iPhone 13 Pro Disgusting Photos

Agreed, I upgraded to iPhone 13 from iPhone XS and I'm really disappointed with quality of photos. The overediting is too much!! I'm looking into returning my iPhone 13 and getting a new battery for the iPhone XS.

Omg I totally agree with the OP. I am coming from an iPhone X. The photos taken at nighttime with the X were poor, as they were dark and grainy. So, I had very high hopes for the iPhone 13 Pro, but selfies taken at nighttime are *hideous* - they make me look like I’ve got a skin condition! They’re overly bright and make everything look truly awful - just disgusting.

Separate issues with 13 Pro - the lower volume button does not work/is completely unresponsive, so I am taking it to an Apple Store tomorrow to have it looked at.

The above issues, coupled with the fact that Apple have removed the volume controls in Apple Maps (you can no longer adjust the voice navigation volume) have really made me disappointed with my purchase. I’ve been a loyal iPhone user since the 4S, but now I’m seriously considering switching to Samsung. I have never been so disappointed with an Apple product (oh wait - AirPods v1 and their extremely poor battery life!).

I get amazing shots that I am completely thrilled with with the Apple Camera app.

If the Lightroom app works for you, that's great.

Most of the time for emailed/social media posts I take the photo, hit "Edit" then tap the magic wand to pump up parameters a bit more. I wish I could tell the Camera to always apply the magic want to save myself a step - the same way I always apply Auto Fix as a starting point in Lightroom for Mac to see if I like it.

For serious photos I shoot everything in ProRAW and edit it in Lightroom on a Mac.

Do whatever works for you.

You say the stock camera is garbage, yet it's what you're using in Lightroom on the phone; you have an issue with the Camera app, and you can leave feedback about it here:

Feedback - Camera - Apple

Complaints made here will go unaddressed by Apple as they don't read comments here but do at the feedback address above.

The two photos you posted are also not of the same scene at the same time as the rotation of the fence is different for one thing as is the composition of the two.

I thought I was unlucky. Waited for a new compact camera this year then the pixel 6 pro came and it's too big so got an iPhone 13 pro but compared to even my pixel 5 the photos are not detailed and the contrast is way too high. The dark areas lose detail and the sky gets blown on sometimes.

Video seems good though but given the hype around the camera updates my expectations were higher. It's going back and I'll stick with the pixel 5 for now.

The photos are terrible. I called for support. They said they were going to inspect the photos. In the meantime I thought it was just my camera so I swapped. But this new photo has the exact same problem. Going to get an older phone. Definitely not worth the money for better photos when they’re actually worse.

The iPhone 13 pro camera is SO BAD!!! I’m beyond frustrated. I turned on and off every single settings mode and nothing is helping. If a photo is even SLIGHTLY dark my phone edits it and it becomes SO overexposed and the images are disgustingly sharp. It’s so frustrating. I spent so much on this and got it for the camera. I’ve ready many different reviews about people having the same problem.

Hey! I hear you completely. and yet like with any new camera. You’ve got to experiment. After a lot of flubs, I find the 13 pro max camera AMAZING!

Now, I feel like it’s one of the better phone cams ever.

Omg it’s so good to read it’s not just me ! I have had my iPhone 13 pro max one day and want to throw it away ! The camera is horrendous ! How can apple allow this ! After spending find so much money on this stupid phone only to have the worse photos ever ! My iPhone 11 is definitely superior when it comes to the camera ! The photos were always crystal clear ! Even my IPhone 8 was better then this ! And now it’s like we have some kind of stupid android from 2010 ! What a disappointment! I want to sell it or take it back ! Shame on you Apple for allowing this and not fixing it already !

Same issue. Takes photos of things fine. Makes people look awful. I regret replacing my iPhone X with this. And now I’m stuck with it. I really hope it’s something apple can fix in an update. So many people on so many forums saying the same thing. These are lemons.

Just got iPhone 13 Pro Max this week and have been trying to figure out what the issue is too. It’ll look fine in the live viewfinder and as soon as I shoot it and it does the processing the whole picture is over exposed, terribly sharpened but at the same time skin tones are over-softened. I’ve practically turned off every special camera feature they marketed for this phone and still not getting the same quality images I’m getting from my 5 year old iPhone X. Disappointed; I hope they can fix this bug. Absolutely wild.

It’s not about “not liking” or a preferential judgement. The picture quality by anyone’s standards is absolutely below par for a 1K phone.

To be honest why should we as customers be chasing up these highly noticeable photo issues with Apple when we get ignored. These disgusting pictures from their AI, regardless of front and back camera should have been noticed in their field testing stage. They already ignored complaints from customers in the Apple store, trying to hide the problem by giving them replacement devices.

That's simply not true.

Multiple photo sites and blogs have praised the iPhone 13's cameras, and millions have no issues with the processing Apple does.

That doesn't discount your thoughts on them, but your assessment is not universal; for example, here are the current results from independent review site DXOMARK:

(Huawei is not allowed to sell their devices in the US.)

But of course, you don't understand that there is a real problem or you do it on purpose? We are several thousands to be affected by this problem. Once I've taken the picture, there is a delay and the picture is transformed, the colors are not right anymore

You can see that there is a real problem, I'm not crazy

Very disappointed with Apple, it's unacceptable, even my iPhone 7 has a better color rendering but if we listen to you it's just us

Second hand IPhone X/XS sales are suddenly jumping this year… I wonder why 🤔.

You put an awful lot of effort into saying other customers are happy. It doesn’t really add to this discussion in any quality nor address unhappy customer’s concern.

It points out, as I've said, just because you are unhappy doesn't mean everyone is. I've said innumerable times this does not minimize the opinion of anyone that feels the quality is poor.

Again, there's absolutely zero anyone here can do about it, and complaining here accomplishes precisely nothing as well as Apple Engineering does not read these forums.

If you don't like it, complain here; comments posted at the links below are read by Apple Engineering and if enough people complain, changes may be made in a future software release or future phone:

• Feedback - iPhone - Apple
• Feedback - Camera - Apple