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On October 31, 2024, OnePlus officially launched its annual flagship OnePlus 13. As the flagship masterpiece of the new decade for the OnePlus brand, the OnePlus 13 debuts with multiple exclusive performance black technologies and industry-leading technologies, breaking industry norms. It is a product that excels in design, performance, screen quality, imaging capabilities, and battery life – excelling in every aspect compared to the Pro models. The OnePlus 13 adopts a new ‘Dawn’ design language, equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Ultimate mobile platform and offering a unique storage combination of 24GB+1TB in its class. It provides an industry-exclusive native-level gaming experience of certain large open-world mobile games at 120fps+900P as well as certain large-scale turn-based strategy games at native-level 120fps gameplay. Additionally, the OnePlus 13 features the world’s first second-generation DisplayMate A++ certified East Asian screen with a resolution of WQHD+, integrates Hasselblad master imaging technology and introduces new ‘Shadowless Capture’ and ‘Portrait Capture’ functions. It boasts a powerful combination of a massive battery capacity of 6000mAh +100W wired flash charging +50W wireless flash charging for extended usage time along with ColorOS15 system known for its smooth Android experience ceiling title. Furthermore, across various dimensions such as phone signal strength, dustproofing/water resistance ratings AI applications and cross-platform file sharing capabilities among others bring an upgraded user experience to truly deliver all aspects expected from flagship configurations.
OnePlus China’s President Louis Li said: “The OnePlus 13 is full of sincerity, covering all aspects of user scenarios. Whether it’s performance, screen quality, imaging capabilities, battery life, AI and more, the OnePlus 13 excels in every aspect without any compromise. This is a truly deserving ‘Pro’ level product.”
The all-new ‘Dawn’ design interprets the flagship of the new decade with texture
OnePlus has always been synonymous with quality. As the starting work of OnePlus in the new decade, OnePlus 13 adopts a brand-new ‘Dawn’ design language, bringing a super Pro-level tactile aesthetic experience. Inspired by the image of the rising sun from forests, oceans, and snowfields, OnePlus 13 introduces three new color schemes: ‘Obsidian Realm,’ ‘Blue Moment,’ and ‘White Dew Dawn.’ These are interpreted in three different materials and processes to inherit OnePlus’s quality genes.
The debut of ‘Obsidian Realm’ features black sandalwood grain glass craftsmanship, showcasing a highly realistic wood grain texture that is delicate and steady without fingerprints. It pays tribute to OnePlus’s classic wooden shell design; The debut of ‘Blue Moment’ features BabySkin skin-friendly velvet feel leather that is more skin-friendly and lightweight, recreating the ultimate touch sensation of OnePlus’s first-generation phone BabySkin; While “White Dew Dawn” uses industry-leading next-generation silk glass technology to further enhance transparency while remaining fingerprint-free. The classic white texture is upgraded once again.
OnePlus 13 features a completely new screen design, adopting the industry-leading ‘full-depth soft edge straight screen’ design. The back cover uses front and back double soft edge technology, combining the advantages of ‘straight screen without touch errors, curved screen with good hand feel.’ At the same time, OnePlus 13 also has a stronger and more durable ‘Crystal Shield Super Ceramic Crystal Glass,’ which is more beautiful. It not only brings a more transparent glass texture but can also handle all daily phone accidents such as drops and collisions without pressure. With the highest IP68&IP69 waterproof and dustproof rating in the industry, it provides comprehensive protection for long-lasting durability of the phone. Thanks to its lightweight aluminum alloy mid-frame and CNC gold chamfer design, OnePlus 13 is about 0.65mm thinner than its predecessor and weighs about 10 grams less, making it extremely lightweight. In addition, OnePlus 13 retains the classic ‘three-stage switch,’ where with just a flick of your finger you can easily switch between silent mode, vibration mode, and ring mode.
Top hardware + top tuning + top cooling, creating a new peak of Android performance
The OnePlus 13 is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Ultimate Edition mobile platform. In order to achieve full performance release, OnePlus has collaborated with Qualcomm this time to optimize 28 specialties in 6 major areas: performance, gaming, AI, display, connectivity and network. At the same time, the OnePlus 13 also provides a unique combination of 24GB+1TB super storage and the second-generation Tian Gong cooling system Pro at the same level. It brings multiple cutting-edge technologies in performance and achieves an unprecedented smooth performance experience for Android phones.
OnePlus 13 is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 mobile platform, using TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process technology. The CPU adopts Qualcomm’s self-developed Oryon architecture, with 2 super-large cores + 6 large cores. The dual super-large core frequency reaches up to 4.32GHz, leading Android into the era of 4GHz. The frequency of the six large cores also reaches up to 3.53GHz, bringing revolutionary performance while maintaining higher energy efficiency ratio. Paired with a unique configuration of 24GB+1TB storage in the same class, OnePlus 13 AnTuTu Benchmark score breaks through 3.18 million points, creating a new peak in Android performance.
Full performance release requires a powerful cooling system to escort. The OnePlus 13 is equipped with the all-new upgraded second-generation Tian Gong Pro cooling system, featuring a super large heat dissipation area of 9925mm2 and industry-first “double-layer 2K supercritical thermal graphite,” leading in thermal conductivity with a 124% increase in heat dissipation efficiency. Additionally, for the first time in the OnePlus 13, a new generation of self-developed AI temperature control algorithm has been implemented, matched with 14 temperature detection sensors, enhancing gaming temperature control accuracy by 50%, ensuring sustained stable release of Pro-level performance.
The OnePlus 13 is equipped with a self-developed Smooth Dual Engine, which comprehensively innovates the smooth Android experience from the bottom to the application layer. The new Aurora Engine brings the industry’s first interruptible parallel animation effect, maximizing user perception of smoothness. In addition, the Aurora Engine also introduces system-level flexible rebound micro-motion effects, making the system experience more in line with real-world physical feedback, with every touch being delicate and smooth. The new Tide Engine is a chip-level performance solution that delves into the chip’s underlying layers and completely reconstructs the allocation mechanism of chip cache. It intelligently dynamically allocates computing resources based on recognized scenarios, providing better performance supply and power consumption control. At the same time, Tide Engine also provides more efficient parallel computing by restructuring and accelerating common algorithms in Android software libraries, achieving up to 3 times higher algorithm efficiency improvement. With OnePlus 13 equipped with Smooth Dual Engines, overall smoothness increases by 22%, operation response speed increases by 18%, stability improves by 40%, leading to a new smooth experience for Android users.
SEE ALSO: The OnePlus 13 Phone Launch Event Is Scheduled for October 31st
Exclusive game black technology, leading the heavy-duty large mobile games into a new era of 120 frames
Oneplus has always been committed to creating the ultimate gaming experience. Based on OnePlus’s deep tuning of the Snapdragon 8 Ultimate Edition mobile platform, and with the support of self-developed esports exclusive display engine, top-notch cooling system, dual gold game antennas, haptic motor Turbo and intuitive touch control among many other gaming black technologies, OnePlus 13 brings the strongest gaming experience with Snapdragon 8 Ultimate Edition.
The brand-new self-developed esports exclusive display engine of OnePlus 13 can maximize GPU performance to generate zero-latency native smooth visuals, making game frame rates more natural and smoother. The addition of “self-developed super resolution” and “self-developed super HDR image quality 4.0” further enhances game graphics. Previously, OnePlus brought industry-first native-level 120Hz experience for a certain large open-world mobile game on Ace 3 Pro. With breakthroughs in hardware and algorithms, OnePlus 13 goes even further by supporting industry-unique native-level120Hz+900P simultaneous gameplay for a certain large open-world mobile game and delivering industry-first native-level120Hz gaming experience in a certain large-scale 3D turn-based mobile game. Setting new standards in extreme gaming performance leads heavy-duty large mobile games into the era of official adoption of 120 frames per second.
OnePlus 13 is equipped with the largest X-axis linear motor in the Android camp – the bionic haptic motor Turbo, providing players with an immersive haptic experience. In addition, OnePlus 13 also supports a new self-developed Lingxi game touch technology, offering a more responsive, precise and stable interactive experience. It also features a dedicated cellular & WiFi gaming antenna design and the well-received ‘Game Cloud Computing Private Network’ technology by players, which can dynamically select the optimal network acceleration solution in real-time to fully support an immersive gaming experience.
Refresh 21 world records, the second generation of Eastern screens create four-screen peak experience
Last year, OnePlus 12 launched the world’s top 2K Eastern screen, leading domestic screens to reach the summit of global screens. This year, OnePlus once again teamed up with BOE to create the world’s first DisplayMate A++ certified screen. In terms of screen quality, high brightness display, eye protection capability, and smooth touch control have been comprehensively upgraded in four dimensions, refreshing 21 world records.
In terms of screen quality, the second-generation Eastern Screen is based on a new exclusive X2 luminescent material customized by OnePlus and BOE. It is first equipped with the exclusive self-developed screen chip Display P2, which not only displays colors more accurately but also has lower screen power consumption. In order to create top-tier display quality globally, OnePlus has established China’s first and only self-developed display science production line for mobile phone manufacturers. It can be said that currently among domestic smartphones, the second-generation Eastern Screen has the most advanced and precise calibration production line in terms of color uniformity, brightness uniformity, and other performance aspects reaching global top levels.
To address issues such as difficulty in viewing under strong outdoor light conditions on smartphone screens, OnePlus 13’s second-generation Eastern Screen globally debuts ‘Sunlight Display’ technology. This technology can intelligently match display effects according to different ambient light intensities and accurately restore color performance based on ambient color temperature. It effectively improves visibility and readability of high-brightness content in outdoor scenes while ensuring that screen content remains clearly visible even under strong sunlight exposure. The OnePlus 13 has also obtained the industry’s first ‘German Rhine TÜV Intelligent Eye Protection High Visibility Certification’.
Hasselblad Master’s imaging strength far exceeds that of its peers, with shadowless capture and super clear live photos capturing dynamic moments
As the flagship product of the year, OnePlus 13 is equipped with the new Hasselblad Master Imaging system, which has been fully upgraded in terms of imaging configuration and algorithms to provide a top-notch Pro-level imaging experience. In terms of main camera setup, OnePlus 13 features a 50-megapixel Sony custom flagship sensor called LYT-808, with a large 1/1.4-inch sensor size supporting full-pixel omnidirectional autofocus, ultra-fast capture function, and OIS optical image stabilization for clearer image quality, richer light and dark tones, and more three-dimensional imaging; The newly upgraded 50-megapixel flagship ultra-wide-angle lens can accommodate a wide field of view up to 120 degrees for more depth and layering in photos. Additionally, OnePlus 13 comes with a Sony 50-megapixel periscope telephoto lens offering an equivalent focal length of 73mm for portrait shots paired with an f/2.6 large aperture to achieve faster focusing speed and higher dynamic range capturing ease in both bright and dark details. Together with the unique thirteen-channel multispectral sensor at this level can enhance sensitivity and optical response to accurately calculate Haas natural colors for further improved photo texture.
On the basis of flagship-level imaging hardware configuration, the OnePlus 13 also features the same imaging algorithm as the OPPO Find X8 series, bringing ultra-fast ‘shadowless capture’, achieving millisecond-level capture through high-speed imaging, helping users preserve every exciting moment they want to keep. The OnePlus 13 also incorporates the highly acclaimed Hasselblad Master portrait mode that has always been popular among users and innovatively integrates it with the capture function to introduce a new ‘portrait capture’ feature. This feature can improve the accuracy of capturing dynamic movements and facial expressions of individuals, achieving more vivid and outstanding portrait performance.
Oneplus 13 also released the most user-friendly “super clear live photo” function for Android, with three rear cameras and front cameras supporting live photo shooting. It supports cover frame XDR display, video cropping, beauty filters, etc., and can be directly shared to Xiaohongshu platform. It is currently the industry’s highest playable and practical live photo feature. In terms of video recording, both front and rear four cameras of Oneplus 13 support 4K 60fps full-link Dolby Vision, making video recording clearer and more immersive.
Rare large battery with dual flash charging combination in the industry, leading the flagship phone’s battery life revolution
In 2024, OnePlus ushered in the era of long battery life for mobile phones with the ‘Glacier Battery.’ The OnePlus 13’s battery life experience has evolved further, bringing a 6000mAh ultra-large capacity ‘Glacier Battery,’ with a standby time of up to 1.96 days on DOU mode. Even with just 1% emergency power remaining, it can support up to 13 hours of extended standby time. The OnePlus 13 Glacier Battery is built on a new generation of spherical silicon-carbon and honeycomb biomimetic structure, achieving an industry-leading energy density of 805Wh/L. This allows the OnePlus 13 to maintain a slim and lightweight feel while having a large battery capacity. Thanks to its industry-leading battery technology and silicon-carbon negative electrode health algorithm, the OnePlus 13 also achieves long-lasting durability for its batteries, resulting in longer lifespan.
At the same time, OnePlus 13 is equipped with the fastest 100W Super Flash Charge and 50W wireless flash charge combination to date. It can be charged from 1% to 50% in just 13 minutes, and fully charged in 36 minutes, leading in comprehensive battery life experience. It also supports a full set of magnetic wireless charging ecosystem, allowing automatic attachment when placed nearby for easier charging. The OnePlus 13 is powered by the SUPERVOOC S full-link power management chip, which achieves a discharge efficiency of up to 99.5% on a smaller area. It also supports AI smart charging engine that intelligently senses charging scenarios and environments to ensure efficient and safe charging.
Super signal, global AI, cross-platform sharing, flagship configuration has everything
As an annual flagship model, the OnePlus 13 brings innovation in multiple dimensions such as global AI and signal networks. At the same time, the OnePlus 13 also provides a smoother and more user-friendly cross-platform connectivity experience, allowing iPhone users and multi-device users to easily enjoy the silky smooth experience of the OnePlus 13.
The OnePlus 13 is equipped with a brand-new upgraded Xiao Bu assistant which is the most practical all-scenario AI in the industry. It has been newly upgraded in various scenarios such as one-click AI interaction, AI office learning, and AI photo editing to truly make AI go from being just experimental to useful. One-click AI support can be triggered by long-pressing the power button for conversation or text communication with Xiao Bu assistant in any scenario or interface making interactions simple and efficient. The previously well-received AI photo editing function has also been upgraded in the OnePlus 13 bringing four core functions: AI removal, anti-glare correction, de-blurring using Al technology for easy salvage of all discarded photos. Additionally targeting office learning scenarios; three major features have been introduced on OnePlus 13 – “AI voice summary”, “AI documents” and “AI note assistant” effortlessly catering to all needs of office learning scenarios requiring Al assistance.
OnePlus 13 ‘Super Signal Engineering 2.0’ can create a full-scene, all-weather smart communication experience by leveraging technologies such as multi-network seam switching and signal mapping to address core scene pain points. Even in crowded network signal environments, complex network environments like campuses, concerts, and subway environments with high traffic flow, OnePlus 13 can provide stable and smooth mobile network signals. To specifically enhance the campus network usage experience for college students, OnePlus 13 brings stronger wall-penetrating and network grabbing capabilities. Through a stronger antenna array design and pioneering technologies in various industries, it significantly improves the network experience in school environments. In addition, OnePlus 13 also introduces a new flagship upgrade of AI noise reduction for calls with four microphones that ensures clear communication even in noisy environments.
As the flagship masterpiece of the new decade for the OnePlus brand, the OnePlus 13 is full of sincerity, embodying all of OnePlus’s exploration and persistence in flagship products. It aims to break conventions and surpass the Pro model, providing users with an ultimate experience in every aspect they care about.
The OnePlus 13 will be released and available for purchase immediately. It will officially launch on November 1st at 10:00 on platforms such as OPPO Mall, JD.com, Tmall, Pinduoduo, Douyin, etc. The first batch of buyers can enjoy up to 24 interest-free installments, trade-in subsidies for old devices when purchasing new ones, and limited gifts such as the OPPO Enco R3.
At this press conference, OnePlus also brought a variety of accessory products, completely connecting the magnetic wireless charging ecosystem, elegant and effortless charging. At the same time, there are also new JiMu series accessories, participating in the first sale and purchasing packages can enjoy exclusive discounts.
