The iPhone 13 shares most specifications, including front and rear camera configurations, with the slightly smaller iPhone 13 mini. Images can be viewed on a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display, and Apple’s mobile operating system is powered by its internal A15 chipset. Images and videos can be saved up to 512GB of built-in storage.

The front camera hardware for taking selfies is the same on all iPhone 13 models, with a 12MP sensor paired with an f / 2.2 aperture lens with a focal length equivalent to 23mm. Let’s see how the iPhone 13 performs in our SBMARK Selfie test.

Main specifications of the front camera:

  • 12 MP 1 / 3.6 ″ sensor, lens with f / 2.2 aperture equivalent to 23 mm
  • 3D sensor
  • Cinematic mode for recording videos with shallow depth of field (1080p at 30 fps)
  • HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 60 fps; 4K video recording at 24/25/30/60 fps; 1080p HD video recording at 25fps, 30fps or 60fps

About SBMARK Camera Tests: For scoring and analysis in our smartphone camera reviews, SBMARK engineers capture and evaluate over 3000 test images and more than 2.5 hours of video in both controlled laboratory environments and indoor and outdoor natural scenes, using the default camera settings. This article aims to highlight the most important results of our tests. For more information on SBMARK Camera Test Protocol, please click here. More details on how we rate smartphone cameras can be found here.

Test summary

Pros

  • Precise exposure of the target on the face
  • Wide depth of field
  • High level of detail in indoor and outdoor conditions
  • Quite accurate depth estimate
  • Wide dynamic range and precise exposure of the target in the video
  • Accurate video white balance
  • The wide focus range means that all subjects are in focus in group selfie videos.

Cons

  • Luminance noise
  • Sometimes inaccurate skin tones, especially in backlit indoor scenes
  • Slight artifacts of anamorphosis (perspective distortion on faces)
  • Low subject exposure when using the flash
  • High levels of noise in the video, especially in low light conditions
  • Residual motion in walking videos
  • Loss of detail in videos in low light conditions

With all iPhone 13 series devices sharing the same specifications and processor as the front camera, it would be fair to assume that the Apple iPhone 13 Selfie results are very close to those of the iPhone 13 Pro. We confirmed this by subjecting the Apple iPhone 13 to the Complete SBMARK Selfie test protocol.

In this outdoor comparison, you can see that the two cameras produce virtually identical image results.

Apple iPhone 13, outdoor selfie

Apple iPhone 13, crop: accurate color rendering and facial exposure, good detail

Apple iPhone 13 Pro, outdoor selfie

Apple iPhone 13 Pro, very similar to the iPhone 13 result

Like the iPhone 13 Pro, the iPhone 13 achieves an overall selfie score of 99, a photo score of 102, and a video score of 95. Given the identical scores and very similar image results, we only publish this short article for the Apple iPhone 13. For the full set of sample images and measurements, as well as a full analysis, click the link below and read the full Apple iPhone 13 Pro Selfie review.

Go to the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Selfie review

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