OnePlus has been a little up and down since it Combined with OPPO Back in 2021. He gained more access to powerful components and partnerships with brands such as Hasselblad, while its software and product line took a few steps back before finding their step again. But now, three generations after the merger, the last flagship phone OnePlus – OnePlus 13 – He feels like a fantastic return to form. In some areas, the company even extends the boundaries of hardware and gadget as rivals from Samsung and Google are not. And with the starting price of $ 900, OnePlus also managed to emphasize his closest competitor, which makes this phone an excellent choice for everyone who cares more about receiving equipment updates than bizarre new AI tricks.
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Instead of focusing on AI, OnePlus 13 packs a bunch of the best components in an attractive chassis at a very reasonable starting price of $ 900.
- The leading time of the battery
- Super-bright display
- Great performance
- Attractive design
- The quality of the photo may be better
- Only six years of software support instead of seven
- Need a case to fully support accessories for magnetic Qi2
Design and display: peak brightness and style
At the time when Apple, Google and Google and Samsung leading phones – all these are sports insignificant turns in almost the same formula, I like that OnePlus does his job. Instead of a completely square design, OP13 has conical edges, which are carefully bending to match its metal frame. You still get a company Slider company that makes it preparation to prepare your phone call for a quiet, vibrating or completely audible. But my favorite designer feature is that if you choose the midnight ocean or artistic colors of Dawn, the phone is supplied with vegan leather leather from micro -fiber. And in the world full of glass bricks, organic upliness OnePlus is just a joy. This is the type of tube that I am sad to throw in the case.
Meanwhile, the 6.8-inch OLED panel OP13 blinds due to bright, bright colors and silky updating 120 Hz. With a peak up to 4,500 threads, it becomes even brighter than the other flagships of Android, including New Galaxy Samsung S25 Ultra (2600 thread). The only aesthetic choice, in which I am still not sure, is a giant module of a circular chamber on the back panel. Between his pearl decoration and four circles for his lenses and a flash system/autofocus system, it seems that OnePlus broke the chronograph into the back of the phone. But maybe it's just me.
Performance and software: so much memory
OnePlus 13 is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 chip along with 16 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage. However, unlike the processors used in the Samsung Galaxy S25 family, the chip in OP13 has no additional settings or acceleration. This leads to control results that are about five percent lower (9,267 for OP13 versus 9,828 for Galaxy S25 Ultra in the Geekbench 6 multi-yides). In the real world, however, the phone still feels the bubble quickly.
I even argue that because of the larger amount of memory of OP13, this is the best choice for multi -surroundings or everyone who likes to keep a bunch of applications open in the background. In addition, over the past few years, OnePlus has a sophisticated oxygen OS, so it seems more smooth and more responsive than when it became a coloros Oppo fork back in 2022.
At the front of AI, OnePlus retains common features. The phone supports Google Gemini and Circle to search for all your generalized and questions. There is also an improved search function inside the phone itself, which facilitates the search for certain files and the “smart notes” application, which uses machine learning for polishing, developing or condensing quick thoughts. But this case, in addition to the function of translation from AI, which appeared shortly after the launch, which, as a rule, is competent, but not particularly new or exciting. Thus, although II is definitely present, it is not as large as in the Galaxy S25 family, which is not bad.
Cameras: almost the upper level
OnePlus 13 has a trio of 50-megapixel sensors for its main, super-level and 3-fold telephoto lens, as well as a laser autofocus system to increase sharpness. In general, this is a solid package that can capture magnificent images at various distances and angles of viewing, and OnePlus adds things such as its double exposition, transparent Tech to help simplify rapidly moving objects.
From the point of view of the quality of the image, OP13 does a good work on the separation of the difference between the presence of rich, rich colors and clear details, but without exaggeration of things that you often see on Samsung phones, which, as a rule, are stunning or too much pushing warm tones with a field 3 -Frequent optical zoom -ins OnePlus is compared with the same competitors at a price as S25+, although it still does not reach 5 -fold lenses found in Pixel 9 Pro and S25 Ultra.
One small problem is that, with weak lighting, the night regime OP13 sometimes tried his best to keep up with the Pixel 9 night spectacle, which led to photographs that are not as sharp or detailed as you would like. This is close, but for me, OnePlus cameras remain half lower than Samsung, Google and Apple when shooting photos in darker media.
Battery and charging service life: super fast, but this is patented
It feels like every high -quality Android phone is stuck with 5,000 mAh batteries over the past afternoon. But for this, OnePlus 13 made his way past this barrier with a cell of 6,000 mAh, which led to durability in the classroom. On our local dough to relieve video, he published the time of 30 hours and 18 minutes, which is almost an hour longer than the Galaxy S25 Ultra (29:27) and almost three hours better than the basic pixel 9 (27:32).
Meanwhile, when it comes to reloading, OnePlus 13 also leads a path with wired speeds of up to 100 watts or impressive 50 watts. Nevertheless, the main warning is that since OnePlus relies on your own Superroooc technique, you will get only these jumps when using the first peripheral devices of the company. Fortunately, the 80-watt charger is delivered in the box, although if you want to press the Max Power, you need to go to the adapter with the OnePlus 100 watts. This is a similar situation for wireless charging, which requires 50 W Airvooc Puck. Nevertheless, OP13 reloads more than twice as fast as the Galaxy S25 when using a cable and more than three times faster in wireless communication. In addition, you can still use universal power adapters as a last resort, you just need to live with significantly reduced power.
Another small wrinkle is that although OnePlus says 13 supports Qi2 chargingHe does not play well with magnetic third-party accessories without any help. In my testing, while the phone provides a weak magnetic connection, I tried each peripheral Qi2 device with the slightest movement. Like the Samsung with the Galaxy S25, the OnePlus solution was to make the case with its own set of magnets, which allows additions to attach much more security.
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For many years, OnePlus has used slogans, such as the “flagship killer” and “Ultra in all respects” as a means of making shots in their largest competitors from Samsung, Google and others. But for OnePlus 13, it seems that the company just went and made a really solid premium -ceiling without a heap with a fluff of AI. The phone has excellent performance, a massive battery and a magnificent screen that can hang with displays on any of its competitors. It is also equipped with a unique design with some mundane strokes, such as its additional artificial skin.
Of course, the quality of the camera can be better, especially in low light, and I would really like OnePlus just include full compatibility with the magnetic Qi2 instead of making people rely in case. But at least you get a ultra -suffered wired adapter (which, unlike many phones, comes in the box) and the ability to use the company's flaming washer if you want to go without a cable.
But the most important thing is that for the starting price of $ 900 you get a longer battery life, a brighter screen, more RAM, a larger storage and the same 3 -fold scale as the base Galaxy S25+ – all for $ 100 less. There is no other way to express this, this is just a good deal, even if the support of OnePlus software lasts only six years instead of seven that you get from Samsung and Google. OnePlus 13 is an example of how to make things simple in an increasingly complex and obsessed AI-Aaaaaaa, while supplying all essential items.