Apple’s September 14, 2021 Keynote: By the Numbers

As usual, Apple sprinkled facts, figures, and statistics throughout the keynote today. Here are highlights of some of those metrics from the event, which was held online from Apple Park in Cupertino, California.

iPhone 13 Lineup

iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini

28% brighter display

800 nits outdoors

1200 nits peak brightness for HDR content

The A15 Bionic has 15 billion transistors and 6 cores, 2 high-performance and 4 efficiency cores, making it 50% faster (than the competition)

4-core GPU that’s 30% faster

16-core Neural Engine that handles 15.8 trillion operations per second

The Wide camera has a 12MP sensor, 1.7 µm pixels that gather 47% more light, a ƒ/1.6 aperture, a 7-element lens, and a 26mm focal length.

The Ultra Wide lens has a 12MP, a ƒ/2.4 aperture, 13 mm focal length, 5-element lens, and 120-degree field of view

The iPhone 13 mini gets 1.5 and the iPhone 13 gets 2.5 more hours of battery life than the iPhone 12 models they replace.

Storage is available in 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB

iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max

50% faster graphics

1000 nits peak outdoor brightness and 1200 nits peak brightness for HDR content

10 - 120 Hz screen refresh rate

Telephoto camera has a 77mm focal length and 3x optical zoom

Ultra Wide camera has ƒ/1.8 aperture, 6-element lens, and 92% better performance in low light

Wide camera has ƒ/1.5 aperture, 1.9 µm pixels, and up to 2.2x improvement in low light

The iPhone 13 Pro gets 1.5 and the iPhone 13 Pro Max gets 2.5 more hours of battery life than the iPhone 12 models they replace

Storage is available in 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, and 1 TB

.25 mm thicker than the iPhone 12 Pro models and slightly heavier

iPads

iPad mini

40% faster CPU

80% faster GPU

8.3” display

500 nits of screen brightness

2x faster machine learning

10x faster data transfers with USB-C

5G delivers up to 3.5 Gbps download speeds under ideal conditions

12MP camera with ƒ/1.8 aperture

20W power adapter

.31” shorter than the mini it replaces and very slightly lighter

10.2” iPad

20% faster

3x faster than the top-selling Chromebook

6x faster than the leading Android tablet

12MP camera with 122-degree field of view

Apple Watch

40% thinner borders

Up to 70% brighter in low power mode

WR50 water resistance

33% faster charging than Series 6