kb/HT3939 . For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your carrier and see apple.com/iphone/cellular . Cellular technology support is based on iPhone model number and configuration for either CDMA or GSM networks.

Available space is less and varies due to many factors. A standard configuration uses approximately 12GB to 17GB of space, including iOS 15 with its latest features and Apple apps that can be deleted. Apple apps that can be deleted use about 4.5GB of space, and you can download them back from the App Store. Storage capacity subject to change based on software version, settings, and iPhone model.

Size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process.

iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max are splash, water, and dust resistant and were tested under controlled laboratory conditions with a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes). Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions. Resistance might decrease as a result of normal wear. Do not attempt to charge a wet iPhone; refer to the user guide for cleaning and drying instructions. Liquid damage not covered under warranty.

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Apple unveils stunning new iPad Pro with the world’s most advanced display, M4 chip, and Apple Pencil Pro

Thinnest Apple Product Ever

World’s Most Advanced Display

Only Possible with M4

Outrageously Powerful Device for AI

Pro Cameras

Pro Connectivity

Apple Pencil Pro

All-New Magic Keyboard and Smart Folio

Powerful iPadOS Features

Logic Pro for iPad 2

Final Cut Pro for iPad 2

iPad Pro and the Environment

• Customers can order the new iPad Pro with M4 starting today, May 7, at apple.com/store , and in the Apple Store app in 29 countries and regions, including the U.S., with availability in stores beginning Wednesday, May 15.
• The new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro will be available in silver and space black finishes in 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB configurations.
• The 11-inch iPad Pro starts at  $999  (U.S.) for the Wi-Fi model, and  $1,199  (U.S.) for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model. The 13-inch iPad Pro starts at  $1,299  (U.S.) for the Wi-Fi model, and  $1,499  (U.S.) for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model. Additional technical specifications, including nano-texture glass options, are available at apple.com/store .
• For education, the new 11-inch iPad Pro is available for  $899  (U.S.) and the 13-inch iPad Pro is $1,199 (U.S.). Education pricing is available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and home-school teachers of all grade levels. For more information, visit  apple.com/us-hed/shop .
• The new Apple Pencil Pro is compatible with the new iPad Pro. It is available for $129 (U.S.). For education, Apple Pencil Pro is available for $119 (U.S.).
• Apple Pencil (USB-C) is compatible with the new iPad Pro. It is available for $79 (U.S.) and $69 (U.S.) for education.
• The new Magic Keyboard is compatible with the new iPad Pro. It is available in black and white finishes. The new 11-inch Magic Keyboard is available for $299 (U.S.) and the new 13-inch Magic Keyboard is available for $349 (U.S.), with layouts for over 30 languages. For education, the 11-inch Magic Keyboard is available for $279 (U.S.) and the 13-inch Magic Keyboard is available for $329 (U.S.).
• The new Smart Folio is available for $79 (U.S.) in black, white, and denim finishes for the new 11-inch iPad Pro and $99 (U.S.) for the new 13-inch iPad Pro.
• Logic Pro for iPad 2 is available on May 13 as a free update for existing users, and for new users, it is available on the App Store for $4.99 (U.S.) per month, or $49 (U.S.) per year, with a one-month free trial. Logic Pro for iPad 2 requires iPadOS 17.4 or later. For more information, visit apple.com/logic-pro-for-ipad .
• Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 will be available later this spring on the App Store for $4.99 (U.S.) per month, or $49 (U.S.) per year, with a one-month free trial.
• Apple offers great ways to save on the latest iPad. Customers can trade in their current iPad and get credit toward a new one by visiting the Apple Store online , the Apple Store app, or an Apple Store location. To see what their device is worth, and for terms and conditions, customers can visit apple.com/shop/trade-in .
• Customers in the U.S. who shop at Apple using Apple Card can pay monthly at 0 percent APR when they choose to check out with Apple Card Monthly Installments, and they’ll get 3 percent Daily Cash back — all upfront.

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PRESS RELEASE

Featuring a new thin and light design, breakthrough Ultra Retina XDR display, and outrageously fast M4 performance with powerful AI capabilities, the new iPad Pro takes a huge leap forward

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today unveiled the groundbreaking new iPad Pro in a stunningly thin and light design, taking portability and performance to the next level. Available in silver and space black finishes, the new iPad Pro comes in two sizes: an expansive 13-inch model and a super-portable 11-inch model. Both sizes feature the world’s most advanced display — a new breakthrough Ultra Retina XDR display with state-of-the-art tandem OLED technology — providing a remarkable visual experience. The new iPad Pro is made possible with the new M4 chip, the next generation of Apple silicon, which delivers a huge leap in performance and capabilities. M4 features an entirely new display engine to enable the precision, color, and brightness of the Ultra Retina XDR display. With a new CPU, a next-generation GPU that builds upon the GPU architecture debuted on M3, and the most powerful Neural Engine yet, the new iPad Pro is an outrageously powerful device for artificial intelligence. The versatility and advanced capabilities of iPad Pro are also enhanced with all-new accessories. Apple Pencil Pro brings powerful new interactions that take the pencil experience even further, and a new thinner, lighter Magic Keyboard is packed with incredible features. The new iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, and Magic Keyboard are available to order starting today, with availability in stores beginning Wednesday, May 15.

“iPad Pro empowers a broad set of pros and is perfect for anyone who wants the ultimate iPad experience — with its combination of the world’s best displays, extraordinary performance of our latest M-series chips, and advanced accessories — all in a portable design. Today, we’re taking it even further with the new, stunningly thin and light iPad Pro, our biggest update ever to iPad Pro,” said John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering. “With the breakthrough Ultra Retina XDR display, the next-level performance of M4, incredible AI capabilities, and support for the all-new Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard, there’s no device like the new iPad Pro.”

The new iPad Pro — the thinnest Apple product ever — features a stunningly thin and light design, taking portability to a whole new level. The 11-inch model is just 5.3 mm thin, and the 13-inch model is even thinner at a striking 5.1 mm, while both models are just as strong as the previous design. The 11-inch model weighs less than a pound, and the 13-inch model is nearly a quarter pound lighter than its predecessor — allowing pro users to extend their workflows in new ways and in more places. The new iPad Pro is available in two gorgeous finishes — silver and space black — both with 100 percent recycled aluminum enclosures.

The new iPad Pro debuts the Ultra Retina XDR, the world’s most advanced display, to provide an even more remarkable visual experience. The Ultra Retina XDR display features state-of-the-art tandem OLED technology that uses two OLED panels and combines the light from both to provide phenomenal full-screen brightness. The new iPad Pro supports an incredible 1000 nits of full-screen brightness for SDR and HDR content, and 1600 nits peak for HDR. No other device of its kind delivers this level of extreme dynamic range. Tandem OLED technology enables sub-millisecond control over the color and luminance of each pixel, taking XDR precision further than ever. Specular highlights in photos and video appear even brighter, and there’s more detail in shadows and low light than ever before on iPad — all while delivering even more responsiveness to content in motion. For pro users working in high-end, color-managed workflows or challenging lighting conditions, a new nano-texture glass option comes to iPad Pro for the first time. 1 Nano-texture glass is precisely etched at a nanometer scale, maintaining image quality and contrast while scattering ambient light for reduced glare. With its breakthrough tandem OLED technology, extreme brightness, incredibly precise contrast, brilliant colors, and nano-texture glass option, the new Ultra Retina XDR display is the world’s most advanced display, giving iPad Pro customers an unparalleled viewing experience.

The incredibly thin and light design and game-changing display of the new iPad Pro is only possible with M4, the next generation of Apple silicon that delivers a huge leap in performance. M4 is built on second-generation 3-nanometer technology that’s even more power efficient, which is perfect for the design of the new iPad Pro. With an entirely new display engine, M4 introduces pioneering technology for the stunning precision, color, and brightness of the Ultra Retina XDR display. The new CPU offers up to four performance cores and now six efficiency cores, 2 with next-generation machine learning (ML) accelerators, to deliver up to 1.5x faster CPU performance over M2 in the previous-generation iPad Pro. 3 M4 builds on the GPU architecture of M3 — the 10-core GPU includes powerful features like Dynamic Caching, and hardware-accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing, which come to iPad for the first time. Coupled with higher unified memory bandwidth, pro rendering apps like Octane will see up to 4x faster performance than M2. 3 M4 also delivers tremendous gains and industry-leading performance per watt. Compared to M2, M4 can deliver the same performance using just half the power, and compared to the latest PC chip in a thin and light laptop, M4 can deliver the same performance using just a quarter of the power. 4 A new advanced Media Engine includes support for AV1 decode, providing more power-efficient playback of high-resolution video experiences from streaming services.

The new iPad Pro with M4 features Apple’s most powerful Neural Engine ever, capable of 38 trillion operations per second, which is 60x faster than Apple’s first Neural Engine in the A11 Bionic chip. Combined with next-generation ML accelerators in the CPU, a high-performance GPU, more memory bandwidth, and intelligent features and powerful developer frameworks in iPadOS, the Neural Engine makes the new iPad Pro an outrageously powerful device for AI. With iPad Pro with M4, users can perform AI-enabled tasks even faster, like easily isolate a subject from its background in 4K video with just a tap with Scene Removal Mask in Final Cut Pro. With this advanced level of performance, the Neural Engine in M4 is more powerful than any neural processing unit in any AI PC today.

iPadOS also has advanced frameworks like Core ML that make it easy for developers to tap into the Neural Engine to deliver phenomenal AI features locally, including running powerful diffusion and generative AI models, with great performance on device. iPad Pro also supports cloud-based solutions, enabling users to run powerful productivity and creative apps that tap into the power of AI, such as Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Adobe Firefly.

The updated camera system on the new iPad Pro delivers even more versatility, and with its rich audio from four studio-quality mics, users can shoot, edit, and share all on one device. The 12MP back camera captures vibrant Smart HDR images and video with even better color, improved textures, and detail in low light. It also now features a new adaptive True Tone flash that makes document scanning on the new iPad Pro better than ever. Using AI, the new iPad Pro automatically identifies documents right in the Camera app, and if a shadow is in the way, it instantly takes multiple photos with the new adaptive flash, stitching the scan together for a dramatically better scan.

On the front, the TrueDepth camera system moves to the landscape location on the new iPad Pro. The Ultra Wide 12MP camera with Center Stage makes the experience of video conferencing in landscape orientation even better, especially when iPad is attached to a Magic Keyboard or Smart Folio.

iPad Pro includes a high-performance USB-C connector with support for Thunderbolt 3 and USB 4, delivering fast wired connectivity — up to 40Gb/s. Thunderbolt supports an extensive ecosystem of high-performance accessories, including external displays like the Pro Display XDR at its full 6K resolution, and external storage, all connected using high-performance cables and docks. iPad Pro supports Wi-Fi 6E for super-fast Wi-Fi connections for pro workflows on the go. Wi-Fi + Cellular models with 5G allow users to access their files, communicate with colleagues, and back up their data in a snap while on the go. Cellular models of the new iPad Pro are activated with eSIM, a more secure alternative to a physical SIM card, allowing users to quickly connect and transfer their existing plans digitally, and store multiple cellular plans on a single device. Customers can easily get connected to wireless data plans on the new iPad Pro in over 190 countries and regions around the world without needing to get a physical SIM card from a local carrier.

Apple Pencil Pro features even more magical capabilities and powerful new interactions that take the Apple Pencil experience even further. A new sensor in the barrel can sense a user’s squeeze, bringing up a tool palette to quickly switch tools, line weights, and colors, all without interrupting the creative process. A custom haptic engine delivers a light tap that provides confirmation when users squeeze, use double-tap, or snap to a Smart Shape for a remarkably intuitive experience. A gyroscope allows users to roll Apple Pencil Pro for precise control of the tool they’re using. Rotating the barrel changes the orientation of shaped pen and brush tools, just like pen and paper. And with Apple Pencil hover, users can visualize the exact orientation of a tool before making a mark.

With these advanced features, Apple Pencil Pro allows users to bring their ideas to life in entirely new ways, and developers can also create their own custom interactions. Apple Pencil Pro brings support for Find My for the first time to Apple Pencil, helping users locate Apple Pencil Pro if misplaced. It pairs, charges, and is stored on the side of iPad Pro through a new magnetic interface. iPad Pro also supports Apple Pencil (USB-C), ideal for note taking, sketching, annotating, journaling, and more, at an incredible value.

Designed for the new iPad Pro, an all-new thinner and lighter Magic Keyboard makes it more portable and versatile than ever. The new Magic Keyboard opens to the magical floating design that customers love, and now includes a function row for access to features like screen brightness and volume controls. It also has a gorgeous aluminum palm rest and larger trackpad that’s even more responsive with haptic feedback, so the entire experience feels just like using a MacBook. The new Magic Keyboard attaches magnetically, and the Smart Connector immediately connects power and data without the need for Bluetooth. The machined aluminum hinge also includes a USB-C connector for charging. The new Magic Keyboard comes in two colors that perfectly complement the new iPad Pro: black with a space black aluminum palm rest, and white with a silver aluminum palm rest.

The new Smart Folio for iPad Pro attaches magnetically and now supports multiple viewing angles for greater flexibility. Available in black, white, and denim, it complements the colors of the new iPad Pro.

iPadOS is packed with features that push the boundaries of what’s possible on iPad. With Reference Mode, iPadOS can precisely match color requirements of the Ultra Retina XDR display for tasks in which accurate colors and consistent image quality are critical — including review and approve, color grading, and compositing. Stage Manager enables users to work with multiple overlapping windows in a single view, resize windows, tap to switch between apps, and more. With full external display support of up to 6K, iPad Pro users can also extend their workflow, as well as use the built-in camera on an external display for enhanced video conferencing. Users can take advantage of the powerful AI capabilities in iPad Pro and intelligent features in iPadOS, including Visual Look Up, Subject Lift, Live Text, or Live Captions and Personal Voice for accessibility.

With iPadOS 17 , users can customize the Lock Screen to make it more personal — taking advantage of the larger display on iPad — and interactive widgets take glanceable information further with the ability to get tasks done right in the moment with just a tap. The Notes app gives users new ways to organize, read, annotate, and collaborate on PDFs, and working with PDFs is also easier with AutoFill, which intelligently identifies and fills fields in forms.

Logic Pro for iPad 2 , available starting Monday, May 13, introduces incredible studio assistant features that augment the music-making process and provide artists help right when they need it — all while ensuring they maintain full creative control. These features include Session Players, which expand on popular Drummer capabilities in Logic to include a new Bass Player and Keyboard Player; ChromaGlow, to instantly add warmth to tracks; and Stem Splitter, to extract and work with individual parts of a single audio recording.

Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 , available later this spring, introduces Live Multicam, a new feature that transforms iPad into a mobile production studio, allowing users to view and control up to four connected iPhone and iPad devices wirelessly. 5 To support Live Multicam, an all-new capture app also comes to iPad and iPhone, Final Cut Camera, 6 giving users control over options like white balance, ISO, and shutter speed, along with monitoring tools like overexposure indicators and focus peaking. Final Cut Camera works as a standalone capture app or with Live Multicam. Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 also allows users to create or open projects from external storage, giving editors even more flexibility, and offers new content options. 7

The new iPad Pro is designed with the environment in mind, including 100 percent recycled aluminum in the enclosure, 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and 100 percent recycled gold plating and tin soldering in multiple printed circuit boards. The new iPad Pro meets Apple’s high standards for energy efficiency, and is free of mercury, brominated flame retardants, and PVC. The packaging is 100 percent fiber-based, bringing Apple closer to its goal to remove plastic from all packaging by 2025.

Today, Apple is carbon neutral for global corporate operations, and by 2030, plans to be carbon neutral across the entire manufacturing supply chain and life cycle of every product.

Pricing and Availability

• Nano-texture glass is an option on the 1TB and 2TB configurations of the 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro models.
• iPad Pro models with 256GB or 512GB storage feature the Apple M4 chip with a 9‑core CPU. iPad Pro models with 1TB or 2TB storage feature the Apple M4 chip with a 10‑core CPU.
• Testing was conducted by Apple in March and April 2024. See apple.com/ipad-pro for more information.
• Testing was conducted by Apple in March and April 2024 using preproduction 13-inch iPad Pro (M4) units with a 10-core CPU and 16GB of RAM. Performance was measured using select industry‑standard benchmarks. PC laptop chip performance data is from testing ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3405MA) with Core Ultra 7 155H and 32GB of RAM. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iPad Pro.
• Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 is compatible with iPad models with the M1 chip or later, and Logic Pro for iPad 2 will be available on iPad models with the A12 Bionic chip or later.
• Final Cut Camera is compatible with iPhone X S and later with iOS 17.4 or later, and iPad models compatible with iPadOS 17.4 or later.
• External project support requires iPadOS 17.5 or later.

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