OnePlus unveils premium Android phones OnePlus 13, 13R series

OnePlus 13R and OnePlus 13 are slated to hit stores on January 10 in India with prices starting at Rs 42,999.

OnePlus on Tuesday (January 7) unveiled the much awaited OnePlus 13, 13R series phones in India.

The company is bringing the new premium phone in three vibrant colour options — Black Eclipse, Arctic Dawn, and Midnight Ocean.

The Midnight Ocean is touted to be the first OnePlus flagship phone to feature a micro-fibre vegan leather body. It promises to offer real premium leather-like hand feel and the special material used for the device is resistant 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 surface that is touch and fingerprint-resistant, giving it a pristine appearance.

The OnePlus 13 boasts of a 6.82-inch 2K+(3168×1440p) LTPO AMOLED display with a dynamic 1-120Hz refresh rate, supporting up to 4500 nits peak brightness. It also comes with Crystal Shield super ceramic glass protection and IP68/69 water-and-dust resistant rating.

The phone features dual-SIM slots, a type-C port, an infrared sensor and an in-display fingerprint sensor.

The device houses Qualcomm's 3nm 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 5G.

The OnePlus 13 features a 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 its front, it features a 32MP camera (with Sony IMX615 sensor, ƒ/2.4). This camera can record 4K video at 30 fps (frames per second).

The OnePlus 13R is an affordable version of the premium model. 

It flaunts a 6.78-inch 1.5K LTPO AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate.

Under the hood, it comes with a 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.

OnePlus 13R 5G.

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. It is expected to come with a 16MP front camera for selfies and video calling.

The new OnePlus phones are guaranteed four years of Android OS updates and an additional year of software security support. 

Besides the new phones, the company launched OnePlus Buds Pro 3 in a new colour-Sapphire Blue.

OnePlus 13R series and OnePlus Buds 3 Pro.

OnePlus 13 comes in three variants-- 12GB RAM + 256GB storage, 16GB RAM + 512GB storage and 24GB RAM + 1TB storage-- for Rs 69,999, Rs 76, 999, and Rs 89,999, respectively.

OnePlus 13R comes in two variants-- 12GB RAM + 256GB storage and16GB RAM + 512GB storage for Rs 42,999, and Rs 49,999, respectively.

Both the devices are set to go on sale on OnePlus stores, Amazon and authorised stores in India from January 10 onwards.

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