iPHONE 13
lenses, which Apple hasn’t justified in
technical terms but I can only assume
is designed to accommodate larger
sensors within a camera module
of comparable size. It may also be
intended as a badge of honour: look at
me, I’ve got the new phone.COLOUR CHOICES
Note that Apple, as usual, has taken
the opportunity of an iPhone launch
to rejig the colour options.
The iPhone 12 mini was available
in purple, green, blue, red, white
and black. Apple has dropped
the green and purple options for
2021 and added pink, but even thecolours that have stuck around have
been tweaked: (Product)Red is now
substantially darker, blue is lighter,
and black, rebranded as Midnight, has
a touch more blue than last year.
(White has also been rebranded,
as Starlight. It looks largely the same,
with perhaps the merest hint of gold,
but I’ve not taken a close look at a
Starlight handset.)DISPLAY
Like the 12 mini, the 13 mini features
a 5.4in (2,340x1,080 at 476ppi) OLED
screen with a notch – but there are
some changes when you look closer.
For one thing the notch is narrower
than last year: not
dramatically so,
and Apple hasn’t
implemented any
obvious changes
in iOS’s interface
to take advantage
of the extra space
in the ‘ears’ (this
may happen
in iOS 16), but
it’s enough to
make the general
experience slightly
more pleasant and
the notch slightly
Apple has rejigged the colour options. less intrusive.