Hey guys , welcome to the iPhone 13, So this is actually looks almost identical to last year's phone, and in the hand, it feels almost the same too. Although, it is a quarter of a millimeter thicker, which I don't notice at all, but then also about 20 grams heavier, which I do notice, not by much but I did notice because I'm so calibrated to the 12. Now, most of this extra heft is from a slightly larger battery capacity. You know, obviously it's a pretty minor update, but in the grand scheme of things, even if Apple didn't add crazy fast charging or ultra-fast wireless charging, the fact that they did make the phone a little thicker and a little heavier for a little bit of a bigger battery, But really the only other two updates to evaluate are the cameras and the screen. It is still a great set of cameras, especially in broad daylight, of course. And the bigger improvements will be seen in more edge cases, like low light, fast moving subjects, But the star of the show really is all the sensors are bigger and better and there's still 12 megapixels each but that ultra wide in particular looks much better with the sharpness across the whole frame. The cameras are also now diagonal on the 13 and 13 mini, not just to look different, but to fit that new hardware. And it's just an overall bigger camera bump that's super-duper thick. Damn, boy, he thick. - I do already have a couple quirks, things that I've noticed about these cameras, though. One, Pro Res. This is a coming soon feature that will apparently be pushed sometime with a software update. Again, I can't evaluate it. It's supposed to be here but it's not and Apple's usually pretty good about eventually delivering things they promise, especially in software. it's still coming from the main camera when it isn't. But now all the natural Bokeh from the primary camera's focal length is gone and it doesn't let me switch back. That's the thing. I can hit the 1x all I want, nothing happens. And that's the difference between getting this and moving one inch closer, auto switching, and getting this. It just looks worse. I think this is going to look like, to regular people, like video Portrait mode. So first of all, in the camera modes, it's got it's own dedicated swipe over panel. So there's Portrait photos, then regular photos, then regular videos, then Cinematic mode, which immediately applies the fake extra depth of field. Now, there is way more manual controls, so I'm thinking maybe I'll try to shoot a whole video or something with this to see if it's worth your time for people trying to make videos on the iPhone. But for now, for normal people getting this phone, yeah, that background blur is gonna get the most attention. It's like video Portrait mode. So its camera setup is cool, this is really suitable for this price budget.
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