Want more than a two-minute review? Read on to find out how the iPhone 13 Pro Max performed in our in-depth testing – the results of our battery life and camera tests in particular are pretty impressive. Most people buying this phone will never scratch the surface of what it can truly do, but videographers will really appreciate the increased storage, the number of shooting options and speed at which it can process edits. However, we're not taken with the new Cinematic mode, which will automatically shift focus depending on where people are looking – it's cool, but it doesn't really add much.įinally, another reason to save up and buy the iPhone 13 Pro Max is its performance – it's ridiculously powerful, and is able to play games to a high graphical standard and perform intensive tasks like encoding video at a pretty nifty rate. This means the handset will automatically shift to the ultrawide camera when you get close to objects, and the effects are stellar.Īpple has balanced an impressive amount of power with ease of use, so you can take great snaps in auto mode, but you’re also easily able to play around with various settings for a more hands-on experience. Apple has made a big deal about adding improved low-light capability and Night Mode to all of the three 12MP sensors on the rear, and the iPhone 13 Pro Max also comes with a nifty macrophotography mode. The cameras, as we’ve alluded to, enable you to take a huge variety of snaps in a wider range of scenarios than ever. It remains a shame that Apple doesn't bundle its higher-power iPhone charger in the box, though, so you'll need to pay $19 / £19 / AU$29 for that speedy juicing. Most of the time we'd make it into a second day before needing a charger, and even on a day of high-intensity use it was around 9pm before the phone totally died. Apple has improved this again over the 12 Pro Max, which offered pretty good longevity, to the point where it’s no longer an issue. The key thing you'd buy the iPhone 13 Pro Max for, in our opinion, is its battery life.

However, the overall screen quality is stunning, whatever you’re looking at. The shrinking of the notch is good, but it’s not game-changing – Apple needs to shrink it out of existence. The screen has been improved to not only include a 120Hz refresh rate, called ProMotion (which iPhone users have been asking for for years, but which to our eyes adds very little) but also higher maximum brightness and a smaller notch. The new Pro comes in a fetching Sierra Blue too this year, which is a nice-looking, powdery color to enjoy. The large camera protrusion at the rear is noticeable (and it now sticks out even further to enable greater photography prowess).

The design is almost identical to that of the 12 Pro Max that appeared in 2020, with the flat, industrial-looking stainless steel frame surrounding the massive OLED screen. until the aforementioned iPhone 14 makes an appearance. In any case, 'best' is heavily subjective here, but if you can handle the gargantuan proportions of a phone with a 6.7-inch screen, then this is easily the best iPhone Apple has ever made.

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