Apple iPhone 13 – Specs, availability, price and is it worth the upgrade?

Apple launched the iPhone 13 series on the 14th of September 2021 and will be available in the market from the 24th of September.

The iPhone 13 series comes in four different variants, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone pro and iPhone 13 pro max. The lowest variant starts at a price of Rs.69,900 and it all goes up to Rs.1,79,900 for the highest variant.

Key Changes:

This year’s iPhone comes with Apple’s latest A15 Bionic chips which Apple claims to be “the world’s fastest smartphone chip”, improved image processing, a slightly smaller notch for the front camera, a bigger battery and in iOS 15. Apart from these, the Pro models get extra features like adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz, max brightness up to 1000 nits, ProRes video recording up to 4K at 30 fps (1080p at 30 fps for 128GB storage). In terms of protection, the screens are coated with an additional layer of Ceramic.

Variants:

Just like last year this year too, Apple has introduced four variants for iPhone 13 series starting with iPhone 13 mini which is the most compact model followed by the normal iPhone 13 and then iPhone 13 Pro and then max version of the iPhone 13 Pro which is the top of the line from spec to size in every aspect.

Camera:

iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13 comes with a dual 12 MP camera setup ( wide & ultra-wide) with OIS capable of recording Cinematic mode videos with shallow depth of field (1080p at 30 fps), 4K videos at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps, HDR video with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 60 fps and Slow-motion video for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps. Both the phones support 2x optical zoom out and Digital zoom up to 3x. In the case of Pro models, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro max come in a 12 MP triple camera setup (telephoto, wide & ultra-wide) with OIS, they also get all the recoding features like the other two and in addition, they have ProRes video recording up to 4K at 30 fps (1080p at 30 fps for 128GB storage) which is a new video recording feature introduced by Apple for professional, other than this the extra lenses gives better zooming capacity of 3x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out and Digital zoom up to 9x.

Storage and Connectivity:

This time Apple has added a new 1TB variant keeping in mind the demand for storage due to the latest 4k video recording features. Both base and normal variants come with three storage options of 128GB, 256GB and 512GB, And both Pro models come equipped with one additional storage option of 1TB.

In case of connectivity, iPhone 13 series supports 5G (sub-6 GHz), Wi-fi 6, Bluetooth 5, Wi-Fi calling and NFC.

Protection:

• iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro max – iP68 rated, Ceramic Shield front & Surgical-grade stainless steel frame.
• iPhone 13 and 13 mini – iP68 rated, Ceramic Shield front & Aerospace-grade aluminium frame.

Price:

• iPhone 13 mini – ₹69900/ ₹79900/ ₹99900
• iPhone 13 – ₹79900/ ₹89900/ ₹109900
• iPhone 13 Pro – ₹119900/ ₹129900/ ₹149900/ ₹169900
• iPhone 13 Pro max – ₹129900/ ₹139900/ ₹159900/ ₹179900

Specifications:

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Is it worth upgrading from iPhone 12 to iPhone 13?

The answer to this question depends on which is your current phone because if you are an iPhone 12 user then it is not a necessary update but if you are an iPhone 10 or 11 series user and looking for an upgrade then it will be a better option than iPhone 12 series.

What are the Offers & Sales on Apple iPhone 13?

Apple is offering various discounts with iPhone 13 and some of them are listed below:

• Trade in offer – ₹9000 – ₹46120 off when you trade in an iPhone 8 or newer in apples official store.
• HDFC bank offer – Get up to Rs.6000 bank cashback on HDFC Cards while buying iPhone 13 from all online and offline store.
• Flipkart Big billion day & Amazon great India festival – Currently iPhone 13 are not in stock but there is a high chance of them coming back to stock in upcoming Flipkart Big billion day sales and Amazon great India festival sales so Wishlist them now to grab whenever goes on sale.

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