As the leading work of OnePlus's “new decade”, OnePlus 13 still brings a lot of “super Pro-level” surprise experience, exactly how it exceeds the Pro-level flagships, and what kind of “super Pro-level” experience it has. “It is a very good idea to have a good experience with the Pro class flagships. We'll take a look today.
Super Pro-class exquisite body
On the basis of the continuation of some of the design ideas, One Plus 13 brings a new look and feel. Its image module still adopts a circular design, the arrangement of the four openings brings a quite familiar look and feel, and the part of the decorative surface has a time scale focused towards the center of the circle.
As with every generation of the OnePlus, it still achieves a fairly high level in terms of texture.
The difference is that the new image module is no longer integrated into the center frame, but is relatively independent of the upper left side of the body, and is set off by a distinctive “horizon line” running from the left side to the right side, making the circular image module look like the rising sun from sea level, which is exactly what the OnePlus 13 adopts in its new “Dawn” design. This is the new “Dawn” design language of the OnePlus 13.
Another special feature is that the OnePlus 13 is available in three color schemes, namely Obsidian Secret, Blues Moment and White Dew Morning. All three colors have different material design, we got the Obsidian Secret with the industry's first “ebony glass”, in addition to the touch of AG glass, there is a texture like real trees, very texture.
Blues Moment color is a rare one plus models in the leather material, can present a relatively delicate and smooth touch, hold in the hand is very chic, reminiscent of one plus the first generation of the “BabySkin white” color. In contrast, the highlights of the dawn lines, a stronger sense of division, also emphasizes the texture of its “vegan leather”.
One plus 13 also replaced the “full equal depth soft edge straight screen”, not only the view and operation of the straight screen, but also in the position of the edge of the curved screen to provide a rounded texture. At the same time, the configuration of this screen has also reached a very high level, the resolution is a real 2K level, supports full brightness class DC dimming, the cover glass is also Crystal Shield Super Porcelain Crystal Glass, durable, eye protection and good-looking.
However, it is paired with a straight metal center frame, which is rounded on the front and back without losing its sharp feel, showing off its unique personality.
Super Pro performance
The OnePlus 13 is also one of the first models to feature the Snapdragon 8 Extreme Edition. As Qualcomm's new flagship platform, it adopts a fully large-core design and Qualcomm's self-developed Oryon core architecture, which provides a significant theoretical performance boost. Combined with the performance scheduling and powerful cooling configuration of the One Plus 13, this chip easily ran out more than 2,950,000 AnTuTu scores, and the theoretical strength is really outstanding.
Let's take a look at the real-world results. The OnePlus 13 brings the industry's only native 120-frame gaming experience, performing well in the “Original God” Sumeru City running scene, achieving an average frame rate of 120.8, and the overall frame rate maintained in a nearly straight line, the results are quite excellent.
In addition to ProtoGod, the OnePlus 13 also delivers the industry's first 120 fps high-frame-rate gaming experience in Wipeout: Star Dome Railroad. In this more loaded game scenario, it's still close to full frame rate, and the frame rate is still close to the upper limit of a straight line, but fluctuates a little more, the average frame rate will come to 118.9, but it is still quite good results.
In terms of frame rate, the OnePlus 13 can be said to have brought ultra-high-load games like ProtoGod and Wipeout: Star Dome Railroad to the frame rate level of Honor of Kings, bringing the gaming experience to an unimaginable new level, and even leading the way for heavily-loaded large-scale mobile games to enter a brand new era of 120 fps.
Super Pro Hasselblad Images
Let's take a look at the OnePlus' image performance. Its image configuration is still quite outstanding, the main camera continues the LYT-808 sensor, the telephoto end is replaced by the IMX882, with a 3x periscope telephoto, and the ultra-wide-angle part is replaced by the JN5 sensor. Overall, this is still a strong set of flagship-class image module, telephoto configuration in this year's image flagship even said quite leading.
Let's take a look at the sample photos. The performance of the main camera of the OnePlus 13 is still quite good, and it can show good image quality in daytime scenes. In addition to the good performance when shooting with the native 23mm equivalent focal length, the image quality is even better when zooming to 2×, and combined with the Hasselblad Master Colors, the overall perception is quite good.
In relatively bright night or sunset scenes, the performance of the main camera is also surprising, especially in the face of the recent extreme evening sunsets, it provides a “Smart Scene” function that can further enhance the atmosphere, helping to maintain more accurate color and exposure, and present a unique sense of atmosphere.
Then there's the 73mm-equivalent periscope telephoto lens. Honestly, at first glance, I didn't realize it was a periscope telephoto because of the new multi-reflector prism structure, which combines a large sensor area and size with good image quality.
Looking at the samples, it does indeed deliver excellent image quality at both 3× and 6× zoom magnifications, making it a telephoto camera that can still be trusted. As far as the current firmware version is concerned, its image quality is very capable, but the amount of sharpening is given a little too much, and after further optimization, I believe it will have a better view.
In addition, a plus 13 this time also equipped with the same Find series of image algorithms, picture quality and color improvement since needless to say, more critical is in the capture and ultra-high-definition live part of the ability to upgrade. With these algorithms, the OnePlus 13 also maintains a good snapshot ability, switching to shutter-priority mode when it recognizes the scene to be captured, which guarantees the clarity of the captured moment.
Ultra-clear real-time capability is also on display on this model, when recording some coherent moments, the OnePlus 13 can also retain up to 3 seconds of picture and sound at the moment of pressing the shutter, it can also fully utilize the anti-shake module and image arithmetic to form a clearer picture, and even support sharing on more social media. For example, if the two kids in our sample photo were just a static image, their lively image would have been greatly reduced.
▲Live photo to video to Gif motion picture, there is a certain loss of image quality and frame rate.
The Film Portrait function is also available. This bold use of color, combined with the One Plus 13's triple camera module and in-depth portrait bokeh algorithms, gives the image a more layered look, as if the photo didn't come from the lightweight One Plus 13 in your hand, but from a well-prepared vintage film camera.
We especially like the “Retro” filter, which can record the colors of a lazy afternoon with a unique sense of relaxation, and every time I look at the photo, it reminds me of sitting in a coffee shop at that time.
Ultra Pro-class battery life
One Plus 13 is equipped with a large 6000mAh glacier battery, honestly speaking, the battery capacity alone is not an exaggeration, the exaggeration is that it has not sacrificed the texture, image ability and grip at the same time as it achieves a large battery capacity. One Plus 13's Blues Moment color weighs in at 210g (8.8mm thick), while the glass-backed Obsidian Secret is as thin as 8.5mm (weighing in at about 215g), which is quite a surprise with this “all you need” configuration.
It also performed quite well in our simulated battery life tests. In low load video playback and microblog browsing scenarios, despite the 2K resolution screen, its power consumption remained at a relatively low level; and in ultra-high load games such as Proto-Gods, it managed to lose only 22% of its power, which is really quite a good performance.
In terms of fast charging, the OnePlus 13 is equipped with a long-life version of 100W Super Flash Charge and 50W Wireless Flash Charge. Although it is a continuation of the classic configuration of the previous generation, but placed in the end of 2024 this time node, we will find that this configuration instead seems to stand out. In actual fast charging, it was able to charge from 2% to 100% in 35 minutes, even charging nearly 50% in the first 10 minutes, so it's clear that the large 6000mAh battery doesn't extend the charging time too much, and this fast charging speed is still reliable.
Summary
The comprehensive configuration of OnePlus 13 is still very good, limited by space, we even omitted some important selling points, such as it also supports IP68 & IP69 level of dust and waterproof, vibration is still the largest size of the Android camp “bionic vibration motor Turbo”, and the interface is USB 3.2 Gen1, from the perspective of the “parameter party”, it is almost impeccable, and is a flagship of the “super Pro class”.
On the other hand, from the perspective of the “experience party”, it is even better. The relatively slim image module and further weight reduction of the body provide an excellent feel in the hand, while Hasselblad Master Images, the new film portraits and the excellent capture ability make it provide full emotional value in image creation, and every press of the shutter will bring surprises. It has also made a lot of effort in the more subtle aspects that affect the experience, such as battery life, signal and screen display, and it is fair to say that the experience has come to a level close to a perfect score as well.
From these two aspects, a plus 13 is indeed very good, “super Pro-level” performance, so that it can cope with a number of Pro-level rivals on the market, and the pricing is to make it get a full “killing power”, can be called “ flagship killer”. Flagship killer”.
