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A. Basic Information Comparison:
1. Price
Without a carrier discount, the iPhone 13 starts at $829 for 128GB, which is twice the storage the iPhone 12 started with. The iPhone 13 Mini starts at $729 for the same 128GB of iPhone Nand flash storage. 
The iPhone 13 Pro starts at $999 and the 13 Pro Max at $1,099 for 128GB of storage. For the first time, you have the option to get 1TB of storage on an iPhone. The extra storage is only available on the Pro models and pushes the price of an iPhone 13 Pro Max to $1,599.
2. Capacity:
iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max:128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB
3. Color:
iPhone 13 Pro Max : Sierra Blue, Silver, Gold, Graphite
iPhone 13 Pro: Sierra Blue, Silver, Gold, Graphite
iPhone 13: Pink, Blue, Midnight, Starlight, (PRODUCT)RED
iPhone 13 mini: Pink, Blue, Midnight, Starlight, (PRODUCT)RED
You can get a beautiful iPhone 13 case to protect you iPhone. iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini will be available in pink, blue, midnight, starlight, and (PRODUCT)RED.
3. Size:
iPhone 13 Pro Max : 6.7″
iPhone 13 Pro: 6.1″
iPhone 13: 6.1″
iPhone 13 mini: 5.4″
4. Water Resistance
iPhone 13 Pro Max: IP68
iPhone 13 Pro: IP68
iPhone 13: IP68
iPhone 13 mini: IP68
All iPhone 13 series about water resistant up to a depth of 6 meters for up to 30 minutes (IP68)
B. New Features:
1. Processor Upgrade
iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max: A15 Bionic chip with new 6-core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores, 5-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine
iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13: A15 Bionic chip with new 6-core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores, 4-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine
2. Battery life:
iPhone 13 Pro Max : 28 hours video playback; 25 hours video playback
iPhone 13 Pro: 22 hours video playback; 20 hours video playback
iPhone 13: 19 hours video playback; 15 hours video playback
iPhone 13 mini: 17 hours video playback; 13 hours video playback|
iPhone 13 Pro Max is the longest-lasting iPhone ever.
Apple says that the Pro models should see a similar increase in iPhone battery life with the iPhone 13 Pro getting two-and-a-half more hours and the 13 Pro Max getting an additional hour and a half.
iPhone 13 delivers incredible all-day battery life,4 offering up to two and a half more hours in a day than iPhone 12, and iPhone 13 mini provides up to an hour and a half more in a day than iPhone 12 mini.
3. Adaptive refresh:
iPhone 13 Pro Max : Up to 120Hz
iPhone 13 Pro: Up to 120Hz
iPhone 13: NO
iPhone 13 mini: NO
4. Chip
A15 Bionic chip promises the most powerful graphics ever with 50% better performance than competing phones (rated).
iPhone 13 Pro Max : A15 Bionic chip
iPhone 13 Pro: A15 Bionic chip
iPhone 13: A15 Bionic chip
iPhone 13 mini: A15 Bionic chip
Major battery life improvements come to both iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini, made possible by A15 Bionic, more efficient components, a larger battery, and power optimizations from a deep integration of hardware and software.
iPhone 13 lineup the only devices able to edit the depth-of-field effect in video even after recording. Enabled by A15 Bionic and advanced machine learning algorithms.
All the four modes offer HDR video recording with Dolby Vision — from capture to editing and sharing, and they support for 4K up to 60 fps on all cameras.
2. Optical Zoom Range
iPhone 13 Pro Max : LiDAR Scanner for Night mode portraits, faster autofocus in low light, and next-level AR experiences
iPhone 13 Pro: LiDAR Scanner for Night mode portraits, faster autofocus in low light, and next-level AR experiences
iPhone 13: NO
iPhone 13 mini: NO
3. Macro photography comes to iPhone.
With its redesigned lens and powerful autofocus system, the new Ultra Wide iPhone camera can focus at just 2 cm. You can capture a caterpillar’s fuzz or magnify a dewdrop.
iPhone 13 Lineup Outlook
The iPhone 13’s big focus is on cameras and the A15 Bionic chip. The notch is smaller (finally) and the photography capabilities are certainly impressive. The iPhone 13 looks like it offers quite a bit over its predecessor.
Finally, the iPhone display screen has 120Hz refresh rate, the iPhone 13 Pro models have 120Hz ProMotion displays, which will help iOS 15 feel exceptionally smooth. All four models getting sensor-shift stabilization is fantastic, as are the ultrawide improvements across the board. And let’s not forget about the battery life improvements.
