36 hours ‘til iPhone 13

As I sit here at 22:35 on the evening of Wednesday, September 22, two things spring to mind.

• First, tomorrow is my birthday and I’ll officially be too-old-years-old.

• Second, I’ll have my iPhone in 36 hours.

Well, 37 hours if we’re being honest. My collection time is 11:30. I have to go to an Apple Store, you see. A quirk of the way the iPhone Upgrade Program works in the UK. It isn’t ideal, but that’s the way it is.

I’m still not 100% sold on the new iPhones this year.

Sure, I like new and better cameras and Sierra Blue looks like it could go down as one of Apple’s better iPhone colors alongside Midnight Green and Pacific Blue. I’d rather a red, but you have to get iPhone 13 for that and that just isn’t happening.

I’m still not sold on the whole 120Hz ProMotion situation, either. After using an iPad Pro for a few years I still don’t expect to notice any difference when the tech comes to iPhones. That being said, look out for the tweets on Friday — I’ll no doubt be waxing poetic about it.

I was dubious about Cinematic Mode when it was announced and the examples I’ve seen don’t change that feeling. In good light, I think it looks great. The issue comes when you don’t have good light which, frankly, is the case more often than not. Another one I’ll reserve judgment on until I’ve tried it myself.

In reality, I’m looking forward to getting an iPhone on Friday for one reason — I’m going big! This will be my first Pro Max, and while I have concerns about it being too big, I’m looking forward to the bigger screen, bigger apps, and bigger games.

So here we are. I’m ‘around’ 36 hours away from picking up my iPhone 13 Pro Max in Sierra Blue. And I’m looking forward to it.

I think.