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To my eyes it’s a less saturated display compared to the Samsung flagships, showing more natural tones. I loaded up a few episodes of Our Planet on Netflix and Foundation on Apple TV Plus, and the vividness and vibrancy of the colours displayed are glorious.

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While the larger 6.7-inch Pro Max is certainly the one to go for if you watch a lot of videos on your phone, the 6.1-inch is no slouch. The OLED panel delivers deep blacks with infinite contrast, while the brightness levels make outdoor readability among the best I’ve seen. ProMotion aside, the iPhone 13 Pro’s screen is sublime – right up there with the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra for quality. I’m just glad Apple has finally brought the tech to the iPhone, since it always felt like the missing piece.

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There were 90Hz screens on Android phones in 2017 and all the best Android phones of 2022 use them. Now, Apple is far from the first to implement such tech. The smoother scrolling is noticeable everywhere (especially in Apple’s apps and those updated to fully take advantage), and now when I pick up the iPhone 13 or iPhone 12 Pro, it just feels slower. I noticed the benefits of ProMotion right from the setup screen, and even following a week of use, its effects still stand out. Apple engaged a similar trick on the Apple Watch, and with so many Android phones including these always-on displays, it feels like a missing trick on the iPhone 13 Pro. My only slight disappointment here is that there isn’t a way for the screen to go down to 1Hz, which could have enabled a clever always-on display to keep the time and notifications always visible.

Reading a book? It will get even slower, down to a low of 10Hz. However, if you’re watching a YouTube video, most of which are shot at 30fps, the screen will slow down. When you’re doing something on your phone where 120Hz is likely to make a visible difference, such as scrolling Twitter or gaming, the panel will aim for that – and, in my experience, hit it. Refreshing at 120Hz isn’t always a good use of power, however, so these LTPO panels are adaptive – they move between refresh rates depending on the task at hand. There’s no jarring as you scroll through a website or around the homescreen, while apps rise into view smoothly. But on the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro, the panel can now refresh up to 120Hz – or 120 times a second.Īt its most basic, this makes actions feel faster. It’s really one of those things you need to try out in the shop to get a feel for what it adds.Īll previous iPhones (and the iPhone 13) have included 60Hz panels, which means they attempt to refresh 60 times every second. Slightly smaller notch for the front camera systemĮxplaining the benefits of faster refresh rate displays and 120Hz is difficult.First iPhone to boast a 120Hz display, up from the standard 60Hz.The phone is no longer sold by Apple, who replaced it with the iPhone 14 Pro in September 2022, yet if can find one for a cheaper price then it remains a solid phone capable of running the latest iOS 16 software.

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The iPhone 13 Pro brought with it a number of firsts for the flagship smartphone from Apple and even a year on it remains an excellent phone we can still recommend.īig features added with the 13 Pro included a completely new screen tech, a significant upgrade in low-light camera performance when compared to the 12 Pro, plus much better battery life.

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