What is the difference between iPhone 13 pro and 13 pro max?

iPhone,the most premium quality phone produced by techgiant Apple that is considered as the most popular phone among the users.It’s alluring outlook with exclusive features always pulls the users to grab it.

Every year Apple launches a new series of iPhone with a bunch of new features and that makes the newbie better than the previous one.

Last autumn (in the month of September), Apple launched their latest iPhone series called iPhone 13 series.They released four phones in the Apple iPhone 13 series.

Among them, the iPhone 13 pro and iPhone 13 pro max are the most premium. These two phones hold similar features with slight differences in some aspects. And today, I will discuss those differences to help you out to pick one between those two.

What is the difference between iPhone 13 pro & 13 pro max?

There are no big differences between iPhone 13 pro and 13 pro max in major features or in outlook design.The key differences are display size,dimension,weight,battery and price.

Before I jump into the differences between these two phones,let’s have an idea about the key features of these phones.

Key Features of iPhone 13 pro and 13 Pro Max

When you talk about the key features of these phones, you have found that the virtual features are exactly the same. For the first time,Apple put the same virtual features in two different phones. As you previously see, the previous iPhone 12 pro and 12 pro max had a big difference in camera. 

Both phones hold the exact same chipset,camera,display,capacity.Both phones have the exact same A15 bionic chip that has a new 6-core CPU with new 5-core GPU.

Apple used Super Retina XDR displays with promotion in both phones and both phones grasp up to 1TB storage.

The pair has Rated IP68 splash,water and dust resistant and they hold exactly the same cameras. They contain a 12 MP pro camera system with Telephoto,Wide and Ultra Wide cameras.

So, what do you see? Both of these Apple latest flagships are the same. Well, the answer is no. 

Bit surprising, but there are some differences between the iPhone 13 pro and its taller friend iPhone 13 pro max. 

Differences between iphone 13 pro and 13 pro max

Though both phones contain the same virtual features, they have some differences in some aspects.Let’s dig out the differences between them.

Differences

Display Size and Resolutio

The difference that you catch on your eyes is the size variant of this phone.The big brother iPhone 13 pro max holds a bigger display than the smaller one.The iPhone 13 pro max has a screen size of 6.7inches.On the other hand,13 pro fits with a 6.1 inches screen. 

That means the screen of iPhone 13 pro max displays more contents and its UI elements (such as keyboard) are comparatively bigger than 13 pro. On the other hand, the iPhone 13 pro is quite handy to grip in one hand for its smaller size.

Though,the displays of both phones are assembled with the same technologies but the screen size affects  the resolution of the phone. 

The pixel density of iPhone 13 pro is 460ppi and the resolution is 2532‑by‑1170-pixel. Inversely the pixel density of 13 pro max is 458ppi and it differs the resolution to 2778‑by‑1284-pixel.

Weight

It's obvious that the iPhone 13 pro holds a less weight than 13 pro max for its smaller size.The weight of iPhone 13 pro is 204 gm or 7.19 OZ. But for a bigger height and width iPhone 13 pro max weighed a little bit more, 240 gm or 8.46 OZ in exact figure.

If we look at the dimensions, the iPhone 13 pro is 14.1mm shorter and 6.6mm narrower than its big buddy 13 pro max.

Battery

The one noticeable difference between these two phones is their battery. No, I  don’t state that one of these phones holds the worst battery life. 

Even though these two phones have the best battery and battery life ever Apple has produced. But, if the battery of iPhone 13 is better,then the best is put in iPhone 13 pro max.

iPhone 13 pro max has 4352 mAh battery with 28 hours of video playback,up to 25 hours streamed video playback with 95 hours of audio playback.

Contrastingly,iPhone 13 pro holds a lesser battery life. With its 3095 mAh  it has a long 22 hours of video playback,20 Hours of Streamed video playback and 75 hours of audio playback.

Actually both phones' batteries are satisfactory to users,iPhone 13 pro max surpasses all the levels when it comes to. iPhones battery.

Price

Big things should be earned with big money.Okay let’s not be so philosophical. For its bigger size the starting price of iPhone 13 pro max is 100$ more than 13 pro.

iPhone 13 pro starts with 999$ and ends up with 1499$ for the 1TB variant. You need to add 100$ more for grabbing the variants of pro max. That means it starts with 1099$ and ends up with 1599$.

Price list 

                                  128GB       256GB      512GB     1TB

iphone 13 pro             999$          1099$      1299$    1499$     

iphone 13 pro max     1099$         1199$      1399$    1599$   

Final Verdict

The final verdict of choosing between one of these phones depends on your demand. If you want  lightweight,good pocketability,comfortable grip and the most importantly ‘less price’ in a phone but you can explore all the top notch virtual apple features with a high-end camera,then iPhone 13 pro is the best one for you.

But if the bigger screen size and the best battery life are your personal preference and you have no issues with money then you can go for the 13 pro max.

My final thoughts on these two phones is: It depends on your preference since the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max share practically the same features other than battery life.