iPhone 13 review: One of the best of Apple's top models

 The iPhone 13 comes with a brilliant, high-quality screen and a powerful Apple processor that is very effective at running heavy games and processing various applications. In addition, Apple made updates to the iPhone 13's camera, making it very distinctive when taking pictures and recording videos. The following are the details:

Display

• The iPhone 13 comes with a Super Retina XDR OLED screen that supports HDR and Dolby Vision features

• The screen size is 6.1 inches (diagonally) and the screen area is 90.2 cm2, where the screen occupies 86% of the front side of the phone.

• Displays 1170×2532p FHD Plus

• The pixel density per inch is 460 ppi

• The iPhone 13 screen is made of ceramic beaded glass that is resistant to scratching and breakage

• Coated with an oil- and a fingerprint-resistant coating

• The high brightness limit is 800 nits, and the maximum brightness limit is 1200 nits. 

Design and body

• The phone has a curved cuboid shape that is designed to be a masterpiece in the world of phones

• The length of the iPhone 13 is 146.7 millimeters, its width is 71.5 millimeters, and the thickness of the phone is 7.7 millimeters

• The weight of the phone is 174 grams, which is scary compared to others.

• Scratch-resistant and shatter-resistant corning glass on the front and back

• Take the IP68 rating for dust and water resistance, where the iPhone 13 can resist water to a depth of 6 meters for 30 minutes

• Available in the following colors: black, blue, red, green, pink, and white. 

System & Processor

• iPhone 13 operating system is iOS 15, which can be updated to iOS 16.2

• The processor is A13 Bionic produced by Apple, where it was manufactured with 5 nm technology.

• The processor used in the iPhone 13 consists of six cores, which are:

- Two 3.23 GHz avalanche heavy operations cores
- Four light and medium operations cores of the blizzard type with a frequency of 1.82 GHz

• The graphics processor is the Apple GBU, which is a quad-core. 

Memory

The versions in which the iPhone 13 is available are three, and they vary according to the internal memory storage capacity:

• The first version comes with an internal storage of 128 GB and 4 GB of RAM

• The second version comes with 256 GB of internal storage and 4 GB of RAM.

• The third version comes with 512 GB of internal storage and 4 GB of RAM

• The internal memory type for the iPhone 13 is NVME

• The type of RAM is LPDDR4X

• The iPhone 13 does not support external memory card input.

Camera

The iPhone 13 comes with a dual-rear camera consisting of a main camera and a wide-angle camera, in addition to the selfie camera that comes on the front face of the phone.

Main camera: 12 MP resolution and comes with an f/1.6 lens slot; this aperture is large compared to other devices, and the larger the aperture of the lens, the more light passes, and thus the image is clearer and of higher quality

The focal length of the main camera is 26 mm, and the pixel size on the surface of the sensor is 1.7 microns.

• Apple used shift OIS technology in its iPhone 13 image stabilization technology, through which the sensor is moved instead of the lens as in OIS technology

• Dual-pixel autofocus technology is used.

Wide-Angle Camera: The function of this camera is to capture the image at an ultra-wide angle of 120° and thus show more detail of the scene to be captured.

• The resolution of this camera is 12 MP, f/2.4, and the focal length is 13mm

• The rear camera records video in 4K at a rate of 24 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
• The rear camera records video in 1080p at 30 frames per second (FPS) or 60 fps 120 fps or 240 fps

• Video can be recorded with HDR and Dolby Vision in 4K at 60 frames per second by the iPhone 13.

Front Camera
• The front camera resolution is 12 MP with an aperture of f/2.2 and a focal length of 23 mm, while the sensor size is 1/3.6".

• 4K video recording at 24/25/30/60 fps
Records 1080p FHD video at 25/30/60 fps

• Supports 1080p slow motion recording aot 120 fps. 

connectivity

• The iPhone 13 supports Bluetooth 5.0 with LE power saving and the A2DP feature, which is useful for transmitting stereo sound via Bluetooth to another audio receiver.

• Supports WiFi in the following versions: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6

• Supports the "dual band" feature, which is useful for the possibility of switching between two different wavebands at the same time

• Supports the hotspot feature, which is useful for the possibility of spreading the Internet service via WiFi to any other receiver that supports WiFi.

• The iPhone 13 supports NFC service, which is useful for transferring data by zooming the phone closer to another device that supports NFC service

• Supports USB 2.0 Lightning, which is used for charging and data transfer.

Network

• iPhone 13 supports the installation of two nanosim cards (both in standby mode) or a nanosim and an eSIM

• The types of communication networks supported by the iPhone 13 are: GSM-CDMA-HSPA-EVDO-LTE-5G.

• The iPhone 13 supports 2G and 3G networks, and the speed of the Internet in the third generation is up to 42 Mbps

• Supports 4G networks and internet speeds up to 1.2 GB

• Supports 5G networks and internet speeds up to 3.7 GB. 

Sound

• The phone is equipped with two built-in microphones

• Built-in Acerio speaker

• Does not support a 3.5mm headphone jack

• The iPhone 13 does not support FM radio

• The audio formats supported by the mobile are: Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos, FLAC, Apple Lossless, ACC, and MP3.

What are the sensors in the iPhone 13?

• Acceleration sensor
• Compass sensor
• Proximity sensor
• Barometric pressure sensor
• Ambient light sensor
• Gyroscope sensor
• Face ID sensor. 

Battery

• Built-in and non-removable lithium-ion battery

• The iPhone 13 supports a fast charger with a power rating higher than 20 W; the charger is not included with the phone case but is purchased separately

• The battery can be charged to 50% within 30 minutes

• The iPhone 13 supports wireless charging using the MagSafe charger, which has a capacity of up to 15 W and is purchased separately.

• Supports wired charging using up to 7.5 W Qi chargers

• The iPhone 13 battery can play video continuously for 19 hours

• Can play online videos continuously for 15 hours

• It can play normal audio clips continuously for 75 hours.

Box Contents

• iPhone 13 with iOS 16
• A connection cable where one end is USB C and the other end is a lightning connection
• A metal pin for SIM card extraction.

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