iPhone 13 series decoded: Hands-on, first impressions and everything to know about Apple’s latest iPhones

Apple’s latest and greatest iPhones–iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, and iPhone 13 Mini–are now shipping. Cupertino is making its entire iPhone 13 series available in India at the same time as markets like the US, UK and Canada which is to say, India’s getting them in the first wave. Something like this has never happened before, which underscores the country’s role in Apple’s roadmap–as also its commitment to the world’s fastest growing smartphone market.

The 2021 iPhones, especially the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, come with a bevy of hardware upgrades including a faster A15 Bionic system-on-chip and 120Hz ProMotion display, a more capable camera system that’s seemingly fine-tuned for advanced video recording and even more importantly, a bigger battery. Apple has also shrunk the notch and added more 5G radios although the latter’s not all that useful–just yet–if you’re in India at this point in time.