September 24, 2021
iPhone 13 released
Apple released the iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. 13 on September 24, 2021 — improved battery life, smaller notch, and Cinematic mode video.
What it was for
Incremental gains in battery and video APIs kept iOSApple's mobile operating system — runs iPhone and iPad with a sandboxed app ecosystem. as the reference for mobile cinematography apps. The smaller notch slightly adjusted safe-area metrics developers had to handle.
Companies
- Apple
Why it's here
The iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. 13 refined the 5G iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. with major battery and video upgrades.
Why it mattered
Cinematic mode showed computational video could be a default camera feature.
What it solved
All-day battery and pro-style video required Pro-tier hardware or third-party apps.
Media
- ImageIPhone 13
Rafael Fernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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