iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max 128GB models lack this major camera upgrade

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When you're picking upwards a new phone, y'all might have thought that opting for a smaller storage choice would only affect your storage, correct? That'south non truthful where the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max are concerned.

The iPhone thirteen Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max come with the ProRes video feature, simply the 128GB model is express to recording those videos in 1080p at 30fps. Higher storage models instead offer 4K at 30fps.

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ProRes is, as Apple describes it, "an advanced video codec used widely as the final commitment format for commercials, feature films, and broadcasts, to offer higher color allegiance and less compression". It's favored past the movie industry, and is likely to be a huge benefit to motion-picture show makers and other artistic professionals.

However, the cheapest iPhone 13 Pro models accept a resolution cap, which was buried in the small print of Apple's press release for the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. The "iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max support ProRes video recording in the Photographic camera app at 1080p 30 fps with the 128GB storage pick and upwardly to 4K 30 fps with 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB storage options."

In other words, if you want to go the highest possible resolution out of ProRes mode, you lot're going to take to pay upwards for at least 256GB of storage. Why? Presumably it has something to exercise with file sizes, and the fact 4K ProRes files might be a bit of a storage pig.

That would also explain why this limitation affects the larger, and more expensive, iPhone 13 Pro Max. If Apple tree doesn't remember 128GB of storage is plenty to handle ProRes at 4K, then information technology makes sense that both phones' 128GB variants have the aforementioned limitation.

The iPhone 13 Pro starts at $999 for 128GB, so you would need to spend $one,099 for 256GB, $1,299 for 512GB or $1,499 for 1TB for the highest ProRes resolution. The iPhone thirteen Pro Max jumps from $1,099 for 128GB to $1,199 for 256GB, $1,399 for 512GB and $i,599 for 1TB.

Then if you were planning on ownership either telephone, and taking advantage of ProRes, you should definitely carry this in mind. 1080p video isn't particularly bad, especially if it has all the benefits Apple claims ProRes has to offer. Merely yous need to decide whether that level of resolution is ok, or if you'd prefer the option of having 4K.

The iPhone xiii Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max are both available to pre-order from Friday September 17, and will be released on Friday September 24. You can check out our listing of the best iPhone 13 pre-order deals right here.

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