OnePlus India offers sneak peek at OnePlus 13 ahead of global launch

OnePlus is expected to be global hardware launch event in India early January.

OnePlus launched the OnePlus 13 in China in October, but the company has not released the device in global markets yet.

OnePlus India on Monday (December 2) evening revealed the first images of the new premium phone.

The company confirmed that the OnePlus 13 will come in three vibrant colour options--Midnight Ocean, Black Eclipse and Arctic Dawn.

Also, it is the first OnePlus phone to secure an IP68 + IP69 rating, meaning it will be able to survive accidental drops in water body up to 1.6 metres for close to 30 minutes.

Furthermore, OnePlus 13's Midnight Ocean colourway will be the first phone to feature micro-fiber vegan leather, designed to offer premium leather-like hand feel experience and also durable.

OnePlus 13 is slated to make the global debut in India.

OnePlus 13: Here's what you need to know

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.

OnePlus 13 teaser.

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.

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 4K video at 30 fps (frames per second).

Besides the new OnePlus 13, the company is expected to bring affordable premium phone variant OnePlus 13R.

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. And, on the front, it is expected to come with a 16MP camera for selfies and video calling.

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