How is this an upgrade?

It has a downgraded telephoto. With worse minimum focal range. Same primary camera. Albeit with a little better isp. But all i can say from the sample images from reviews is that if they don't tell me which photo comes from which phones, i won't know. It looks mostly the same. But a visible downgrade in the telephoto quality.

A bigger battery. A welcome upgrade. But the 12 had an already great battery life (atleast till some software update fucks it up). Same fast charging.

The display. Same specs and brightness. Go check GSM arena lab tests. People are gloating about the reduced curves. But a quad curved displays come with all rhe same flaws of a normal curve screen. Just less accidental touches. Finding a screen guard will be more difficult now. Good luck finding a tempered glass for it.

The speed/snappiness/software everything is exactly the same.

What else? Why are people thinking of switching to 13 from 12?

It has a downgraded telephoto. With worse minimum focal range. Same primary camera. Albeit with a little better isp. But all i can say from the sample images from reviews is that if they don't tell me which photo comes from which phones, i won't know. It looks mostly the same. But a visible downgrade in the telephoto quality.

A bigger battery. A welcome upgrade. But the 12 had an already great battery life (atleast till some software update fucks it up). Same fast charging.

The display. Same specs and brightness. Go check GSM arena lab tests. People are gloating about the reduced curves. But a quad curved displays come with all rhe same flaws of a normal curve screen. Just less accidental touches. Finding a screen guard will be more difficult now. Good luck finding a tempered glass for it.

The speed/snappiness/software everything is exactly the same.

What else? Why are people thinking of switching to 13 from 12?