iPhone 13

Still on 87% battery health on my iPhone 13 (not mini) that’s approaching 5 years old. Still an awesome phone with great battery life! I don’t plan to update it beyond iOS 18 though, and the Lightning port is becoming more and more of a pain over time.

[...] They should hopefully still be getting software updates, at least security updates. I'm on an iPhone 13 since launch (almost 5 years ago) and still see no reason to upgrade. [...] EDIT: should add, I've only used 50% of the 256GB storage and battery life is still fine (comfortably gets through an entire day+night). [...]

[...] They are lagging behind the Asian companies on the actual equipment: Chinese phones have far better battery capacity, camera sensors and screens are both sourced from competitors, Mediatek has caught up to them on the SoC side of thing. [...] On top of that, they have been struggling on the software side of things for quite some time. [...] I personally went back to Android this generation when my iPhone 13 became unusable. [...]

I have the standard iPhone 13 (not mini) and the battery longevity is probably the best of any phone I've ever owned. At over 3.5 years old it still reports 89% battery health and lasts much longer than I need. Previous iPhones I owned were all pretty much on their last legs by that age. [...]

I’ve had an iPhone 13 since 2021, and as I’ve done for a long time I bought a Mous case for it. [...] Their marketing claims “life-time warranty.” And I’ll be damned, they honored it. [...]

[...] Im about to start content creating and recently heard the rumor that the iphone 13 is best for vlogging. [...]

The iPhone 13 base model was my first iPhone i was impressed with its performance given that i had it for 4 years before upgrading 17 base model. I have since then got the battery replaced and given it to my sister as I believe it still has a few years left in it. This phone is still worth it in my opinion

my iphone 13 in 3 months will be 3yo still almost identical to the day i bought it my battery is at 85% everything works smoothly and i use it like 3h in day it’s amazing

I’ve been running the iPhone 13 since August 2022 as my daily driver. [...]

I got a an apple refurbed iPhone 13 mini a year ago, after owning an SE and SE2 before (and 5s and 4s before) basically it’s like a brand new phone. [...] good battery life. [...]

My old iPhone 13 I used to take swimming daily in a salt pool, it was still running fine after 2 years of that, although the contacts in the lightning port did eventually corrode (now I can only charge it wirelessly)

i've been using my 13 since 2023. recently i broke the battery and couldn't plug it in and it would count down to it's death, but was also too broke to replace the whole thing so i just got the battery changed. [...]

I got a refurbished one in late 2023 and have been running it as my daily driver for 3 years now. Main complaint as you already mentioned is the battery getting about 5 hours of screen on time with 83% health. The time is inflated since I charge this thing whenever I can.

My iPhone 13 is likewise still ticking along, most nights I put it on the charger with over 70% battery remaining. Of course, about the only thing I use it for is reading e-books, which isn't very taxing. [...] If the upcoming folding iPhone supports the Apple Pencil Pro, that'll be the first tempting phone feature in years. [...] Of course the price tag will probably cancel the temptation. Part of me is sad to see so little innovation in new phones, but another part of me enjoys keeping my money.

Since upgrading iOS, my iPhone (13) will: - sometimes fail to open the camera - make the bottom half of the screen blank when you do email searches - use more battery - become unusable if you turn on any transparency effects.

[...] For some reason, I can't use the camera while in Live mode. The only option I see is the plus item, which does show the camera, but when I open it up and ask "Are you seeing my camera?" it will always say no and recommend me to open it. Feels like the official camera icon does not show up for me? iPhone 13, ChatGPT Pro subscription.

My iPhone 13 performs better since the Liquid Glass update. Animations seem to have been optimized and are much smoother. I also replaced the battery last year, so it might be worth checking if you are getting degraded performance due to a old battery.

I'm guessing they use very conservative usage in their math. I'm on my pixel all day long but I barely use my iPhone 13 more than maybe an hour a day. I can leave it unplugged all weekend and come back Monday with enough charge to get me through the day.

[...] I really hated my Pixel 7 Pro, but I think that was bad hardware and not Android's fault, and since buying my iPhone 13 I have bought my Thinkpad and have been unbelievably impressed with Lenovo hardware (especially since the last Android phone that I bought that I actually liked was my Moto X3). [...]

I felt so vindicated when Halide finally released Process Zero, years after the iPhone 13. I still remember that 50-page community thread of people complaining about the ugly camera, and one guy swearing up and down that “it's fine, it's fine you're all wrong”. [...]

[...] I'd argue one reason ICE are "stagnant" are because they're "good enough" and any potential improvements required expensive R&D and manufacturing changes, for results that purchasers won't change their buying decision for. [...] I have felt zero need to upgrade from my iPhone 13, because the "improvements" since it was new are of zero interest or value to me. I'm quite likely to do a battery replacement on this one instead of upgrading to a new iPhone any time soon. (And the only reason I bought the iPhone13 was to get the backside lidar, I was perfectly happy with the XR I used before that.)

In the US, Apple still release refurbished iPhone 13 Minis every now and again. In case you haven't heard, I believe they are new battery, new screen, new case. [...] For a while, I keen enough to get one, I was going to use a freight-forwarder to ship one from the US, but they didn't come up while I was waiting and when my phone died, I was in a hurry so I bough a used iPhone 13 mini instead of waiting. [...]

[...] My iPhone 13 was significantly less performant than a top of the line modern Qualcomm CPU and never felt slow. [...] Battery life is worse, camera is worse, screen is worse. [...]

I'm on iPhone 13 and only reason I'd like to upgrade is my battery is poor now and because I have a small crack on the back glass, Apple requires me changing both the back glass and battery which is $500 CAD.

[...] I take a ton of pictures with my phones. BTW, I have not disposed of my older iPhones, but use them to store video, picture and audio files.

Just bought a used 13 in 2026. Upgraded from 8, which endured for years with 30min max battery life. I now feel weird about not needing to carry 2 battery packs anymore.

i recently replaced the battery in my iphone 13 due to it being on 66% battery health and because it was literally bulging the screen. turned out to be a blessing in disguise as i was able to get a battery replacement for free and it is now working like the day i got it. the cameras and battery (when replaced) hold up great and meets all my needs. [...] like i said the cameras as well as the display make it feel very modern even up to today’s standards.

[...] I figured I'd have to abandon the Mini eventually, might as well give it up while it still had some trade-in value. And I'd get a 120Hz, better battery life, and a faster CPU! [...]

[...] It was just enough big for videos and other stuff but has the benefit of using it comfortably with 1 hand. Also is was basically iPhone 13 pro without 3rd camera and 120 Hz for much cheaper. [...]

[...] It’s smooth, fast, and battery is more than enough for me. [...] At 85% battery health, I’m using about 80-90% of my battery for 4-6 hours of use. I only charge during driving connected to carplay. When I need to, I’ll get my battery replaced.

I miss my 13 mini, I gave it to my cousin when my mom bought me 16, I am currently thinking about getting her a 13 to get the mini back😂. [...]

Usually I wait until december to install the new iOS on my phone, since most of the time I don't care about the upgrades. This time I installed iOS 27 beta on my phone since the public beta was out, and I had 0 new bugs compared to iOS 26, but it hasn't been the big relief that I hoped for. Now I am worried about what the new versions of iOS will bring us, I hope that the "we removed the crap" wasn't just a thing of this year, and that iOS will go back to high software standards. Phone prices are really high for me now, and I would like for my poor little iphone 13 to survive another couple of years.

[...] I recently had a scare with my iPhone 13's battery not being able to charge (it recovered itself eventually) and I realized it was going to be a hassle to switch to another phone if I couldn't get the old one powered on enough to run the esim transfer, much less the whole OS migration.

[...] Still annoyed that I paid about $750 when I bought the regular spring refresh iPhone 13. [...]

Just changed my 13 pro to a 17 pro and I honestly did it just because both the charing port and the battery were not working well. It's cool to have the extra features but battery life aside, I can't find anything I can do with the 17 pro that I couldn't with the 13 pro

[...] I always assumed it was doing something with Bluetooth, and probably not for a good reason. This is with an iPhone 13 and one Kirkland/phonak hearing aid. I haven’t noticed this recently, but I also now have two newer Phonak hearing aids and a few iOS updates have happened. Maybe the silent Bluetooth shenanigans are less disruptive to my new aids or the programming is different. [...]

[...] I’ve been building an iOS/macOS companion app called Blueprint: Scoring Engine. [...] The app ran flawlessly on an iPhone 13 but was instantly fatal on an iPhone SE 2. The crash was an uncatchable assertion in MPSGraphExecutable.mm:5070 (Error: MLIR pass manager failed). [...] Even setting computeUnits = .cpuAndGPU crashed because MPSGraph still routes through the same MLIR compiler infrastructure. I ended up having to build a resilience layer to detect the hardware and force .cpuOnly to bypass MPSGraph entirely. This routes execution through BNNS, avoiding the crash while keeping latency acceptable for the real-time AR overlay. [...]

IMHO, one of the reasons I've been delaying an upgrade is because the standard sized iphone 13 ( not even pro ) I've had for a few years now is big enough already, anything larger just would not be ergonomic ( and I have large hands )...

I was lucky get one with 99% battery never changed , 6 month old and love it

I won’t lie I’ve had my 13 for almost a year now I don’t know how I’m doing it but I still have max battery health and peak performance I hear people say it’s starting to suck I’m just glad my phone personally seems to be going strong

I have iPhone 13,from october 2021. Best phone and best iPhone model ever. Change battery 1 year ago and I hope until 2031 😂😂❤️

Just replaced the battery on my 13 after 3 years, still works great, fantastic phone

I have the regular 13 and it works well. My batter health is at 89%. I’ve had it for a year as of march. In my opinion you can still use one as long as you take good care of it

I have my iPhone 13 for a year now and plan on keeping it till it fully dies out

I bought a used 13 mini a little over a year ago and it's still a great upgrade from the 6S. I think it's sad that Apple stopped making reasonably sized phones that actually fit in most pockets.

Time has flown pretty quickly, to think these phones are already over 4 years old and I remember when they first came out even though I was questioning about the smaller notch

I bought my first a years ago after some awful customer service experiences with Google re: Pixel phones. While iOS is not without its faults, most of the "just works" marketing has thus far turned out to be true in my experience. Their software feature set isn't on the cutting edge for a lot of things (my iPhone 13 couldn't even display the weather on the lock screen when I first got it), but they do generally get there eventually.

Had my iPhone 13 since it came out, would probably keep it if I didn’t have to charge it twice a day at this point but I will say I’m excited to upgrade to a 17 soon

I had my 13 for about four years until I upgraded to the 17. The battery life was too bad so I had to upgrade and I’m glad I did. So I’ll wait another 4 to 5 years to upgrade.

Using a base 13 blue color model that I bought in 2022, apart from battery life degradation the phone have been perfect even on latest ios26. I wish i could roll back to ios18 though. It only overheat and starters on prolonged use on cellular data.