Why buy iPhone? Many people will have different answers to this question, perhaps to follow the trend or to highlight their identity, but more people's answers are its texture, its images, and its performance. This time, the "Thirteen Scents" that have been preheating since the previous generation of iPhones is here.
This year's four new iPhone 13 series have not only greatly improved in design details and imaging capabilities, but also the A15 bionic chip and Promotion adaptive refresh rate technology are refreshing the awareness of all users. Such a "very powerful" machine has also attracted great attention as always. In terms of iPhone product positioning, the Pro series is equipped with more solid software and hardware configurations, carrying the tasks of iPhone performance output, image tuning, battery life and achieving more new functions. What is the experience? Let's start with the new iPhone 13 Pro.
smaller bangs and smoother screen
This year's iPhone 13 series continues the consistent environmental protection measures, and has more radically cancelled plastic seals on the outer packaging, thereby reducing the use of plastic on the outer packaging of the mobile phone, and the inner packaging is no longer The charger is included, which is also the environmental protection concept that Apple has always adhered to. After canceling the plastic seal, Apple used a paper seal and then removed the seal and took out the phone. Not only do we pursue environmental protection in outer packaging and accessories, but also use recycled materials in the motherboard and various accessories of the 13 series, further renovated environmental protection measures and external improvements, and make every effort to reduce the impact on the environment.
In terms of overall body design, the iPhone 13 Pro also continues the family design style, but has been adjusted in detail. This year's 13 series has introduced a larger lens module, and the size of the rear lens is higher than that of the previous generation. A big circle. The adjustment of internal components also makes the size and weight of the phone different from the previous generations. Under the premise of overall size balance design, both weight and size are slightly improved. In terms of the appearance design of
, the middle frame still adopts a glossy stainless steel frame design, which increases durability compared to the previous generation and reduces the possibility of scratching. In actual measurement, there is no scratching phenomenon when using a peripheral frame, and the scratch resistance is relatively good. The previous generation has made significant improvements. The combination of metal and front and rear covers forms a splicing style, especially the gold-colored border. The overall tough metal reflection also makes the overall body look noble texture. In terms of the rear cover treatment, there is a new camera module in the upper left corner. The rear cover adopts a matte process and is not easy to get stained with fingerprints. The center apple logo adopts a glossy treatment, which echoes the metal glossy design of the middle frame.
When you open the new iPhone 13 Pro, the bigger change comes from its narrower bang area. It is well known that Apple's front panel design has always maintained bangs because it is distributed with important Face ID-related components and front cameras. An important part of Apple's software and hardware ecosystem. In the 13 series, the area of the notch has been reduced again, reducing the area of the notch without changing the front lens module and Face ID unlocking accuracy, and improving the display area. At the same time, the earpiece is also moved up to the border.
If the appearance design and bangs are reduced, they still retain the family genes, making people hesitate when choosing an iPhone 13 Pro, then this screen will give you a brand new reason to choose. Compared with the previous generation screen, the 6.1-inch screen of the iPhone 13 Pro has increased its peak brightness to 1,200nit, and it can still provide delicate and bright picture performance in outdoor high-brightness scenarios. At the same time, the 120Hz high refresh rate has finally been added to the iPhone. At the same time, the screen of the Pro series version also supports ProMotion adaptive refresh rate technology.
is different from the Android camp's LTPO intelligent adjustment refresh rate technology. ProMotion technology actively adjusts the refresh frequency of the mobile phone screen by judging the current browsing content and user gestures. Simply put, when you use your mobile phone to quickly refresh applications such as Weibo and Xiaohongshu, this screen will run at a 120Hz refresh rate while sliding; when your eyes stay in a certain picture or read a certain one carefully In a paragraph, the refresh rate will be dynamically adjusted to different gears such as 10Hz, 30Hz, etc., and this complete active adjustment mechanism supports native APP and third-party applications to achieve content browsing and feel and overall power consumption control. .
stronger performance and longer companion
iPhone 13 Pro is equipped with A15 bionic chip, setting a new high in performance, which is quite a bit like a duogu Qiubai. In the current mobile phone processor camp, Apple's new chip has always been ahead of the market, the new model The A15 bionic chip not only brings stable guarantees to the performance output of the iPhone, but also provides power for the imaging system and various video functions mentioned later. It also corresponds to the affirmation that Apple's official website gave itself "very strong". The A15 Bionic chip used on the iPhone 13 Pro is equipped with a new 5-core processor, and the new 6-core central processor comes with 2 new high-performance cores and 4 high-efficiency cores.
In the actual test, the iPhone 13 Pro is equipped with a full-blooded version of the A15 processor. In the Geekbench test, the 13Pro is much ahead of the previous generation of A14 processors in both single-core and multi-core scores. The Wild Life test of 3DMark It also shows that the graphics processing capability has been greatly improved. During the test process, the full frame state of around 60 frames was basically maintained, and the overall score reached an astonishing 9749 scores, while the score of this project on the iPhone 13 was 8300 points. The running score of Antutu 83w+ can also be seen from the rankings that the performance of the iPhone 13 Pro ranks in the first echelon. In the specific test process of
, we selected the popular mobile game Genshin Impact as the test object. During the game testing process, under the temperature of 26℃, Genshin Impact was turned on for 60 frames of custom maximum image quality and played normally for 30 minutes.
It can be seen from the frame rate curve that the frame rate fluctuation in the first 8 minutes is not large, but in the actual game process, the screen brightness decreases around the 7th minute, and the frame rate curve fluctuates greatly, but basically maintains At around 60 frames, the frame rate curve of the previous generation models is as stable as possible. After 30 minutes of the game, the temperature of the processor part close to the lens module reached about 42℃, and the temperature of the middle frame part also increased due to the metal material. But overall, the performance of the A15 processor is still the leader in the mobile phone camp, showing an overwhelming advantage in various data and actual performance.
iPhone 13 Pro uses a battery with larger capacity, and at the same time, combined with deep integration of software and hardware to achieve performance optimization. The battery life of the Pro series models has significantly improved compared to the previous generation. Among them, the daily battery of the 13 Pro we tested The battery life officially claims that the battery life is 1.5 hours longer than the previous generation model. With the battery life test of several commonly used functions of online audio and video, online games and social shooting, the iPhone 13 Pro's final remaining battery life is 47%. The actual test results are better than the performance of similar iPhone models in the past. The above test scenarios cover ordinary moderate users and can basically meet the work needs of the whole day. In charging test, since Apple does not provide charging heads, we use the fast charging head supported by iPhone to test, and the maximum fast charging power is full. The test results show that the charge in half an hour is 48%, and the final charge takes 1 hour and 30 minutes. Although it does not have an advantage in charging speed, it has effectively improved the battery capacity and power saving strategy on the 13 Pro to achieve battery life. It has been a huge improvement and can provide longer companionship than previous iPhones.
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Professional people do professional things, iPhone does it. In this year's image upgrade, the iPhone 13 Pro series not only achieved a conventional hardware upgrade, but more importantly, it recalls an important traditional feature of its: leading the trend. The iPhone 13 Pro uses the most advanced camera in iPhone history. All three lenses use brand new sensors and lenses. Through the combination with the A15, the performance in noise reduction and tone mapping has been greatly improved. The new lens photosensitive element is also the largest iPhone to date, which is conducive to the iPhone 13 Pro coping with various complex light conditions. It also supports sensor displacement OIS optical image stabilization to keep smooth and stable in picture and video shooting.
At the photography level, iPhone 13 Pro has added photography style function, with presets including basic options such as high contrast, high saturation, and cold and warm tones. It also supports fine adjustment to ensure the personalization of the shooting image style.The biggest difference between this and the filter function in the camera is that it will not affect the tone and skin tone of the picture, ensuring that natural primary colors can be restored as much as possible during early shooting. In terms of image quality, the iPhone 13 Pro supports APPLE Pro RAW format, which can retain the original image during shooting and obtain better dynamic adjustment range in the post-stage. In terms of the arrangement of the mirror group, the iPhone also supports 3X zoom lens and ultra-wide-angle macro this time.
At the video level, in addition to the entire series of lenses, iPhone 13 Pro also supports ProRes format and Dolby Vision shooting, which can provide better picture quality performance. At the same time, the biggest selling point of this 13 series is the video movie mode . This means that the two models of the iPhone 13 Pro series can freely select focus when shooting videos, simulate and calculate the depth of field through the powerful computing power of the A15 chip, and switch focus at the right time. This also supports front-facing lenses, which means that through the focus prediction and post-editing of the movie mode, the strength of the camera can be better utilized, and the sense of storytelling of the mobile phone can be achieved in the story of the story, thereby achieving unprecedented computational photography effects .
see the actual sample. The ultra-wide-angle lens of iPhone 13 Pro supports macro photography. When shooting, the system will automatically monitor the position of the object and automatically switch to different shooting modes. When pushing close to the subject, it will automatically switch to macro mode. In the sample The plants are visible in macro mode, and the hairs on the leaves of the plants are also clearly visible, with clear and sharp edges. The macro photography function not only supports photography, but also supports macro video, which greatly expands the iPhone video shooting scene.
In addition to the newly added macro photography, the iPhone 13 Pro also adds a 3x optical zoom lens. The focal length of this lens is 77mm, which can form a physical level blur effect when shooting the subject, highlighting the subject more. At the same time, this lens also has good resolution. Compared with the digital zoom and analog out-of-focus, the transition of the subject to be photographed by the 3X lens is more natural and has more details. The main camera lens at doubled state not only has excellent optical qualities, but also has excellent resolution as the most commonly used lens for daily shooting. Judging from the sample, even if it is enlarged by 5 times, the edges of the subject are still clear and sharp. In conjunction with AppleRaw format shooting, the main camera has a strong front and rear space.
In addition to supporting 4K 60-frame Dolby Vision video, the two models of the iPhone 13 Pro series also support movie effect recording in terms of video. The biggest feature of the movie effect mode is that with the powerful computing power of the A15 bionic chip, the recognition and out-of-focus synthesis of the shooting subject are realized in the early stage, and the zoom timing is automatically selected to form a good narrative effect. On the other hand, at the later stage of the software level, it supports the selection of focus and active changes in the film effect. In other words, not only can it support automatic identification of multiple subjects and global focus in the early stage, but it can also freely select the focus point in the later stage, so as to cooperate with the shooting logic to better highlight the key points.
The picture taken using the movie effect can be seen that the iPhone 13 Pro not only recognizes the depth of field information of all subjects in the early and late stages of video shooting, but also presents it during the shooting process through real-time calculations. The so-called focus pursuit is not about retaining all the details of the picture, but about giving and gaining, giving full freedom of focus choice in the early and late stages. However, there are still some problems with the movie mode at present. For example, if there are too many subjects in the picture, each depth of field cannot be recorded, resulting in loss of focus. In addition, in some cases, the edge blur will occur occasionally. Moreover, due to computing power limitations, It is still only open for 1080P 30fps recording, which is also relatively tight as a professional device in the later stage. Of course, as a new technology, later optimization and upgrading will gradually improve this issue. At present, we have taken a big step towards professionalism in dynamic image recording.
Come on Pro
Just as Apple's official website evaluates itself as "very strong", on this generation of iPhone 13 Pro, we see Pro-level screens, Pro-level chips, and Pro-level images. The iPhone introduces a 120Hz high refresh screen and ProMotion adaptive technology to make careful and wise tuning between smooth experience and power consumption.At the same time, the screen has brighter brightness and larger display area, which brings the response and image display to a new level.
In terms of core configuration, the support of the A15 bionic chip makes it the strongest model at present, and the optimization of battery life is a huge leap. In terms of image experience, in addition to the newly added 3X lens and lens that supports macro photography, the most impressive thing is that its launch of movie mode has driven a new trend of computing photography, both at the hardware and software level All have taken a big step, and this will undoubtedly become the next direction to be pursued by mobile phone photography.
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