I have never owned an iPhone but my favorite color is blue and Sierra Blue looks really nice. Last years blue was also a nice color as well.
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First Impressions From New iPhone 13 and 13 Pro Owners
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Last year my UPS driver said it was required here (that Apple required it). I only know because last year I had a funeral I had to leave early for on delivery day, so I tracked my UPS driver down and she was kind and got me the new phone off of the truck. She also said it was a good thing, because she wouldn't have been allowed to leave it at my house if no one was there to sign for it.
So... it may be required. But that may also depend on your delivery driver. I decided I wasn't going to take a chance myself this year that it would be required and set delivery for my office where there was a high likelihood that no one would be home when it would be delivered today.
It's a useless gimmick which I don't understand why Apple keeps bringing it back each year with every wallpaper update.
I guess it has the same allure to some people as, say, a fidget spinner.
The thousands of us getting our Pro Max phones on launch day are likely a big part of why you’re having to wait.
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I was able to go online this morning and order one for pick up today. It’s been like this the last few years.
13 Pro - Graphite.
After an hour:
• 120hz is very nice
• PWM is much improved
• Speakers are excellent
• Camera module is large (and stoopid). It's an odd design. Def needs a case to protect, and I'm not a case guy.
• Graphite colour is too light - would have preferred black or a much darker shade.
• Matt glass back is smoother than last year.
• Glad I got the Pro and not the Pro Max. Even coming from a 7 Plus this phone feels large and heavy enough.
After an hour:
• 120hz is very nice
• PWM is much improved
• Speakers are excellent
• Camera module is large (and stoopid). It's an odd design. Def needs a case to protect, and I'm not a case guy.
• Graphite colour is too light - would have preferred black or a much darker shade.
• Matt glass back is smoother than last year.
• Glad I got the Pro and not the Pro Max. Even coming from a 7 Plus this phone feels large and heavy enough.
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Upgrading from the iPhone 8 feels very different. Wondering why the phone seems to get quite warm when using camera though. Need to monitor that.
Seems to have a nice external speaker
To the person complaining about the warmth on the screen I think they need to turn off True Tone because they clearly have no clue.
Seems to have a nice external speaker
To the person complaining about the warmth on the screen I think they need to turn off True Tone because they clearly have no clue.
I got gold last year, so was thinking of changing it up. I liked the blue a lot, but I still prefer the darker blue to the new blue, unfortunately…
If you compare the 11 cases pre-MagSafe to the 12 MagSafe cases, the back was flat because the material was thick. There wasn’t a ridge around the camera module area because the back was as thick as that area.I have yet to get lucky and find one that makes the back flat. 😓😢
Mind to share what you found so far?
Once they made the backs thin to support MagSafe, “flat” is now gone. So you MAY be able to find a case that makes the back flat, but it won’t work with MagSafe.
And those of us who wants the flat/level back are unlikely to worry too much about the MagSafe knowing it is the drawback.
We get this every single time, sadly. ”It’s not a huge upgrade from my 11-month old device” - why do they expect radical paradigm shifts every single year? It feels like a straw man they’re setting up. I can’t decide whether the outrage is feigned or just way out of touch. Do these folks also buy a brand new car every single year? To someone upgrading from a 3-5 year old device it’s a huge upgrade.
I’m guessing the only thing that would please them (aside from radical redesigns every year, but they’d probably complain then too), would be if they bought, say, an iPhone 12, and then Apple kept selling (only) that same iPhone 12 until the radically different iPhone 16 was ready, 4 years later, not caring that everyone else was only able to get the aging iPhone 12 design in the intervening 4 years, because that doesn’t affect them directly. It doesn’t occur or matter to them that other people are on different upgrade cycles. Thankfully, we generally get what we should from Apple (on this front) - incremental year-to-year upgrades, continuous improvement each year, and people can upgrade when the benefits outweigh the costs for them.
My 13 Pro is running very warm in hand just browsing this forum?Upgrading from the iPhone 8 feels very different. Wondering why the phone seems to get quite warm when using camera though. Need to monitor that.
Seems to have a nice external speaker
To the person complaining about the warmth on the screen I think they need to turn off True Tone because they clearly have no clue.
Yeah, I was fine with the cameras protruding when the Apple cases balanced it out to all be flat, so the phone could be set down with wobbling (and with the entire back of the case protecting the lenses if something was pressed against it), but… that lip is rather ungainly looking, is going to wobble, and isn’t going to offer as much protection (easier for the lip to bend that for the entire back of the case to compress), and it’s going to catch on things occasionally, pocket edges or otherwise.
Graphite not black enough for you?
The "Gotta run" cracks me up to no end. If he had to run, he wouldn't have written War and Peace about the lack of black. LOL
I think you may have missed the sarcasm. Not sure there was really a truck to run to.
I am hoping that the camera bump is so big (wide, specifically) that it can't act as a fulcrum, and the phone will just be sloped from top to bottom when set on a surface, with no side-to-side rocking. Have not seen any comments on this yet. My phone arrives today, but the case not for another week...