Steve Wozniak 'can't tell the difference' between iPhone 12 and iPhone 13

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is reportedly unimpressed with the iPhone 13, saying it's indistinguishable from the iPhone 12.

Steve Wozniak has recently come out against Apple over its stance on the right to repair, but now he's also a little critical of the latest iPhone, according to Yahoo Finance.

"I got the new iPhone," he said. "I can't tell the difference, really. The software that's in it applies to older iPhones, I presume."

"I worry about largeness and size," he continued, "but I don't study it. I'm just into if products are good."

For a co-founder of Apple who revolutionized the technology industry, Wozniak is regularly an advocate of sticking with devices instead of always upgrading. He has previously said he wouldn't get an iPhone X because his then iPhone 8 was perfectly fine.

Seemingly from the same interview, Business Insider quotes Wozniak as adding more about upgrading devices.

"In technology it's like you always want to kind of keep up with the newest and sometimes you are five years behind, seven years behind, you know," he said, "and it's still working for you and it's just like that's where the sales come from."

64 Comments

JFC_PA 947 comments · 7 Years

About 3 years ago

That 15 minutes ran out long ago.

darkpaw 212 comments · 15 Years

I can tell the difference. The battery life in my iPhone 13 Pro Max is MUCH better than that in my 12 Pro Max. The screen with ProMotion is excellent. The photos I take are better, especially night time shots.

There may not be many differences, but what can you expect for a new device every year? Should it be a different shape? Have 100 camera lenses? Have under-screen Face ID and Touch ID? Should it sense when you're feeling sad and play uplifting music? It's iterative; there aren't massive leaps each year.

hucom2000 149 comments · 8 Years

WHO CARES what this guy thinks? Why does the media (including AI) give him all of this attention? What has he accomplished since that gives him credibility? Seriously…

thinkman100000000 87 comments · 3 Years

Wozniack - inconsequential since forever. Can't tell a plate of vegetables from a plate of chocolate eclairs.

darkvader 1146 comments · 15 Years

What is wrong with you people?

This is Woz, the guy who created Apple. The Steve who REALLY created apple, not the attention whore Steve who liked taking credit for what Woz did.

And he's absolutely right. The iPhone 13 is effectively no different than the 12, which is no different than the 11. Phones are a mature technology, and pretending that a new model every year is somehow going to be an amazing upgrade is idiotic at this point.

"But battery life is better!" - Guess what? That's not innovation, Apple could have done that all along, all it takes is making the phone thicker so a bigger battery fits inside. We could have iPhones that work for a week without charging if Apple really gave up on the idiotic thin fetish.