Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max review

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Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max review

Introduction

Not just the best iPhone ever, but also

 the one with the 'biggest camera

 update ever' - that would be this year's

 iPhone 13 Pro, which we have here in

 Max size. Joining those larger and

 better cameras, we have a high refresh

 rate display, more battery, the

 mandatory chipset upgrade - the 13

 Pro Max ticks all the boxes for

 improving everything that's important

 We're here to see by just how much

The advancements in the camera

 system start with a new primary unit

 with a bigger sensor and a brighter

 lens. The ultrawide module also sports

 a brighter lens, but one that features

 autofocus - a first for an iPhone

 ultrawide. Then there's the telephoto

 which now offers improved reach up

 to 3x, albeit with a slightly dimmer

 lens. On the front, things have

 remained the same, and no, the 20%

 reduction in notch size doesn't count

Finally giving in to market trends,

 Apple's fitted the 13 Pro and Pro Max

 with 120Hz displays - or, rather,

 ProMotion. They're the adaptive kind,

 theoretically capable of variable

 refresh rates to reach all the way down

 to 10Hz to preserve battery. That's in

 addition to an already great screen

 feature set that includes DolbyVision

 support, plenty of brightness and

 excellent color rendition

2021 iPhones all come with increased

 battery capacity, and in the 13 Pro

 Max' case, that's an 18% bump - 2.5

 hours more than last year's Pro Max in

 Apple's metrics, or 'longest battery

 life ever on an iPhone', and all that

As usual, a new year means an

 upgraded chipset, and alongside

 freshly named CPU cores and higher

 clock rate, the A15 in the 13 Pros also

 comes with an extra GPU core on top

 of the non-Pros. Somewhat related

 the 13 Pro Max can be specced with

 up to a full 1TB of storage - that

 should be useful for iPhone

 filmmakers if no one else

Here's a few of the other more important specs.

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max specs at a glance:

Body: 

By160.8x78.1x7.7mm, 240g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass), stainless steel frame; IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 mins), Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified).

Display: 6

.70" Super Retina XDR OLED, 120Hz, HDR10, Dolby Vision, 1000 nits (typ), 1200 nits (peak), 1284x2778px resolution, 19.47:9 aspect ratio, 458ppi; Wide color gamut, True-tone.

Chipset: A

pple A15 Bionic (5 nm): Hexa-core (2x3.22 GHz Avalanche + 4xX.X GHz Blizzard); Apple GPU (5-core graphics).

Memory: 

128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM, 512GB 6GB RAM, 1TB; NVMe.

OS/Software:

 iOS 15.

Rear camera: 

Wide (main): 12 MP, f/1.5, 26mm, 1.9µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS; Telephoto: 12 MP, f/2.8, 77mm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f/1.8, 13mm, 120˚, PDAF; Depth: TOF 3D LiDAR scanner.

Front camera: 

Wide (main): 12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm, 1/3.6"; Depth: SL 3D.

Video capture: 

Rear camera: 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, 10‑bit HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), ProRes, Cinematic mode, stereo sound rec; Front camera: 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS.

Battery:

 4352mAh; Fast charging 27W, 50% in 30 min (advertised), USB Power Delivery 2.0, MagSafe wireless charging 15W, Qi magnetic fast wireless charging 7.5W.

Misc: 

Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer; NFC; Siri natural language commands and dictation, Ultra Wideband (UWB) support.

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max unboxing

This one is easy - there's not a whole

 lot to unbox. The slimline packaging

 introduced in 2020 (with barebones

 contents too) is now followed up with

 the removal of the plastic sleeve as

 this year's contribution to the

 environment.

Inside, you'll find the phone, a USB-C to

 Lightning cable, and a paper sleeve

 containing documentation, a single

 Apple sticker and the SIM tray removal

 pin. All in all, Apple's standard issue

 stuff