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VPNs for ad-blocking After all, not every year brings with it the kind of essential ‘killer app’ features that necessitate a smartphone upgrade. Let’s take a closer look at how the iPhone 12 smartphones hold up against its newer iPhone 13 siblings. The screen resolution doesn’t change across generations or models, but you do get better typical brightness, while the iPhone 13 Pro comes with ProMotion and an adaptive refresh rate up to 120Hz. Both the iPhone 13 and the iPhone 13 Pro also come with the latest Apple chipset, as well as larger storage capacity options and more system memory. Budding photographers will likely also appreciate the optical zoom improvements of the telephoto camera on the iPhone 13 Pro alongside the option to record in Dolby Vision up to 60 frames per second (fps). You can absolutely make the leap if any of those improvements sound important, otherwise we reckon the iPhone 12 is worth hanging onto for at least another year. If you’re hanging onto an iPhone XR, XS or X, it may be worth considering an upgrade to the iPhone 13. It’s an even better story for the price comparison between the iPhone 13 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro, with the newer model proving cheaper at every increment. There’s a $150 difference with the 128GB, 256GB and 512GB models, plus the iPhone 13 Pro offers an all-new 1TB internal storage option for those who crave more space. Check out the full price comparison below. Fast-forward 12 months and the state of 5G in Australia is looking a lot better, with Telstra blitzing past a milestone in June for 75% of the Australian population. The Optus 5G and Vodafone 5G networks also continue to expand. According to the network-monitoring wizards at Opensignal, 5G users are tapping into speeds five times faster than those on 4G. The trick here is that Australian model iPhone 12s are restricted to using a slower 5G frequency, which means they can’t hit the max speeds offered by our 5G networks. Unfortunately, Apple has repeated this misstep again with the iPhone 13 in Australia, so don’t look to the iPhone 13 for a 5G speed advantage over the iPhone 12. Speaking of the Pro models, the 6GB of RAM for the iPhone 12 Pro is now the starting RAM for the iPhone 13, with all models sporting 6GB of RAM. Meanwhile, the iPhone 13 Pro stretches up to 8GB of RAM for its models. More memory is great for multitasking and the otherwise smooth operation of your smartphone. While professional photographers will appreciate the ProRAW improvements care of the larger camera sensors and A15 Bionic chip inside the iPhone 13 handsets, this logic has also been expanded to video. ProRES is the name of the new iPhone 13 feature, which is designed to offer even better video results for those who tap into the depth of its features. For casual videographers, Cinematic mode makes capturing and editing easier than ever. Outside of this, the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 offer very similar cameras. Meanwhile, the iPhone 13 Pro edges out the iPhone 12 thanks to bolstered optical zoom (3x vs 2x) and lower f-stop values for its wide and telephoto lenses, albeit the iPhone 12 Pro still has the f-stop edge when it comes to ultra-wide. According to Trusted Reviews, you can expect improved performance care of a noticeably higher transistor count: 15 billion in the A15 compared to 11.8 billion in the A14. For Apple, this translates to a 50% boost next to the competition, but that doesn’t include the iPhone 12. Despite the higher transistor count, both the A15 and A14 still sport six cores, split into two high-performance cores for heavy lifting and four energy-efficient cores for everything else. While Apple is vaguely claiming that the iPhone 13’s graphics will be 30% faster than the competition, we do know that the iPhone 13 Pro has five GPU cores compared to the four inside the iPhone 13 and iPhone 12. Finally, the A15 also boasts improvements to its machine-learning capabilities, which translates to performance boosts for Siri, photography enhancements, as well as improvements to how the iPhone 13 handles video. On the topic of power, expect more battery life out of the iPhone 13 compared to the iPhone 12. We don’t know exactly how much extra capacity the iPhone 13 battery has compared to the iPhone 12, but Apple says to expect an extra 2.5 hours of juice from the iPhone 13 and 1.5 hours from the iPhone 13 Pro. The main difference comes with the iPhone 13 Pro model, whose ProMotion feature allows the display rate to automatically adapt up to a 120Hz refresh rate. This offers up to double the refresh rate of the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 13. It also helps to bring the iPhone in line with the adaptive high refresh rates of Apple’s competitors. It’s the same story for the design, too, except that the selfie camera notch is 20% smaller on the iPhone 13 than the iPhone 12. As is the trend, there are also some different colour options to choose from, too. Don’t expect to save any money on the handset itself based on the repayment duration, but you can bring the monthly cost down by opting for longer terms. If it’s anything like the iPhone 12, there may be some handset price competition (or price matching) between some or all three telcos.
