In the past, I've been a bit iffy about why the Pro deserves its name because, really, it's been like a slight different design, couple of minor tweaks, and that's it. This year though, there's some real differentiation, especially if you're looking at these standard-sized iPhone 13s and Pros, which are the exact same size and physical dimensions primarily. For $200 more, you're getting a far better display, you're getting a majorly improved camera setup. These phones have really earned the Pro name in a way that makes the iPhone 13s and mini look weak. They look like very minor upgrades, whereas the Pros have gotten all of the good, fun, shiny toys.
Speaking of shiny toys, I think one of the things that I was most excited for beyond just purely the iPhone, was the new iPad mini. They finally redesigned the iPad mini for what certainly feels like the first time in a very, very long time. Now I know a lot of people might not be a huge fan of the mini, but those who are, I think they're going to really love this upgrade. It basically is a shrunk-down iPad Pro. So you have that same design language, you have a number of colors, including some stuff like purple and gold and pink and whatnot, but importantly, it now fits in the same size form factor.
An 8.3-inch liquid retina True Tone display at 500 nits. One thing I do think is a little bit hard to swallow is that the mini price tag. So it's now from $400, they've upgraded the price to $500 this time. If you want to get this new shiny iPad mini, it starts at $500. But what probably is the thing that is going to excite people more than that is the new Apple Watch Series 7.
I love Apple Watches. I have been an Apple Watch user since the very beginning. I use an Apple Watch more than I use an iPhone, right? A lot of times like this phone kind of sticks around to make sure the Apple Watch works because this is such a better smartwatch than anything that's out there. So before the event, there was a lot of discussion about whether there would be a much more like an iPad, iPhone 13-style flat design for the watch.
I'm very happy to report that that was not correct. This looks very similar, which some people were kind of complaining on Twitter that that's a bad thing. But personally, I have always liked the look of the Apple Watch, and now we have a much larger display, actually a curved display underneath to sort of match. It's a 20% larger screen than the Series 6, and a 50% larger than the Series 3. You have a 1.7 millimeter border that goes all the way around, which is 40% thinner.
Like it's pretty much a full-screen watch face, which I personally think is a no-brainer, right? I mean, you've got the same size, why would you have any bezel? If you can just make this watch as big as possible without actually making the physical size bigger, why not? We didn't see the other things that were rumored for the event, like the MacBooks or AirPods or anything like that. But to me, just kind of putting a little finer point on the entire video, if you are considering upgrading from any iPhone to the iPhone 13s, strongly consider that Pro.
Yes, you can save a little bit of money by going with the regular iPhone 13, and if you really like the smaller size, the mini is still, I think, a solid device. Which is better this year. As much as I've loved the last year on the mini, these upgrades that we've seen on the camera and across the iPhone 13 have pretty clearly convinced me to go with the iPhone 13 Pro.
We use the cameras for video all the time, we use it obviously for like social media, there's a lot that I can see as far as value on that phone, and the fact that it is at the same price, and it seems such a comprehensive upgrade, not only makes the iPhone 13 look bad but also, I've got to give the props. I mean, they've given us more of everything. So for a regular S model year, I think it's a very solid upgrade.
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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Before you buy an iPhone 13,there are a few things that I thinkare really worth considering.So the Apple event just wrapped up,where they announced a ton of new productsincluding the iPhone 13mini, the regular 13,the Pro, the Pro Max Chungs edition,as well as stuff like the newiPads and the Apple watches.But I think the decisionbetween which iPhone,if you are consideringupgrading to the 13 this year,is way easier to make thanit's been in previous years.Okay, so let's start outwith what's actually newwith the iPhone 13.So there's some new colors.So specifically there's red,black, blue, gray, and sunrise,which I think is thereplacement for like rose gold.So the camera bump hasbeen slightly changed.So unlike the 12 mini, whichhas the vertical cameras,it has them as like a horizontal thing.And that's because younow have upgraded module.Not only with the main camera,but also you have sensor shift,which was originally from the 12 Pro Max.We'll talk about the camera stuff later.There also are someother aesthetic changeson the front of the display.So the notch across theentire iPhone 13 rangehas now been shrunken.Now, look, until I see this in person,I will reserve judgment.It looks very similar to me.You'll find those some more on the mini,where it was basically like two thirdsat the top of the display,but hey, you know what?A smaller notch is better,even though of course,no notch would be best.The display has also been upgraded.So it's about 28% brighter.So you're looking at about800 nits in standard usageand up to 1,200 nits for peak brightness.Very nice.Not really a huge concern,but what you don't get onthe display is Pro Motions.Skipping ahead a little bit,the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max this yearfinally get high refresh rate displaysat a smooth 120 frames per second.So one of the big thingsis that it does havean Apple A15 bionic chip.Surprise, surprise.After the A14 comes the A15.It has the same general layout.You have two high-performance cores,four low performancecores or efficiency cores,and you have a four core GPU.However, again, unlike last yearwhere, you know, the Proand the regular iPhoneshad the same 60 hertzdisplay and the same specs,the Pro models actually haveslightly more powerful GPU's.So on the iPhone Pro as well as Pro Max,this year you're getting a five core GPUas opposed to the four coreon the standard iPhone 13.They've always had the exact same chipacross all the iPhones, right?So if you have an A15,it is the exact sameas an A14 or A13.But this year, if youpurchase the standardiPhone 13 mini or the standard iPhone 13,you are getting a lessperformance chip than on the Pro.But that being said,they didn't really makeit seem like the A15was a huge jump anyway.So traditionally they look at, you know,the A15 compared to lastgeneration and be like,oh, it's 713% faster.Well, the quotes that I got herewere the A15 is the fastestCPU in any smartphone,which is not a surprisebecause the A14 was.But they say it's 50%better than the competitionon the CPU side, and 30%faster on the GPU sideon the four core.I can believe those numbers.But what I also believeis that it's probably,if you compared it to thelast generation iPhone,not as huge of a leap.The iPhone 13 camerashave also been improved,but yet again, they'vebeen improved somewhat.And the Pro has been improved a lot more.The main wide anglecamera on the iPhone 13seems to be very similar towhat we got on the 12 Pro Max.So it is a larger sensor.It lets in about 47% more light.It also does have thesensor shift stabilization.All great upgrades, but the Pro just haseven bigger sensorswith even better specs.Same thing goes for the Ultra Wide.So the Ultra Wide hasbeen improved on the 13,but it's been improved awhole lot more on the 13 Pro.Kinda getting the trend here?There are other improvements.So they showed off whatwas called cinematic mode,which is a little bit into the weeds.But essentially what it allows you to dois to cleanly rack focus between subjects.So Ken, I'm gonna go throwsomething on the fly at you.Can you rack focus the camera?So here, I'm right here.Oh, look, Ken just rackfocused the camera.Oh, look, he racked focused it back.Look at that amazing real world exampleof what cameras are like.Well, in some small way,you'll be able to do thaton the iPhone.- The iPhone isapparently smarter than mebecause I racked to the thing behind you.(reviewer laughs)- Okay, look, so that's actuallyone of the big differences.So unlike a traditionalcamera that we're using here,where Ken is using hishands to control it,this is actually an automatic process.So the iPhone whenyou're in cinematic mode,will do its best to determine like,oh, it sees this person and it, you know,I turn and it willchange focus or whatever.You can still mainly select it.It's a cool feature, but again,there's this bettercinematic mode on the Pro.I feel like a broken record here.Everything is better on the Pro this year.- Everything is funnierwhen you're not in focus.- Am I still out of focus?Focus the camera, Ken.I'm gonna replace youwith an iPhone 13 Pro Max.- Does that mean I get to keep it?- No!So outside of that, probablythe biggest upgrade honestly,on the iPhone 13, isgonna be battery life.The iPhone 12 mini, asmuch as I love this-- Terrible.- Adorable little phone.- Terrible.- Had let's say less thanspectacular the battery life.And so with the 13, aswell as the 13 mini,you're getting more battery life.So the mini is getting an hourand a half more battery life,and the standard iPhone 13 is gettingtwo and a half more hours of battery life.Do you want to guesswhat I'm about to say?Go guess what?The Pro's also have better battery life,but it's improved by more.Oh, Austin beating thedead horse yet again.Now the one thing I will sayis that thankfully across theentire iPhone range this year,the prices have remained the same.So it's 699 for the mini, 799for the standard iPhone 13.And at that price,they've actually nowgiven you more storage.So before, the baseballscame was 64 gigs of storage,now it defaults to 128 gigs.So essentially you're gettinga roughly $50 price cutfor the 128 gig iPhone 13, which is great.I'm not gonna say it,but you know what I've about to say.- The Pro's better?- Yeah, the Pro's better.Yes. 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Awesome.I'm all about it.But you know what oneof the bigger upgradesI think a lot of people are going to like,is the Ultra Wide.So last year, all theiPhone 12 had the same,let's say, not great Ultra Wide.Like it was fine inlike really good light.But other than that,it fell apart.- It was basically the sameas the previous generation one too.- It was rough, right?This time, we have notonly a much wider apertureon that ultra wide a different sensor,but we also haveauto-focus and macro mode.This is something that I believethe first one I saw do thiswas one plus.However, this is a big deal.So essentially you cantake your macro phone,or sorry, you can take yourmacro mode with the ultra wide,get it right on top of your subject,and get what I thinkare some really, reallystriking looking images.It gives you a lot moresort of opportunitiesto not only go from macroto super ultra wide,to standard with a largesensor, to telephoto,there's a lot to the camera, and again,the Pro and the Pro Max have the upgrades.The iPhone 13 has a regularslightly improved ultra wide.There's a bunch of other stuff.There's like a bunch of photography modes,which allow you to bake.They're not filters, butthey allow you to bakedifferent like contrast and color.- It gives you-- Profile.- Yeah, it gives you controlover your base image basically.- Yeah, yeah, so essentiallyif you're familiarwith like a DSLR or something,where you can tweak your picture profile,it seems vaguely similar to thatwhere you can kind of have that baked inwhile you take the image,as opposed to taking the photoand then trying to edit after the fact.Seems cool, and then there'ssome big video upgrades.So not only do you havethe cinematic mode,but it has been improved.Basically portrait mode for video.They were very quick onsort of mentioning this,and the actual demo video they showed,it looked a little bit off.This is actually not really a new featurebecause devices like Samsunghas had this for quite a while.Generally speaking, portraitmode works well in photos.I think in video, it's probablygonna be like 80% there,especially considering that they'vevery briefly mentioned it.But, hey, it's nice to have.You also have all the focus racking stuff.And for people like us,I think we're really excitedabout something called Pro Res.So a lot of the video that we shooton our professional cameras isshot using the Pro Res codec,which just has a lot more dataand is gonna take a lot more space.But that is somethingthat's gonna be comingto these Pro model phones later this year.Now, as far as the prices,they are the exact same.So 999 for the Pro, anda 1,099 for the Pro Max.They still start with the 128 gig,but you can go all the way up this yearto a one terabyte iPhone 13 Pro,which I actually thinkis probably worth itif you're gonna be shooting a lotof like ProRes and whatnot.And it's $1,600 for the oneterabyte iPhone 13 Pro MaxChungas edition, which is-- I cant wait.(soft music)(phone thuds)- Is this your way of askingfor an iPhone 13 Pro MaxChungas one terabyte edition?- Yes.- So I personally thinkif we're just talkingabout iPhones here, that the iPhone Promakes a lot more sense.In the past, I've been alittle bit sort of iffyon why the Pro deserves Pro name,because really it's been likea slight different design,couple of minor tweaks, and that's it.This year though, there'ssome real differentiation,especially if you're lookingat these standard sizeiPhone 13 and Pro, whichare the exact same sizeand physical dimensions primarily.For $200 more, you'regetting a far better display,you're getting a majorlyimproved camera setup.These phones have reallyearned the Pro namein a way that makes the iPhone13 and the mini look weak.They look like very minor upgrades,whereas the Pros have gottenall of the good, fun, shiny toys.Speaking of shiny toys,I think one of the thingsthat I was most excited forbeyond just purely the iPhone,was the new iPad mini.They finally redesigned the iPad minifor what certainly feelslike the first timein a very, very long time.Now I know a lot of people might not bea huge fan of the mini.But those who are, Ithink are going to reallylove this upgrade.It basically is a shrunken down iPad Pro.So you have that same design language,you have a number of colors,including some stuff like purple and goldand pink and whatnot, but importantly,it now fits in the same size form factor.An 8.3 inch liquid retinaTrue Tone 500 nit edition.One thing I do think is alittle bit hard to swallowis I guess the mini price tag.So it is now from $400,they've upgraded the priceto 500 bucks this time.So if you want to getthis new shiny iPad mini,it starts at $500.But what probably is the thingthat is gonna excitemore people than that,is the new Apple Watch Series 7.I love Apple Watches.I have been an Apple Watchuser since the very beginning.I use an Apple Watch morethan I use an iPhone, right?A lot of times like thisphone kind of sticks aroundto make sure the Apple Watch works,because this is such a better smartwatchthan anything that's out there.So before the event, therewas a lot of discussionabout there would be amuch more kind of like,you know, iPad, iPhone 13 styleflat design for the watch.I'm very happy to reportthat that was not correct.This looks very similar,which some people were kindof like complaining on Twitterthat that's a bad thing.But personally, I havealways liked the lookof the Apple watch.And now we have a much larger display,and actually a curved displayunderneath to sort of match.So it's a 20% largerscreen than the Series 6,and a 50% larger than the Series 3.You have a 1.7 millimeter borderthat goes all the wayaround, which is 40% thinner.Like it's pretty much afull screen watch face,which I personally thinkis a no-brainer, right?I mean, you've got the same size.Why would you have any bezzle?If you can just make thiswatch as big as possiblewithout actually making thephysical size bigger, why not?We didn't see the other thingsthat were rumored for the event,like the Mac Books or AirPods or anything like that.But to me, just kindaputting a little finer pointon the entire video,if you are considering upgradingfrom any iPhone to the iPhone 13s,strongly consider that Pro.Yes, you can save a little bit of moneyby going with the regular iPhone 13.And if you really like the smaller size,the mini is still, I think a solid devicewhich is better this year.As much as I've loved thelast year on the mini,these upgrades thatwe've seen on the cameraand across the iPhone 13 havepretty clearly convinced meto go with the iPhone 13 Pro.We use the cameras for video all the time.We use it obviously for like social.There's a lot that I can seeas far as value on that phone,and the fact that it is at the same price,and it seems such a comprehensive upgrade,not only makes the iPhone 13 look bad,but I've got to give the props.I mean, they'd givenus more of everything.So for a regular S model year,I think it's a very solid upgrade.But what do you think?Let me know all about yourvicious hate of Apple,Tim Cook, and iPhonesin the comments below.Or if you actually like it, I'dalso like to hear from that.And make sure to subscribe and ring-a-lingthat ding-a-ling bell formore questionably timed punsabout Tim Cook and whyyou should really buyiPhones that are better.
