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<span style="color: #555; font-weight: bold;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-muted);">Your new superpower.</span>
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| style="width: 16.7%; background-color: #bf0013; color: #fff;" | '''RED'''
| style="width: 16.7%; background-color: #faf6f2; color: #000;" | '''Starlight'''
| style="width: 16.7%; background-color: #232a31; color: #fff;" | '''Midnight'''
| style="width: 16.6%; background-color: #276787; color: #fff;" | '''Blue'''
| style="width: 16.6%; background-color: #faddd7; color: #000;" | '''Pink'''
| style="width: 16.7%; background-color: #394c38; color: #fff;" | '''Green'''
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| colspan="6" style="background-color: #333; padding: 8px;" | [https://support.apple.com/en-us/111872 <span style="color: #fff;">iPhone 13 — Technical Specifications (Apple Support)</span>]
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{{iPhone lineup Navbox}}

The iPhone 13 is a [[smartphone]] designed and marketed by [[Apple|Apple]], announced on September 14, 2021, and released on September 24, 2021, with the [[iPhone 13 mini]], [[iPhone 13 Pro]], and [[iPhone 13 Pro Max]]. A refinement year by design, it took the [[iPhone 12]]'s new platform and fixed its costs: batteries grew across the generation (two and a half claimed hours here), the notch shrank 20%, base storage doubled to 128 GB, and the main camera inherited the [[iPhone 12 Pro Max]]'s large sensor and sensor-shift stabilization — the previous year's headline Pro exclusive, standard on the $799 model twelve months later.

The A15 Bionic and two video-first features — Cinematic mode's editable rack focus and Photographic Styles — completed a package reviewers summarized as "the iPhone 12, debugged." It became the world's best-selling smartphone of 2022 and held the lineup's budget tiers until 2024, the last of the three-year base models.

= Design =

Visually a 12 with two tells: the 20% narrower notch and the rear lenses set diagonally to clear the big stabilized sensor. Same flat aluminum-and-glass build at 174 g (10 heavier, all battery), Ceramic Shield, IP68, MagSafe. The palette warmed — Pink and Starlight replacing the 12's cooler tones alongside Midnight, Blue, and RED, with Green arriving in March.

= Hardware =

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| style="text-align: left;" | [[Apple|Apple]]
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Generation
| style="text-align: left;" | 15th
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Announced
| style="text-align: left;" | September 14, 2021
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Released
| style="text-align: left;" | September 24, 2021
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Discontinued
| style="text-align: left;" | September 9, 2024
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Predecessor
| style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 12]]
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Related
| style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 13 mini]] · [[iPhone 13 Pro]] · [[iPhone 13 Pro Max]]
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Successor
| style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 14]]
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Display
| style="text-align: left;" | 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED<br>2532 × 1170 (460 ppi)<br>HDR · True Tone · Ceramic Shield
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Chip
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Apple A15|Apple A15 Bionic]]<br>(2 + 4 cores · 4-core GPU<br>· 16-core Neural Engine)
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | RAM
| style="text-align: left;" | 4 GB
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Storage
| style="text-align: left;" | 128 GB · 256 GB · 512 GB
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Rear cameras
| style="text-align: left;" | 12 MP wide, f/1.6, sensor-shift OIS<br>(1.7µ pixels) + 12 MP ultra-wide, f/2.4<br>Cinematic mode · Photographic Styles
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Front camera
| style="text-align: left;" | 12 MP TrueDepth
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Battery
| style="text-align: left;" | 3,240 mAh · MagSafe 15 W · Qi
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Connectivity
| style="text-align: left;" | 5G · Wi-Fi 6 · Bluetooth 5.0
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Colors
| style="text-align: left;" | (PRODUCT)RED · Starlight · Midnight · Blue · Pink<br>(+ Green from March 2022)
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Launch price
| style="text-align: left;" | $799 (128 GB) · $899 (256 GB) · $1,099 (512 GB)
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | OS
| style="text-align: left;" | iOS 15.0 ~ current
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The A15 Bionic — five-nanometer, with the fastest single-core scores of its year — arrived amid the global chip shortage that made the 13 generation's on-time, in-stock launch itself an achievement. The battery gains were the spec that mattered: a 13% larger cell plus display and modem efficiency delivered the two-plus hours Apple claimed, verified widely, converting the 12's weakest review line into the 13's strongest.

= Camera =

Trickle-down did the work: the 12 Pro Max's 1.7µ sensor-shift main camera became the base camera, improving low light by nearly half a stop with rock-steady handheld Night mode. Cinematic mode brought rack-focus video — the phone tracking subjects and shifting focus cinematically, all editable afterward — in 1080p Dolby Vision, more tech demo than tool at launch but a genuine preview of computational video. Photographic Styles let users bias warmth and contrast permanently without wrecking skin tones.

= Software =

Shipped with iOS 15 — Focus modes, Live Text, FaceTime links — and remains current. Its long lineup life means the 13 spans more iOS versions on sale than any base model before it.

= Release and reception =

"Boring in the best way" ran the review consensus: no new direction, every 12 complaint addressed, the best value in the lineup. Pre-orders and the holiday quarter set records despite the supply-chain year; the 13 was 2022's best-selling phone globally by most trackers. It then worked down the price ladder — $699, then $599 — anchoring Apple's mid-tier until September 9, 2024, one of the longest-serving base models ever.

= Legacy =

The 13 cemented the modern cadence: platform year, then refinement year, with last year's Pro camera hardware flowing down. Its record sales in a shortage year proved the strategy's resilience, its battery fix set the endurance baseline the base tier has held since, and Cinematic mode opened the computational-video track that later generations built into a real filmmaking feature. The value-refinement role it perfected belongs today to the [[iPhone 17]].

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{| style="width: 100%; border: 2px solid #333; text-align: center;" darkstyle="border-color: #48484a;" |- | colspan="6" style="padding: 28px 20px 42px;" | <div style="font: bold 2em/1.2 -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'SF Pro Display', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: var(--wiki-color); margin-bottom: 0.8em;">iPhone 13</div> <span style="color: #555; font-weight: bold;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-muted);">Your new superpower.</span> |- | colspan="6" style="padding: 0;" | <div style="max-width: 300px; margin: 5px auto;">![[iphone_13.webp]]</div> |- | style="width: 16.7%; background-color: #bf0013; color: #fff;" | '''RED''' | style="width: 16.7%; background-color: #faf6f2; color: #000;" | '''Starlight''' | style="width: 16.7%; background-color: #232a31; color: #fff;" | '''Midnight''' | style="width: 16.6%; background-color: #276787; color: #fff;" | '''Blue''' | style="width: 16.6%; background-color: #faddd7; color: #000;" | '''Pink''' | style="width: 16.7%; background-color: #394c38; color: #fff;" | '''Green''' |- | colspan="6" style="background-color: #333; padding: 8px;" | [https://support.apple.com/en-us/111872 <span style="color: #fff;">iPhone 13 — Technical Specifications (Apple Support)</span>] |} {{iPhone lineup Navbox}} The iPhone 13 is a [[smartphone]] designed and marketed by [[Apple|Apple]], announced on September 14, 2021, and released on September 24, 2021, with the [[iPhone 13 mini]], [[iPhone 13 Pro]], and [[iPhone 13 Pro Max]]. A refinement year by design, it took the [[iPhone 12]]'s new platform and fixed its costs: batteries grew across the generation (two and a half claimed hours here), the notch shrank 20%, base storage doubled to 128 GB, and the main camera inherited the [[iPhone 12 Pro Max]]'s large sensor and sensor-shift stabilization — the previous year's headline Pro exclusive, standard on the $799 model twelve months later. The A15 Bionic and two video-first features — Cinematic mode's editable rack focus and Photographic Styles — completed a package reviewers summarized as "the iPhone 12, debugged." It became the world's best-selling smartphone of 2022 and held the lineup's budget tiers until 2024, the last of the three-year base models. = Design = Visually a 12 with two tells: the 20% narrower notch and the rear lenses set diagonally to clear the big stabilized sensor. Same flat aluminum-and-glass build at 174 g (10 heavier, all battery), Ceramic Shield, IP68, MagSafe. The palette warmed — Pink and Starlight replacing the 12's cooler tones alongside Midnight, Blue, and RED, with Green arriving in March. = Hardware = {| style="max-width: 500px; border: 2px solid #555; text-align: center;" darkstyle="border-color: #48484a;" |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left; width: 22%;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Developer | style="text-align: left;" | [[Apple|Apple]] |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Generation | style="text-align: left;" | 15th |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Announced | style="text-align: left;" | September 14, 2021 |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Released | style="text-align: left;" | September 24, 2021 |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Discontinued | style="text-align: left;" | September 9, 2024 |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Predecessor | style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 12]] |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Related | style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 13 mini]] · [[iPhone 13 Pro]] · [[iPhone 13 Pro Max]] |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Successor | style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 14]] |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Display | style="text-align: left;" | 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED<br>2532 × 1170 (460 ppi)<br>HDR · True Tone · Ceramic Shield |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Chip | style="text-align: left;" | [[Apple A15|Apple A15 Bionic]]<br>(2 + 4 cores · 4-core GPU<br>· 16-core Neural Engine) |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | RAM | style="text-align: left;" | 4 GB |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Storage | style="text-align: left;" | 128 GB · 256 GB · 512 GB |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Rear cameras | style="text-align: left;" | 12 MP wide, f/1.6, sensor-shift OIS<br>(1.7µ pixels) + 12 MP ultra-wide, f/2.4<br>Cinematic mode · Photographic Styles |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Front camera | style="text-align: left;" | 12 MP TrueDepth |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Battery | style="text-align: left;" | 3,240 mAh · MagSafe 15 W · Qi |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Connectivity | style="text-align: left;" | 5G · Wi-Fi 6 · Bluetooth 5.0 |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Colors | style="text-align: left;" | (PRODUCT)RED · Starlight · Midnight · Blue · Pink<br>(+ Green from March 2022) |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Launch price | style="text-align: left;" | $799 (128 GB) · $899 (256 GB) · $1,099 (512 GB) |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | OS | style="text-align: left;" | iOS 15.0 ~ current |} The A15 Bionic — five-nanometer, with the fastest single-core scores of its year — arrived amid the global chip shortage that made the 13 generation's on-time, in-stock launch itself an achievement. The battery gains were the spec that mattered: a 13% larger cell plus display and modem efficiency delivered the two-plus hours Apple claimed, verified widely, converting the 12's weakest review line into the 13's strongest. = Camera = Trickle-down did the work: the 12 Pro Max's 1.7µ sensor-shift main camera became the base camera, improving low light by nearly half a stop with rock-steady handheld Night mode. Cinematic mode brought rack-focus video — the phone tracking subjects and shifting focus cinematically, all editable afterward — in 1080p Dolby Vision, more tech demo than tool at launch but a genuine preview of computational video. Photographic Styles let users bias warmth and contrast permanently without wrecking skin tones. = Software = Shipped with iOS 15 — Focus modes, Live Text, FaceTime links — and remains current. Its long lineup life means the 13 spans more iOS versions on sale than any base model before it. = Release and reception = "Boring in the best way" ran the review consensus: no new direction, every 12 complaint addressed, the best value in the lineup. Pre-orders and the holiday quarter set records despite the supply-chain year; the 13 was 2022's best-selling phone globally by most trackers. It then worked down the price ladder — $699, then $599 — anchoring Apple's mid-tier until September 9, 2024, one of the longest-serving base models ever. = Legacy = The 13 cemented the modern cadence: platform year, then refinement year, with last year's Pro camera hardware flowing down. Its record sales in a shortage year proved the strategy's resilience, its battery fix set the endurance baseline the base tier has held since, and Cinematic mode opened the computational-video track that later generations built into a real filmmaking feature. The value-refinement role it perfected belongs today to the [[iPhone 17]].