Apple released the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max in September 2026, five years after the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. The 2021 models introduced ProMotion displays, macro photography, a 3x Telephoto camera, and substantially longer battery life than their predecessors. They remain capable phones and support iOS 27, but owners now have five generations of upgrades to consider.
The iPhone 14 Pro brought the Dynamic Island, an Always-On display, a 48-megapixel Main camera, and Emergency SOS via satellite. The iPhone 15 Pro introduced the Action button and USB-C. The iPhone 16 Pro added larger displays, the Camera Control, a 48-megapixel Ultra Wide camera, and expanded video capabilities.
The iPhone 17 Pro adopted an aluminum unibody with vapor chamber cooling and upgraded the Telephoto and front-facing cameras. This year’s iPhone 18 Pro adds the A20 Pro chip, a variable-aperture Main camera, a smaller ‌Dynamic Island‌, and further gains in battery life and charging speed. For an iPhone 13 Pro owner, these changes accumulate across nearly every part of the phone.
Right on schedule, Oppo unveiled the F35 series in India. Theyโve grown heavier compared to their predecessors, the F33 and F33 Pro, since they bring bigger batteries.
The new Pro is also equipped with a larger display, an extra camera and more oomph, while the new vanilla model can stop being envious of the Proโs selfie camera. The Oppo F35 Pro now has a 6.78โ OLED display, a 1,272 x 2,772px panel with up to 144Hz refresh rate.
It renders 10-bit colors with 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. It peaks at 1,800 nits of brightness in HBM mode and is protected by AGC DT-Star D+ glass….
Oppo F35 and F35 Pro debut with 8,000mAh batteries and 50MP selfie cameras. Oppo F35 and F35 Pro debut with 8,000mAh batteries and 50MP selfie cameras – com news ADVERTISEMENT Oppo F35 and F35 Pro debut with 8,000mAh batteries and 50MP selfie cameras Post your comment Comments (3) Peter 05 October 2026 Oppo Android Announcement Right on schedule, Oppo unveiled the F35 series in India.
Thereโs a fingerprint reader embedded under the display. As mentioned above, the phone has an 8,000mAh battery, 1,000mAh more than the F33 series.
In the United States, the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ starts at $1,199 and the Pro Max at $1,299, each with 256GB of storage. That is $200 more than the corresponding iPhone 13 Pro model’s 2021 starting price, although the older phones started with 128GB.
Apple no longer sells the iPhone 13 Pro, so anyone buying one now will be looking at a used or refurbished device. Here are the key differences: Design and Display iPhone 13 Pro (2021) ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ (2026) Stainless steel frame Aluminum unibody Textured matte glass back Ceramic Shield back Ceramic Shield front Ceramic Shield 2 front iPhone 13 Pro: 6.1-inch display iPhone 13 Pro Max: 6.7-inch display iPhone 18 Pro: 6.3-inch display iPhone 18 Pro Max: 6.9-inch display iPhone 13 Pro: 2,532-by-1,170-pixel resolution iPhone 13 Pro Max: 2,778-by-1,284-pixel resolution iPhone 18 Pro: 2,622-by-1,206-pixel resolution iPhone 18 Pro Max: 2,868-by-1,320-pixel resolution Always-On display Up to 1,200 nits peak HDR brightness Up to 1,600 nits peak HDR brightness Up to 3,000 nits peak outdoor brightness Notch housing the TrueDepth camera Smaller ‌Dynamic Island‌ ‌Dynamic Island‌ can show up to three Live Activities at once Anti-reflective display coating Ring/Silent switch Customizable Action button Camera Control Graphite, Gold, Silver, Sierra Blue, and Alpine Green Black, Silver, Glacier, and Burgundy Dimensions and Weight iPhone 13 Pro (2021) ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ (2026) Height Pro: 146.7mm Pro Max: 160.8mm Pro: 150.0mm Pro Max: 163.4mm Width Pro: 71.5mm Pro Max: 78.1mm Pro: 71.9mm Pro Max: 78.0mm Thickness 7.65mm 8.75mm Weight Pro: 204 grams Pro Max: 240 grams Pro: 211 grams Pro Max: 249 grams Chip, Software, and Connectivity iPhone 13 Pro (2021) ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ (2026) A15 Bionic chip A20 Pro chip Made with TSMC’s 5nm process Made with TSMC’s 2nm process 6-core CPU with two performance cores and four efficiency cores 6-core CPU with two super cores and four efficiency cores 5-core GPU 7-core GPU with Neural Accelerators 16-core Neural Engine Dual 16-core Neural Engine Hardware-accelerated ray tracing Passive cooling Vapor chamber cooling for improved sustained performance Apple Intelligence and Siri AI support Lightning connector USB-C connector USB 2 transfer speeds up to 480 Mbps USB 3 transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s Video output up to 1080p using a Lightning adapter DisplayPort video output up to 4K HDR over USB-C Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 6 Thread networking First-generation Ultra Wideband chip Second-generation Ultra Wideband chip Emergency SOS via satellite Messages via satellite Find My via satellite Crash Detection Rear Cameras iPhone 13 Pro (2021) ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ (2026) 12-megapixel Wide camera 48-megapixel Fusion Main camera with a new sensor and computational imaging pipeline Fixed ฦ/1.5 Main camera aperture Variable Main camera aperture with ฦ/1.48, ฦ/1.8, ฦ/2.8, and ฦ/4.0 settings Manual aperture control in the Camera app and support for aperture control in third-party apps Night mode Night mode with faster capture enabled by the variable-aperture Main camera 12-megapixel Ultra Wide camera 48-megapixel Fusion Ultra Wide camera ฦ/1.8 Ultra Wide aperture ฦ/2.2 Ultra Wide aperture 12-megapixel Telephoto camera 48-megapixel Fusion Telephoto camera 3x Telephoto camera with 77mm focal length 4x Telephoto camera with 100mm focal length 12-megapixel optical-quality 2x photos derived from the Main camera 12-megapixel optical-quality 8x photos derived from the Telephoto camera 6x optical zoom range 16x optical-quality zoom range Digital zoom up to 15x Digital zoom up to 40x Sensor-shift optical image stabilization on the Wide camera Second-generation sensor-shift optical image stabilization on the Main camera Optical image stabilization on the Telephoto camera 3D sensor-shift optical image stabilization on the Telephoto camera 12-megapixel photos from all three rear cameras 24- and 48-megapixel super-high-resolution photos from all three rear cameras Fixed default Main camera view Customizable default lens for the Fusion Main camera Macro photography 48-megapixel macro photography Photonic Engine Smart HDR 4 Smart HDR 5 Portrait mode with Depth Control Next-generation portraits with Focus and Depth Control Photographic Styles Photographic Styles 3, with additional tone, color, texture, and grain controls Pro controls for shutter speed, white balance, and a live histogram Smart focus tracking Spatial photo capture Apple Reference Image capture using the Main camera True Tone flash with Slow Sync Adaptive True Tone flash Camera Control The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ adds a dedicated Camera Control that the iPhone 13 Pro lacks.
It can be used to: Open the Camera app, take a photo, or press and hold to record video Lock focus and exposure with a light press and hold before reframing Slide to adjust exposure, depth, zoom, camera selection, Photographic Styles, and tone Open Visual Intelligence by pressing and holding, where the feature is available Front Camera iPhone 13 Pro (2021) ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ (2026) 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera 18-megapixel Center Stage camera with TrueDepth technology ฦ/2.2 aperture ฦ/1.9 aperture Autofocus Center Stage Portrait and landscape framing without rotating the iPhone Smart HDR 4 Smart HDR 5 Photographic Styles Photographic Styles 3 Video Recording iPhone 13 Pro (2021) ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ (2026) Rear-camera 4K Dolby Vision recording up to 60 fps Rear-camera 4K Dolby Vision recording up to 120 fps Rear-camera Cinematic mode up to 1080p at 30 fps Rear-camera Cinematic mode up to 4K Dolby Vision at 60 fps Front-camera Cinematic mode up to 1080p at 30 fps Front-camera Cinematic mode up to 4K Dolby Vision at 30 fps ProRes recording up to 4K at 30 fps, or 1080p at 30 fps on the 128GB model ProRes recording up to 4K at 120 fps with external storage Video recording directly to external storage over USB-C Action mode up to 2.8K Dolby Vision at 60 fps Spatial video recording at 1080p and 30 fps Dual Capture using the front and rear cameras simultaneously ProRes RAW support Apple Log 2 support Genlock support Audio Recording iPhone 13 Pro (2021) ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ (2026) Stereo recording Spatial Audio and stereo recording Four studio-quality microphones Wind noise reduction Audio Mix Battery and Charging iPhone 13 Pro (2021) ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ (2026) iPhone 13 Pro: Up to 22 hours of video playback iPhone 18 Pro: Up to 36 hours of video playback iPhone 13 Pro Max: Up to 28 hours of video playback iPhone 18 Pro Max: Up to 45 hours of video playback iPhone 13 Pro: Up to 20 hours of streamed video playback iPhone 18 Pro: Up to 33 hours of streamed video playback iPhone 13 Pro Max: Up to 25 hours of streamed video playback iPhone 18 Pro Max: Up to 40 hours of streamed video playback Up to 50% charge in around 30 minutes with a 20W adapter or higher Up to 50% charge in around 15 minutes with a compatible 60W adapter or higher MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W ‌MagSafe‌ wireless charging up to 25W Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W Qi2 wireless charging up to 25W Up to 50% charge in around 30 minutes using ‌MagSafe‌ with a compatible 35W adapter or higher Storage and Pricing iPhone 13 Pro (2021) ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ (2026) 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB iPhone 13 Pro: Launched at $999 in the U.S. With 128GB iPhone 18 Pro: Starts at $1,199 in the U.S.
With 256GB iPhone 13 Pro Max: Launched at $1,099 in the U.S. With 256GB Now discontinued Sold directly by Apple Is It Worth Upgrading From an iPhone 13 Pro.
For most iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max owners ready to replace their phone, the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ is a very worthwhile upgrade. Five years of changes bring noticeable improvements to battery life, charging, outdoor display visibility, photography, and connectivity.
The iPhone 13 Pro already has ProMotion and a capable three-camera system, but those strengths do not erase the breadth of the newer model’s improvements. Battery life may be the most immediate benefit, especially for an iPhone 13 Pro whose original battery has aged.
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