DisplayMate today awarded the iPhone 13 Pro Max with its “Best Smartphone Display Award.” The device earned the company’s highest-ever display performance grade of A+ and set or matched 12 of its smartphone display performance records.
iPhone 13 Pro models feature a new Super Retina XDR display with ProMotion, which is Apple’s branding for a variable refresh rate between 10Hz and 120Hz. This technology allows the display to refresh from a power-preserving 10 times per second to an ultra smooth 120 times per second depending on the type of content that is on the screen.
One of the records that the iPhone 13 Pro Max set was highest full-screen brightness for smartphones with OLED displays, according to DisplayMate’s in-depth analysis. Apple says the iPhone 13 Pro Max has a max brightness of 1,000 nits for typical content and 1,200 nits for HDR content. By comparison, the iPhone 12 Pro Max has a max brightness of 800 nits for typical content and 1,000 nits for HDR content.
Other records set or matched by the iPhone 13 Pro Max include highest absolute color accuracy, highest contrast ratio, lowest screen reflectance, and more.
DisplayMate extensively tested the iPhone 13 Pro Max’s display, so make sure to read the full analysis for more details.Related Roundup: iPhone 13 ProTag: DisplayMateBuyer’s Guide: iPhone 13 Pro (Buy Now)
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