iPhone 13 Pro

I switched to IPhone 13 pro 3.5 years ago and I have the completely opposite experience. [...] - Videos played in Safari don’t automatically rotate to landscape mode (nor there is a button to quickly do this) unless you disable portrait lock from control center. [...] - Hotspot automatically disconnects even with a Macbook (Windows/Linux is much worse). [...]

[...] I'm a person who tends to accidentally throw my phone around a lot, and don't use a case (cause the added bulk makes me throw it around even more). [...] My iPhone 13 Pro still survived 3 years, and only had some scratches and bruises on its corners, but nothing broke (still in use, by someone else now). [...]

On my iPhone 13 Pro, calendar notifications will fail, and the alarm clock will fail to ring. [...] I need to reboot my iPhone once a week to fix this issue, and it's been this way since I bought this phone a few years ago. No iOS updates has ever fixed this. I also have issues with the sluggish interface. [...] My lock screen can sometimes take a bit more than a second to unlock. [...] The keyboard is more wrong than right, most of the time. Out of all the bugs and problems that make the iPhone almost unusable, it would be the terrible, auto-incorrect keyboard. [...]

I charge my iPhone 13 pro (2021) with zero regard for battery health, and mostly via Qi, and iOS reports battery health at 89% which is much better than the expected -10%/year (I say expected because Apple will replace your battery if you lose 10% capacity within the first year). I charge my Tesla whenever, usually limiting to 90% but doing 100% maybe 10% of the time. [...]

I still use my 13PM I bought new back in 2021. I have 77% battery health and I’m on iOS 18. [...] I have no stutters nothing. [...]

[...] its still relevan on 2026 and five or six year later. [...]

went from XR that i own until it bust to the 13 PM bought in 2023, last stock in the official reseller in Jakarta, Gold color. the upgrade felt SO SIGNIFICANT and my battery life is even healthier than my sis' newer iphone gen, 14 Pro.

[...] I had issues when I still had Beta updates in where it got wonky but I turned that off and it’s fine now. [...] Battery is 84% after three years of usage. I think I’ll do the battery replacement.

Watching on my 13 Pro Max from launch day. The battery still lasts all day and now that IOS 26 is somewhat optimized it’s a great performer. I think that the 13 Pro’s were a perfection of an older platform and have years of life left in them.

[...] Not really a fan of iphones but the price was way more economical than the new Google pixel 9 flagship phone. [...] It's been 1 year yet I still charge this phone once in two days. [...] Nobody is always taking photos in zoom mode it's just ridiculous!🤣

I’ve had my 13 Pro Max since launch day, and its absolutely aged so much better than any other phone I’ve ever used. The original battery still holds a good charge, but I remember being mind blown by the battery life for the first year or two. Also, Sierra Blue is just gorgeous!

[...] My Battery was really crap by now, I thought about replacing it, but the 17 was just a good deal, so I upgraded. [...] 10/10 phone though, if you get a new battery its still amazing. [...]

While the battery is old, I will say that with my 13 pro being at 77%, it’s far better than right before I bought it when I had an iPhone 7 around 58%. Couldn’t go for more than 2-3 hours on light usage without losing most of the charge. I used the 7 for over 5 years, and had 70% battery by the 2.5 year mark, whereas the 13 pro has held up. Apple’s done really well over the years improving the longevity, even the camera quality.

My Mrs and I have been using the 13 pro and pro max since 2021 and till this day we haven’t had any issues with them. Still going strong, they’re fast, smooth, camera is good enough, all good. [...] Battery health 82%. [...] They stay with us until Apple stop the updates. [...]

Using 13 pro - 26.2 since 4 years with 75% battery health and I have absolutely no problem with it. It still looks fantastic with zero lag

[...] Quick, comfortable, smooth, great phone. It’s not brand new however but as good as one, nevermind the 80% battery health. [...]

Still using mine from release day in 2021, I replaced my battery in December 2024 & it's currently on 89% battery health already 😢.. It's been good so far apart from a few times freezing

[...] I took a bunch of photos side by side with the iphone 13 pro and the 17 pro. [...] Now I think all the iphone cameras still suck compared to an actual camera, but the improvement over the last 10 years has been dramatic.

I had issues on my iphone 13 pro where switching between two apps would lead to one app "forgetting" what screen it was on. Particularly painful on Safari! Hard to know how much of that is memory pressure but its not a problem I have encountered on recent flagship android phones.

I updated on an iphone 13 pro and had to go back to my old iphone with an older OS. I write on my phone (substack), and it cannot be done with this OS. [...] And to think I updated because of how bad the experience was on the old OS. [...]

I notice that Google Maps does very poorly on my iPhone 13 Pro with the multi-level roads, like riding around in the tunnels under Tokyo or on the roads with highways above the local roads, whereas builtin navigation units usually have no problems with this. I also find their directions to be much harder to follow than the built-in navigation units when riding around the major roads where turning right requires you to exit to the left for instance. Also, Google Maps fails to provide the variety of route options with fine-grained toll-booth costs, that all navigation units I've used in the last 5 years have gotten spot-on.

[...] My iPhone 13 Pro has been up mountains, across glaciers and through deserts (no shit it actually has) and it looks and works like the day I bought it. [...]

[...] I have one of these on the way to me for $215 and decent battery health, I use my phone as little as possible, very disciplined, but I still need a great camera and decent battery life, and this is as far back as I wanted to go for those. [...]

I think the iPhone 13 Pro is the best iPhone I've ever owned and on my 3rd line, it still kicks hard even if i know it will need a new battery at some point and I have not upgraded to iOS 26 on it yet.

I'm one of the crazy ones who got a 1TB Alpine Green 13 Pro in mint condition with 100% battery health (original battery) so I'm happy for this. I use my 13 Pro along my 13 mini however I cycle around my various iPhones so this week it's my 13 Pro and 13 mini for the iPhones I will be using full time. [...]

I have the iPhone 13 Pro Max and honestly I don’t feel the need too upgrade at all. Takes great photos and videos, plenty fast and honestly works great, even battery is fine, as long as a phone can last a day with heavy to normal usage, I think that’s sufficient for most people

Still using a 13 Pro Max on iOS 18 and I don't see any reason upgrading soon. This this is still a beast! It still gets me through a day of normal usage no problem with 86% of battery health.

My 13 Pro Max is at 79% battery health and I do feel it , as I used to get almost 2 days of use before charging and now I have to charge after 6 hours of heavy use , but after getting to play around with my wife’s 16 pro , I decided there is literally no reason to buy a new 1000 bucks phone , as the perform the exact same , only difference is the port and the Dynamic Island , everything else is the same . Will be getting a new battery for 100 and keep using this one for maybe 2 more years . 13 pro and max are really solid

My dad and I both have the 13 pro max and we both only had one reason to upgrade: boredom. The phone runs perfectly smooth though I'm not on iOS 26 I feel like it's perfectly modern and performs exceptionally well. It's my main phone stil but I did pick up a moto g stylus 2025 for 250 clams to play around with.

I am running iOS26 on my iPhone 13 Pro, and on my m1 iPad Pro. It runs fine on both, but I really regret upgrading on my iPad because the new window management options are terrible. It makes me actively dislike using my iPad now, and it used to be my daily driver.

I really love the app and the idea - I am using it on an iPhone 13 Pro. [...]

I got an iPhone 13 Pro because it had lidar, which never caught on with Android devices. It's got a great camera and the lidar was pretty fun. It's also way more durable than my OnePlus or Samsung phones have been. The software drives me up the wall though, so I use the old Android as much as its declining battery life allows.

[...] My plan was to pay for a new battery and run the 13P another 1-2 years, but it sure has been nice to have unbelievably good battery life, brighter screen that dims WAAAAY less often, and my favorite is probably the 4x telephoto which destroys the 3x on my last phone especially when it’s cloudy out aka sub-optimal lighting. 17 Pro earpiece speaker distorts much more at high volume though mostly in particular sounds like voices. [...] Praying software updates can fix this because beyond the aluminum scratching easily (CASE! [...] I was having awful issues with heat anyway, maybe 72% battery health was a large contributor

I almost got one of these this month, but i preferred an used base 14 because of the better battery, that is in 87% of its capacity, since in Brazil is pretty expensive an original battery replacement, causing it to no worth. Since it’s the same SOC and the same 6gb of ram, the performance is pretty good, and i’m fine with this, the sad part is the 60Hz display, since my last phone was an Android with 120Hz display, but i get used to it.

iPhone 13 pro almost exactly 5 years old. Had the battery replaced once under warranty. [...]

My iPhone 13 Pro will be 5 years old next month. Battery capacity at 82%. Does that count as lasting 5+ years?

I’ve seen 900Mbps with Bell in low-congestion areas at off-peak times, with an iPhone 13 Pro 5 years ago.

Curious, which device/OS/browser? I did all my testing on 4-year old hardware (iPhone 13 Pro, M1 Pro MBP), and the model itself is extremely tiny (1GFLOP) so I'm optimistic that performance issues would be solvable with a better software stack (e.g. native app).

This is the first year I haven't upgraded my phone in at least 2 years since the early 2000s. My iPhone 13 Pro is good enough and there's nothing compelling me to upgrade. Apple will have to do a lot better than that to convince me to upgrade my phone, and they haven't come up with a good reason yet.

No upgrade path / discount for people on Prompt 2? I personally bought it back in August and barely used it since it did a poor job of staying connected in the background swapping apps on an iPhone 13 Pro.

Bought mine used for 800 bucks in 2023(I overpaid!) but still rocking it now with 86% battery capacity left. I’m planning on keeping it for another 1-2 years

i got an iPhone 13 pro base model refurb from Ebay literally like a month after the 14 pro came out and saved myself $300 at the time, which i then used to buy an open box apple watch series 8, and a gold open box Milanese loop, still have both and have 0 urge to upgrade.

I actually hate the dynamic island so much, I choose lighting port over it. I upgraded my iPhone 13 to my father in law’s 4-yrs old iPhone 13 pro at the beginning of 2026, and I love it, much better than iPhone 13.

My first ever iphone was 13 pro which I bought last 2021 and after battery replacement I can say that there’s no need for an upgrade yet.

Nearly 4 years with my 13 Pro Max and I haven’t even replaced the battery yet. [...]

My 13 Pro still serves me well. Will probably replace the battery soon. It’s the longest I’ve ever kept a phone (nearly 4 years)

[...] No screen guards, no case. [...]

Bought this phone new, upgraded to the 15 Pro Max two years later, gave it to my mom and she still loves it. Super underrated phone

My wife upgraded to the 17 and I’m using the 13 pro max now it’s going great she use it for 2 years now just had it a day now still working great no scratch

Watching from my iPhone 13 Pro 256gb in Silver; Beast of a phone & going on 4 years