Apple iPhone 13 Pro (128GB) - Graphite

Product Information

We’ve found the iPhone 13 Pro is capable of lasting a full day of normal usage. If you push your phone slightly harder, you may find that it needs recharging before the end of the day. Like the iPhone 13, the iPhone 13 Pro comes with a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display. This screen doesn’t feature the best pixels-per-inch rating of the entire iPhone 13 range – for that, look at the iPhone 13 mini– but it does feature 460ppi, and the image quality is correspondingly crisp. The main camera is great, and while it may not look very different to the iPhone 12 Pro’s primary camera on paper, it does offer some important upgrades that make it one of the best smartphone cameras. Battery life claim refers to larger models. All battery claims depend on network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary. Battery has limited recharge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and charge cycles vary by use and settings. See apple.com/uk/batteries and apple.com/uk/iphone/battery.html for more information. We wouldn’t recommend dropping your phone to find out if that’s true, obviously, but it should give you an extra bit of a piece of mind if your phone does take a tumble.

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Minor upgrades, but a great-looking package

Overall picture quality is excellent, with shots taken in good light showing plenty of color and detail and a fantastic night mode when you want to shoot something darker. The matte finish on the rear feels distinctly premium, especially when compared to the normal glass on the iPhone 13. The software works well on the iPhone 13 Pro, and we didn’t find any particular bugs that hampered our experience.

These differences won’t be especially noticeable in everyday usage, but if you’re pushing your phone to its limits you may find that you appreciate that extra bit of grunt the iPhone 13 Pro is able to offer. The iPhone 13 Pro also offers a fantastic camera experience, with a versatile array of cameras that can handle both daytime and night shooting with ease. The telephoto and macro cameras mean you can shoot at a variety of distances, too.

Photographic Styles is another new addition with the iPhone 13 Pro, and this allows you to apply custom looks to your images, with Rich Contrast, Vibrant, Warm and Cool options. The assurance that the unit meets Apple's rigorous quality standards, and that its defective components have been replaced by genuine Apple components Apple Watch devices that require replacement parts are not included in the Apple Certified Refurbished Program. Video Recording (at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps), 1080p HD Video Recording (at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps), 720p HD Video Recording (at 30 fps), Slow‑motion Video Support: Rear Camera (1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps), Front Camera (1080p at 120 fps)

Pro 12MP Camera System (Telephoto, Wide and Ultra Wide), Telephoto: f/2.8 Aperture, Wide: f/1.5 Aperture, Ultra Wide: f/1.8 Aperture, 120 Degree FOV, 3x Optical Zoom In, 2x Optical Zoom out, 6x Optical Zoom Range, Digital Zoom up to 15x, Night Mode Portraits Enabled by LiDAR Scanner, Portrait Mode with Advanced Bokeh and Depth Control, Portrait Lighting with Six Effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono), Dual Optical Image Stabilisation (Telephoto and Wide), Sensor‑shift Optical Image Stabilisation (Wide), Six‑element Lens (Telephoto and Ultra Wide), Seven‑element Lens (Wide), Panorama (up to 63MP), 100% Focus Pixels (Wide), Night Mode, Deep Fusion, Smart HDR 4, Photographic Styles, Macro Photography, Apple ProRAW, Wide Colour Capture for Photos and Live Photos, Lens Correction (Ultra Wide), Advanced Red‑eye Correction, Photo Geotagging, Auto Image Stabilisation, Burst Mode, Image Formats Captured: HEIF and JPEG Battery life on the iPhone 13 Pro is better than we’ve seen on previous Pro handsets from the brand, but it’s not as good as you’ll get from the top-end iPhone 13 Pro Max. The iPhone 13 Pro is the company’s most premium device to date that doesn’t include a 'Max' in the title, and unlike the iPhone 13 Pro Max, this is a more realistic size for one-handed use. If you’re looking for a new, mid-sized iPhone, this handset, or the iPhone 13, should suit you perfectly.On the front of the phone is a 12MP f/2.2 wide camera (‘wide’ being what Apple calls its primary phone cameras, as distinct from ‘ultra-wide’), which we found worked well during video calls and for shooting the odd selfie. It isn’t as feature-laden as the rear camera, but it’s simple to fire up options like Portrait mode and get a great shot. The camera setup on the iPhone 13 Pro comprises three 12MP shooters: the primary wide camera with an f/1.5 aperture, a telephoto camera with f/1.8 aperture that’s capable of 3x optical zoom, and an ultra-wide camera with an aperture of f/1.8 and a 120-degree field of view. On lower-use days, the phone would generally have 10-20% left when we put it on charge at the end of the day – this is remarkably better battery life than we’ve seen on the iPhone 12 Pro and other Pro handsets before it. This isn’t going to change the way you shoot with the main camera, but it’s a fun tool to experiment with. It’s difficult to see how this truly differs from a traditional filter, but it may be something you can use in your photography arsenal.

A significant upgrade here is the introduction of a 120Hz maximum refresh rate, which means the on-screen image refreshes 120 times a second for a more fluid experience than we’ve seen on previous iPhones; it’s most noticeable when you’re scrolling through menus or system apps. The new A15 Bionic chipset paired with 6GB of RAM delivered more than enough power to run even the most demanding apps you’ll find in the Apple App Store, while the phone starts at 128GB of storage, with options up to 1TB for those who need lots of space. So the iPhone 13 Pro is a remarkably good smartphone – but so are all the iPhone 13 handsets, and if your budget won’t quite stretch to the Pro, the ‘standard’ iPhone 13 misses out on only a few of its specs and features, so you may find the cheaper handset suits you just fine.

All battery claims depend on network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary. Battery has limited recharge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and charge cycles vary by use and settings. See apple.com/uk/batteries and apple.com/uk/iphone/battery.html for more information. Unlike a filter, these apply adjustments to different elements of the image rather than the photo as a whole. The idea here is that you can add a custom look to your images – for example warming up portraits or enhancing the colors in landscapes. Don’t expect huge changes to the selfie camera if you have a recent iPhone, but you’ll still get great picture quality in all the scenarios you’d want to use it in. The iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 are almost identical in size, but you can’t switch cases between the two as they have a slightly different rear camera housing. We’ve found the screen tech works well, although its availability is limited right now, as a lot of apps aren’t optimized for 120Hz. Including this feature is something developers have access to, and we expect to see native support crop up in more software as time goes on.