How the iPhone 13, Mini, Professional and Max examine to Android rivals — and vs. iPhone 12

Apple has introduced its new iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Professional and iPhone 13 Professional Max, which function higher cameras, 120Hz screens, new processors (which Apple claims are the quickest in a cellphone, interval), higher battery life, and smaller notches in comparison with their predecessors. However must you improve from the iPhone 12, and is Apple beating the Android competitors? Right here’s how Apple stacks as much as Samsung, OnePlus, Google, and its personal earlier units on paper.

One factor to remember earlier than we dive in is that specs don’t inform the entire story. There’s the apparent tough comparisons (how does an Apple A15 chip stack up in opposition to a Snapdragon 888, and the way do you examine conventional telephones to folding ones), in addition to the small particulars that don’t match cleanly on a spec sheet. For example, considered one of Apple’s professional options is the power to shoot 4K ProRes on its higher-end telephones — apart from the fashions with 128GB of storage, which shall be restricted to 1080p ProRes.

There’s additionally an apparent competitor lacking: Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Professional. Google didn’t give us their full specs in its partial announcement, which makes it laborious to incorporate them in a spec comparability.

However let’s put all these caveats apart, as a result of possibly you’re searching for a cellphone proper now. How do the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini stack up, spec-for-spec, in opposition to their Android rivals? Costs all through this comparability, by the best way, are for the unlocked iPhones, that are $30 greater than the service variations.

In any case, let’s cease speaking about saving a couple of dollars, and blow the finances a bit: how does the iPhone 13 Professional stack up in opposition to the Android flagships, in a battle of the $1,000 plus telephones?

As with previous years, we see that Apple isn’t essentially enjoying a spec-game, particularly with regards to cameras. A few of its higher-end Android rivals boast megapixel counts which might be 4 and even nearly 10 instances as excessive as Apple’s cameras. Whether or not that’ll give them an edge or not must be seen after we check Apple’s “dramatically extra highly effective” cameras. Each Apple and Google have historically prioritized bigger pixels for low-light efficiency relatively than uncooked decision.

Lastly, let’s check out how Apple did year-over-year with regards to upgrading its specs. It’s price noting that, whereas we’ve included the 12 Professional, you truly can’t purchase that cellphone from Apple anymore, making the comparability extra helpful for upgraders than cross-shoppers.

One fascinating level is that the telephones haven’t modified with regards to width, peak, or display dimension, however they’ve gotten a bit thicker, and a bit heavier. They’re packing a good quantity of recent tech although, so maybe that’s comprehensible.

What the specs do not present, although, is how unfavorably the iPhone 12 is priced — at first look the it looks as if an affordable purchase at $100 cheaper, however at that worth you’re solely getting half the storage. In the event you get a 128GB iPhone 12, you’ll solely be saving $50 in comparison with the 128GB iPhone 13, which has all of the upgrades to the screens, cameras, battery life, and every thing else Apple introduced on Tuesday. Positive, it’s technically cheaper, however you’d be giving up so much for little or no financial savings.

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