Apple iPhone 13 is Exciting for This One Reason

Apple effectively answers the question: Why do I need a new iPhone?

Lance Ulanoff
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Apple iPhone 13 (Credit: Apple)

Apple didn’t reinvent the wheel or the iPhone. From a distance, you’d be hard-pressed to tell the difference between an iPhone 12 lineup and the iPhone 13 devices Apple unveiled on Tuesday.

They share the same sharp-edged design as the 12. The camera arrays are still surrounded by that box and could resemble a stovetop. The only visible difference is the iPhone 13 cameras are now offset diagonally to each other. Apple didn’t even trade-in the lightning port for USB-C (which it’s already using on its iPad Pros, iPad Airs, and the spiffy, new iPad mini).

And yet, I still think there’s at least one good reason to be excited about the new iPhone 13.

Of course, to understand why you’ll care about and probably want to upgrade to one of the new 5G-capable iPhone 13 models (you have a choice of the 6.1-inch iPhone 13 [$799], 5.4-inch 13 mini [$699]— it lives! — and the 6.1-inch iPhone 13 Pro [$999]or 6.7-inch Pro Max [$1099] — up to 1 TB!) you need to understand the brains of this operation, the new A15 Bionic.

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Lance Ulanoff
Debugger

Tech expert, journalist, social media commentator, amateur cartoonist and robotics fan.