OnePlus 13, 13R set for global launch in January 2025

Popular smartphone maker OnePlus on Tuesday (December 17) officially announced that the company's brand new premium OnePlus 13 phone series is set to launch in the first week of January.

OnePlus will host the hardware event on January 7 at 9:00 pm IST and it will be streamed live on the official YouTube channel.

OnePlus 13 was originally unveiled first in China. It comes with local regions-centric ColorOS. However, for global markets including India, the upcoming device will run Android 15-based OxygenOS 15.

The company will be offering the premium phone in three vibrant colour options--Black Eclipse, Arctic Dawn, and Midnight Ocean.

OnePlus says that the Midnight Ocean is its first phone to feature micro-fiber vegan leather. It promises to offer real premium leather-like hand feel and the special material used for the device has resistance to corrosion and scratches.

The Arctic Dawn colour variant is said to be an industry-first phone to feature surface-based glass coating. It offers a comfortable, silky-smooth touch and a fingerprint-resistant surface for a pristine appearance.

OnePlus 13 is set for launch on January 7, 2025.

Rest of the hardware will be same as the original OnePlus 13. It features a 6.82-inch 2K+(3168×1440p) LTPO AMOLED display with a dynamic 1-120Hz refresh rate, supports up to 4500 nits' peak brightness and comes with Crystal Shield super ceramic glass protection and IP68/69 water-and-dust resistant rating.

It also features dual-SIM slots, a type-c port, an infrared sensor and an in-display fingerprint sensor.

The device houses Qualcomm's 4nm class 4.32GHz Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset with 900MHz Adreno 830 GPU, Android 15-based OxygenOS 15, 12GB / 16GB / 24GB LPDDR5X RAM, 256GB / 512GB / 1TB (UFS 4.0) storage and a big 6000mAh battery with 100W SuperVOOC fast charging and 50W wireless charging.

OnePlus 13 teaser.

It also boasts Hasselblad camera system--main 50MP (1/1.4-inch Sony LYT-808 sensor, f/1.6 aperture, OIS: Optical Image Stabilisation) + 50MP 114 degree ultra-wide camera (with 1/1.27-inch Samsung JN1 sensor, f/2.2, 3.5cm macro) + 50MP periscope telephoto camera (with 1/1.95-inch LYT600 sensor, f/2.6, OIS, 3x optical zoom, 6x in-sensor zoom, up to 120x digital zoom) with LED flash. It can record up to 8K videos.

On the front, it features a 32MP camera (with Sony IMX615 sensor, ƒ/2.4). It can record 4K video at 30 fps (frames per second).

OnePlus is also said to bring new OnePlus 13R, an affordable version of the premium model.

It is expected to feature a 6.78-inch 1.5K LTPO AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate.

Inside, it is said to come with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, Android 15-based ColorOS (in global markets, it will have OxygenOS 15) up to 16GB RAM, 128GB/256GB/512GB internal storage and a massive 6,000mAh battery.

It also features a Hasselblad camera system-based triple camera module--main 50MP sensor with a 50MP ultra-wide camera and a 50MP periscope telephoto sensor with LED flash. On the front, it is expected to come with a 16MP camera for selfies and video calling.

Besides the new phones, the company will be introducing OnePlus Buds Pro 3 in colour-Sapphire Blue.

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