OnePlus 13 | Smarter with OnePlus AI | Lifetime Display Warranty (16GB RAM, 512GB Storage Midnight Ocean)

Upgraded to the 16GB-512GB version from my Google Pixel mainly for the battery and camera. And I am absolutely loving it! If you are trying to decide if it is a good phone, it definitely is. OnePlus is offering a 7k exchange bonus till Jan-end, so you can toss away any old working or non-working phone to get a decent discount. With the exchange and Republic Day offers, I got it for around 60K which I feel is a steal. I got the Midnight Ocean variant especially for the textured blue back and it does feel premium.I preferred OP13 over the awesome Samsung S23 ultra mainly because Samsung is not extending the OS updates promise like it did for S24 ultra. Being released this year, OP13 should get at least 4 years of OS updates.DISPLAYThe ProXDR QXD+ LTPO AMOLED display is amazing as expected. In direct sunlight you may need to increase the brightness to near full. The 120Hz refresh rate gives flicker-free screen transitions. Color reproduction is great too. I keep the Always-On display mode that I fell in love with on my previous Pixel. The edge-to-edge display with mildly bent edges and corners offers a lot of real estate. It's a relatively big phone but is not that heavy and can comfortably fit a men's jeans pocket.HARDWAREThe Snapdragon Elite is really snappy! No issues running anything or even many things. I am not a gamer, but have not experienced any heating issues so far. Apart from the 16GB RAM, it adds another virtual 12GB RAM making it a whopping 30GB RAM beast. The half a TB of RAM is almost fully available for shooting hi-res videos or loading big games as the OS and apps occupy less than 50GB of space. It comes with two nano SIM slots. Of course it supports eSIMs too, but guess you can have only upto two active at a time. Apart from the usual sensors that are standard in most phones nowadays, it comes with a Color temperature sensor, Compass, Ultrasonic fingerprint, Hall sensor, Laser focus sensor, Spectral sensors and Infrared remote control. It also supports the latest standards in most areas - Bluetooth 5.4, WiFi 7, NFC and all GPS systems including NavIC. There is no SD card slot but as the base model itself comes with 256GB, it should be more than enough for most people.SOFTWAREOne of the reasons I preferred Pixel phones was the no-bloat OS. The OxygenOS in OP15, brings all the goodies of Android 15 with hardly any bloatware and also adds some extra features and customizability. Currently, OnePlus is offering 4 OS updates and hopefully they will provide even more. There are some helpful utility apps added by OnePlus like a customizable shortcuts bar, customizable icons, audio recorders etc. Further, features like split screen, hand gestures and even face gestures are available, some probably coming from Android 15.CAMERAThe camera is awesome. Photos of day-to-day things look like professional photos. The night photos look wonderful as well. Though the built-in zoom is only 3X, it allows you to zoom in upto a mindboggling 120x! See attached photo. At such zooms you will need a tripod. The photos at big zooms will have more AI corrections but is still mostly acceptable. The 8K video capability, 480fps slo-mo etc. promises a good video experience. The portrait mode offers amazing portrait shots equivalent to Hasselblad camera lenses. The portrait mode is restricted to 3X. The camera supports live photo (moving photos), timer, palm gesture to take photos, AI enhancements etc.BATTERYThe battery with the newer Silicon NanoStack technology lives up to its reputation. It is supposed to be safer with less heating issues. Even with location on, the battery drains very slowly. I feel it can last 2 days or more with light usage. Had taken it out peak noon with brightness set to near 100%. This drained the battery faster but still had about 30% left at the end of the day. Also the bundled 100W charger can charge it up in under 40 mins. The battery, in spite of the 6000Mah capacity, is lighter than the one in OP12. It did not heat up in regular indoor use. The above noon outdoor photography along with the high outside temperature, did heat up the phone. Good thing is that it didn't seem to affect the photography. My Pixel used to refuse to use camera or upload photos to Google Photos if the phone is hot. OP13 cooled down quickly as well.SOUNDHad no issues with calls. The speakers are loud and clear as well.FINGERPRINTThe ultrasonic fingerprint is touted to be better because it can read even with wet hands or gloves. I haven't tried these use cases, but as far as normal recognition goes, it looks comparable to other fingerprint readers. At times, it misses recognising too. But, in general, the unlocking is ultra quick, thanks also to the superior hardware specs and bloat-free OS.ACCESSORIESIt comes bundled with a 100W SuperVOOC charger and a decent rubbery back case. While OP13 supports 50W wireless charging, but to use MagSafe chargers, you need to get a MagSafe compatible charging cases. I got such a case from OnePlus that had the MagSafe feature for 2K.SUMMARYIf you are ok for the price range, you can absolutely go for the OP13. I have used the phone for about a week. Will update more details and camera photos as I use it more. Hope the review was helpful.

Totally satisfied with this beast after 10 days of thorough use.Display is beautiful , perfomance and UI is buttery fast, oxygen os is a charm to use. Camera is top tier (8 out of 10 times gives a beautiful result).Speakers could have been better and not upto the flagship standards.Battery easily lasts for 25-30 hours on moderate use with 7+ hours of SOT.Dont fall for that expensive vivo x200 pro , oppo Find x8 pro trap. Even better than iqoo 13 considering all the extra features it offers.Go for blue vegan leather vatiant. Its sleek and stylish to hold. I am constantly putting it out os the case just to feel the craftsmanship.

Very Great device. Been using this from last 2 months.Performance:Snapdragon 8 elite provides amazing performance.The performance has been top notch, zero lags, hangs and crashes.Camera:The cameras are good, they are almost as good as a flagship.Build:Already stopped phone a few times, it had the factory case, but nothing happened, not even a scratch.Charging:Charging speeds are amazing as well. Both wired and wireless.Display:The display is the out of this world. It is better in all aspects than s25 ultras display except for the anti glare coating.But the display becomes so bright that Idid not even miss the anti glare coating.I have played games during very bright day outdoors on it and I could see the screen like I was indoor.Connectivity:Had zero issues with connectivity. Amazing 5G speeds and coverage compared to my old device.Found few minor bugs in system such as auto brigness does not work sometimes.Camera zoom over modifies the image using AI.

Phone itself is just awesome but you may notice some flaws that can be improved by software- camera ai is over ai'd and on hardware side I would say that charger that came inside box should be type c to type c instead of type a. Display should be a little bit brighter as I comparing it to my iqoo neo 9 pro in direct sunlight. Otherwise it's awesome and with these minor issues it is value for what you pay.

Firstly It has a great in hand feel despite weights similar like S25 Ultra. So kudos to Oneplus.Display is top notch with perfect colour accuracy.Fingerprint reader is as fast as an ultrasonic.Build quality wise very sturdy, hopefully back micro vegan leather lasts 4/5 year.Functionality wise, it is way smart leaving behind all its competitors with Snapdragon 8 Elite and Oxygen OS.I have shifted from S24 Ultra, and no regrets at all, this one feels great in hand with that blue leather back. Although Samsung offers more durability and AI features, but for me, I hardly used so called AI, rest actual useful AI features are anyway available in Oneplus. Despite oneplus providing O reality audio, i miss Dolby atmos of samsung.Heptics are better in Oneplus and so the speaker quality.Game mode is insane, BGMI 120fps any day. And no heating at all, even in heavy works, like 4k rendering,4k shoot, whatsapp video call, heavy games like genshin.Lastly the Battery and charging speed. It offers 8/9 hrs of SOT in heavy use, and 10 hrs of SOT in moderate use, 2 days for normal use. With that 100w charger it charges super fast around 30 min.