iPhone 13 - Technical Specifications
iPhone 13 - Technical Specifications
Year introduced : 2021
Finish
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(PRODUCT)RED
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Starlight
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Midnight
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Blue
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Pink
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Green
Ceramic Shield front, Glass back and aluminium design
Capacity1
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128GB
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256GB
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512GB
Size and Weight2
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Width: 71.5 mm (2.82 inches)
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Height: 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
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Depth: 7.65 mm (0.30 inches)
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Weight: 173 grams (6.10 ounces)
Display
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Super Retina XDR display
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6.1‑inch (diagonal) all‑screen OLED display
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2532x1170-pixel resolution at 460 ppi
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HDR display
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True Tone
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Wide colour (P3)
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Haptic Touch
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2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
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800 nits max brightness (typical); 1,200 nits peak brightness (HDR)
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Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
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Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
The iPhone 13 display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.06 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).
Splash, Water and Dust Resistant3
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Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 metres up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529
Chip
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A15 Bionic chip
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6‑core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores
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4‑core GPU
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16‑core Neural Engine
Camera
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Dual 12MP camera system: Main and Ultra Wide cameras
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Main: ƒ/1.6 aperture
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Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view
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2x optical zoom out
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Digital zoom up to 5x
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Portrait mode with Focus and Depth Control
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Portrait Lighting with six effects
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Sensor-shift optical image stabilisation (Main)
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True Tone flash
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Panorama (up to 63MP)
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Sapphire crystal lens cover
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100% Focus Pixels (Main)
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Night mode
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Deep Fusion
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Smart HDR 4
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Photographic Styles
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Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos
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Lens correction (Ultra Wide)
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Advanced red-eye correction
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Auto image stabilisation
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Burst mode
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Photo geotagging
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Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
Video Recording
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Cinematic mode (1080p at 30 fps)
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HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 60 fps
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4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
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1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
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720p HD video recording at 30 fps
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Sensor-shift optical image stabilisation for video (Main)
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2x optical zoom out
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Digital zoom up to 3x
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Audio zoom
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True Tone flash
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QuickTake video
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Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
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Time-lapse video with stabilisation
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Night mode Time-lapse
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Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
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Continuous autofocus video
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Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video
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Playback zoom
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Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
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Stereo recording
TrueDepth Camera
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12MP camera
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ƒ/2.2 aperture
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Portrait mode with Focus and Depth Control
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Portrait Lighting with six effects
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Animoji and Memoji
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Night mode
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Deep Fusion
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Smart HDR 4
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Photographic Styles
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Cinematic mode (1080p at 30 fps)
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HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 60 fps
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4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
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1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
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Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps
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Time-lapse video with stabilisation
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Night mode Time-lapse
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Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
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QuickTake video
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Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos
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Lens correction
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Retina Flash
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Auto image stabilisation
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Burst mode
Face ID
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Enabled by TrueDepth camera for facial recognition
Apple Pay
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Pay with your iPhone using Face ID in shops, within apps and on the web
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Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your Mac
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Pay for your journey using Express Travel4
Mobile and Wireless
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Model A2633*
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5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n77, n78, n79)
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FDD‑LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 66)
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TD‑LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
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UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
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GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
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All models
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5G (sub‑6 GHz) with 4x4 MIMO5
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Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA5
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Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO
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Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology
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Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness6
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NFC with reader mode
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Express Cards with Power Reserve
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For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your provider and see apple.com/uk/iphone/cellular
Location
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GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou
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Digital compass
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Wi‑Fi
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Mobile data
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iBeacon micro-location
Video Calling7
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FaceTime video calling over Wi‑Fi or a mobile network
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FaceTime HD (1080p) video calling over 5G or Wi‑Fi
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Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
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Screen sharing
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Portrait mode in FaceTime video
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Spatial audio
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Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
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Zoom with rear-facing camera
Audio Calling7
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FaceTime audio
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Voice over LTE (VoLTE)5
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Wi‑Fi calling5
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Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
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Screen sharing
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Spatial audio
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Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
Audio Playback
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Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos
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Spatial audio playback
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User‑configurable maximum volume limit
Video Playback
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Supported formats include HEVC, H.264 and ProRes
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HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
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Up to 4K HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay-enabled smart TV
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Video mirroring and video out support: up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)8
Siri9
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Use your voice to send messages, set reminders and more
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Activate hands‑free with only your voice using “Siri” or “Hey Siri”
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Use your voice to run shortcuts from your favourite apps
External Buttons and Connectors
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Front camera
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Side button
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Lightning connector
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SIM tray
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Volume buttons
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Ring/Silent switch
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Rear cameras
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Flash
Power and Battery10
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Video playback: Up to 19 hours
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Video playback (streamed): Up to 15 hours
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Audio playback: Up to 75 hours
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Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
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MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W11
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Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W11
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Fast-charge capable: up to 50% charge in 30 minutes12 with 20W adapter or higher (available separately)
MagSafe
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Wireless charging up to 15W11
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Magnet array
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Alignment magnet
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Accessory Identification NFC
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Magnetometer
Sensors
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Face ID
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Barometer
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Three‑axis gyro
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Accelerometer
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Proximity sensor
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Ambient light sensor
Operating System
iOS
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Accessibility
Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPhone.
Learn more about Accessibility
Features include:
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VoiceOver
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Zoom
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Magnifier
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Voice Control
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Switch Control
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AssistiveTouch
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RTT and Textphone support
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Closed Captions
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Live Captions
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Personal Voice
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Live Speech
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Type to Siri
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Spoken Content
Built-in Apps
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Apple Store
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App Store
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Books
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Calculator
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Calendar
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Camera
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Clips
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Clock
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Compass
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Contacts
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FaceTime
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Files
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Find My
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Fitness
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Freeform
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GarageBand
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Health
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Home
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iMovie
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iTunes Store
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Keynote
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Magnifier
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Mail
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Maps
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Measure
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Messages
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Music
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News
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Notes
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Numbers
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Pages
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Phone
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Photos
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Podcasts
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Reminders
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Safari
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Settings
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Shortcuts
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Siri
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Stocks
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Tips
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Translate
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TV
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Voice Memos
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Wallet
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Watch
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Weather
SIM Card
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Dual SIM (nano‑SIM and eSIM)13
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Dual eSIM support13
Rating for Hearing Aids
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M3, T4
Mail Attachment Support
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Viewable document types
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.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz (USDZ Universal)
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System Requirements
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Apple ID (required for some features)
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Internet access14
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Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:
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macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder
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macOS High Sierra 10.13 to macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.9 or later
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Windows 10 or later using iTunes 12.12.10 or later (free download from https://itunes.com/uk/)
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Environmental Requirements
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Ambient operating temperature: 0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)
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Non-operating temperature: −20° to 45° C (−4° to 113° F)
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Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
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Operating altitude: tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)
Languages
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Language support
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English (Australia, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Spain), Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
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QuickType keyboard support
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English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Ainu, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Dzongkha, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Fula (Adlam), Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam, Maltese, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Marathi, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Welsh, Yiddish
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QuickType keyboard support with auto-correction
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Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese (Telex)
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QuickType keyboard support with predictive input
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English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
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QuickType keyboard support with multilingual input
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English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Latin), Vietnamese
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QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions
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English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Vietnamese
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QuickPath keyboard support
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English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese (Traditional Pinyin QWERTY), French (Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese
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Siri languages
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English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)
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Dictation languages
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English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
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Monolingual dictionary support
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English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
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Idiom dictionary support
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Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese–English, Cantonese–English
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Bilingual dictionary support
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Arabic–English, Bangla–English, Chinese (Simplified)–English, Chinese (Traditional)–English, Czech–English, Dutch–English, Finnish–English, French–English, French–German, German–English, Gujarati–English, Hindi–English, Hungarian–English, Indonesian–English, Italian–English, Japanese–English, Japanese–Chinese (Simplified), Korean–English, Polish–English, Portuguese–English, Russian–English, Spanish–English, Tamil–English, Telugu–English, Thai–English, Urdu–English, Vietnamese–English
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Thesaurus
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English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified)
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Spellcheck
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English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese
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Apple Pay–supported regions
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Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China mainland,15 Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, Vatican City
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In the Box
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iPhone 13
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USB‑C to Lightning Cable
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Documentation
As part of our efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2030, iPhone 13 does not include a power adapter or EarPods. Included in the box is a USB‑C to Lightning Cable that supports fast charging and is compatible with USB‑C power adapters and computer ports.
We encourage you to re‑use your current USB‑A to Lightning cables, power adapters and headphones that are compatible with these iPhone models. But if you need any new Apple power adapters or headphones, they are available for purchase.
iPhone and the Environment
iPhone 13 is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:16
See the iPhone 13 Product Environmental Reports
Made with better materials
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100% recycled tungsten in the Taptic Engine, representing 99% of the tungsten in the device
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100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 98% of the rare earth elements in the device
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100% recycled gold in the plating of the main logic board
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100% recycled gold in the wire in the front camera and the rear cameras
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100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board and the battery management unit
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35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components
Energy efficient
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Meets US Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems17
Smarter chemistry18
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Arsenic-free display glass
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Mercury-, BFR-, PVC- and beryllium-free
Green manufacturing
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Apple’s Zero Waste Programme helps suppliers eliminate waste sent to landfill
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All final assembly supplier sites are transitioning to 100% renewable energy for Apple production
Responsible packaging
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100% of virgin wood fibre comes from responsibly managed forests
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90% or more fibre-based packaging
Apple and the Environment
We’re committed to making our products without taking from the earth, and to become carbon neutral across our entire business, including products, by 2030.