In September 2021, Apple launched the iPhone13 series. Thanks to the 120Hz ProMotion adaptive high refresh rate and full-blooded A15 chip performance, many consumers are more inclined to buy the Pro model, including me. To date, the iPhone 13 series has repeatedly broken sales re

In September 2021, Apple launched the iPhone13 series. Thanks to the 120Hz ProMotion adaptive high refresh rate and full-blooded A15 chip performance, many consumers are more inclined to buy the Pro model, including me. To date, the iPhone 13 series has repeatedly broken sales records, making major contributions to Apple's return to the top spot in China's market share.

But today, after more than 5 months of real-life experience, I finally decided to sell my iPhone 13 Pro and replace it with an Android phone. As for the reason, I believe everyone will understand it after reading it.

The cellular network signal is extremely poor

The most complained about iPhone problem in recent years is poor signal. Cook once said at the press conference that the internal antenna structure of the 13 series has been redesigned, but in actual experience, it did not. No improvement at all.

Judging from my daily use scenarios, in a relatively weak signal environment, the Android phone will drop from 5G to 4G, but it will not affect the data network. The iPhone13 Pro has directly changed to the 3G logo or even GPRS many times. The Internet is almost very common, especially in elevators. At this time, users cannot even open web pages.

What’s more worth mentioning is that the signal performance of iPhone13 Pro is even more of a nightmare for dual-SIM users. It has been measured that the signal of the iPhone 13 Pro when two SIM cards are inserted at the same time is worse than when only one card is inserted. The signal strength indicator of the secondary card is rarely displayed in full.

Moreover, the iPhone signal for mobile users is slightly better, and the Internet experience for China Unicom and Telecom users with iPhone is simply miserable. It’s like: “You can only watch the people next to you happily surfing the Internet, but you can’t even refresh the web page.” Come out.”

WiFi network speed is worse

Entering the era of WiFi6, although iPhone13 Pro supports WiFi6, it will not directly display the “wifi6” logo like Android phones. In fact, not showing it is a trivial matter, as long as it is fast, but in fact it is not the case. The WiFi chip of the

iPhone13 series is the same as the iPhone12 series. It only supports 2x2 MIMO and 80Hz bandwidth, with a peak network speed of 1200Mbps. It does not support WiFi6E enhanced version and 160Hz bandwidth. In comparison, the peak network speed of an Android flagship phone with the latter two features can be doubled to 2400Mbps, which is faster.

In addition to hardware lag, it may still be a problem with the mobile phone antenna . Sometimes, even if the iPhone13 Pro is placed next to the router at home, the WiFi signal can not be full. I was extremely shocked when I first saw it. . In addition, downloading software is very fast, but when updating games, you will obviously see that the network speed is almost twice as slow as that of Android phones.

Rear camera image performance

The iPhone was once the standard equipment for professional photographers in the past. Its powerful imaging capabilities and complete application ecosystem allow for more professional image creation, especially the unique ProRAW format and DeepFusion algorithms of the Pro series. .

But today, the camera hardware on the iPhone 13 Pro is undoubtedly lagging behind the times. Without the blessing of more advanced lenses such as high-pixel ultra-large bottom and periscope telephoto, users cannot really capture richer pictures, so that it feels like There is no difference in taking pictures between the new iPhone and the old model from two years ago.

Of course, the actual imaging of iPhone13 Pro has changed, and the degree of picture sharpening has become more serious. Regardless of whether it is the main camera or the ultra-wide-angle and 3X telephoto lens , the details of the photos taken in the automatic mode are over-sharpened, causing the entire picture to look very flat and thin. Due to the low sensor quality of the ultra-wide-angle and 3X telephoto lenses, there will be obvious noise when the light is slightly insufficient, and the edge quality is also poor.

I recommend that iPhone13 Pro users turn on ProRAW format shooting by default. The image quality improvement is not an order of magnitude at all.

In fact, in the final analysis, the "poor signal" is what I can't stand the most about the iPhone 13 Pro. Although I was mentally prepared before buying it, after I got it, it really broke my psychological defense time and time again and forced me to use it. Drop it and switch back to the Android camp.

Of course, iPhone13 Pro also has many advantages, such as the powerful A15 chip, excellent heat control, 120Hz high refresh rate and smooth iOS system animation without frame drops, and strong battery life. It can be charged every two days. These are things that are difficult for Android phones to do, not to mention that the latter now generally have stretched performance and serious heat.

Due to the completely opposite performances of the current A15 chip and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 in terms of performance and heat generation, the respective advantages and disadvantages of the Android flagship and iPhone13 Pro are very clear. The former has more comprehensive and advanced hardware, but is prone to heat generation, while the latter The processor has strong performance, long battery life, and the system is stable and smooth, but the signal is poor, the bangs are ugly, and the camera is lagging behind. Therefore, it is recommended that you first understand your own usage needs and then make a careful choice.