iPhone 13 review roundup: Most incremental ever?

September 21, 2021

Every year for the past few years, reviews of the latest iPhones have largely said the same thing: This year's phones are great, but are an incremental upgrade. If you have an older iPhone, you'll be delighted. But if you have a recent handset, skip it.

And so it goes with many of this year's reviews of the iPhone 13.

But then you come across a line like this in The Verge's review:

Apple’s marketing for the camera system on the 13 Pro is that it’s the “biggest advancement ever.” I don’t know that I would go that far, but I also can’t remember the last time I’ve said “whoa, look at this photo” as many times as I have during this review.

And it speaks to the larger truth: The new iPhones may be incremental, but those increments add up to something special.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

If you still can’t decide whether you want to upgrade to iPhone 13 or 13 Pro, perhaps some early feedback from reviewers will help. Unsurprisingly, they all have good things to say about Apple’s newest handsets. But are they really “the most incremental update ever,” as The New York Times writes? Here’s our iPhone 13 review roundup.

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