Hey! The OnePlus 13R has arrived.
It's been released together with the OnePlus 13
and Digital Walker had a preselling for this phone.
What are the specs of this?
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
It's just a one generation older flagship chip of Qualcomm.
50MP triple camera lens, except that it doesn't have
the Hasselblad color calibration.
Its battery is big at 6,000mAh.
And with how thin this box is, expect that there'll be
no charger.
More details and price after this quick intro.
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The OnePlus 13R with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage,
its regular price would be Php38,990.
And right now, it's on sale, the same with
the early bird price at Php35,990.
You can buy this in Digital Walker
and on the link on the description box
that I'll post below.
Now one thing I noticed in it is that this phone
is very rectangle-like.
Its sides are kind of edgy.
But one thing I liked about it is the aluminum frame
feeling very premium on the sides.
This one is being protected by a glass back finish
and a Corning Gorilla Glass 7i protection in front.
What's nice on the camera bump is that every single ring
isn't protruding, and its back being very flat.
Its camera bump is also not thick.
One thing that's maybe important to you
is that it has an eSIM support.
And this phone comes running with OxygenOS 15
inside Android 15.
Like I told you, this one is being powered
by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3,
it's just one generation older premium flagship of Qualcomm.
And it's got 1.81 million points.
This is the breakdown.
Still goods.
Its loop score is 4,387.
And it has 77.8% stability on Wild Life Extreme.
And this is the score that I got on CPU benchmarking.
And this is on the GPU benchmarking.
Its thermals are kind of messy and it throttled to 73%
of its best performance.
One of the things that you'll like here
is its big battery.
It is a silicon carbon 6,000mAh which can support
up to 80W fast charging.
Sad to say, there's no charger.
But based on my testing, its battery is more durable
then the OnePlus 13.
On the OnePlus 13R, we got 21 hours
and 27 minutes of screen-on time based on 50% brightness
and 60Hz of screen refresh rate.
Let's now talk about its display.
This one has a 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED display.
It has 120Hz of screen refresh rate
and its maximum brightness is 4,500 nits.
Its screen-to-body ratio is 92%.
And it also has Ultra HDR Image support.
One thing that you'll like here is its great display.
Probably one of the better ones that I've tried
on this price range.
And browsing your favorite photos on gallery,
swiping on shorts and reels, expect it to give you
a really smooth experience.
And if you're watching videos on this phone
on YouTube and Netflix, because it has a Level 1
Widevine Security Level, expect a really good quality
on this phone because the colors are punchy
and you're definitely set to enjoy this one.
This phone has stereo speakers, two holes on the bottom
and one hole on the top.
Let's just quickly check how loud its sounds are.
(APT by Bruno Mars and Rosé)
Its sounds are loud, it's just that it's not
as loud as the OnePlus 13.
So we've played three games here, Genshin Impact,
Farlight 84, and Call of Duty Mobile.
On Genshin Impact, my game experience was good.
I expected it from a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
It was really set to perform in games.
And like triple A games like Genshin Impact,
its gameplay is good.
One thing I liked about it is that its gameplay was smooth,
you won't feel much lags,
except if you're in a heavy battle,
there are just very, very minor frame drops.
But sometimes you won't almost notice it
during an intense gameplay.
But one thing's for sure here is that the screen
of the OnePlus 13R is very responsive
and the sound is quite decent.
And playing after 30 minutes, the hottest I've achieved
was 44°C.
When it comes to Farlight 84, equally said,
its gameplay was also good.
We set it to the highest graphic settings possible
and I was able to get a really nice experience here.
The gameplay was smooth.
And honestly, I didn't feel that much
frame drops on it.
Playing after 30 minutes, the hottest it reached
was 42°C.
Call of Duty Mobile, we also set it
to the max graphic settings.
And I've also played 30 minutes of battle royale here.
The gameplay was really smooth.
I didn't feel any frame drops on it.
This is very easy for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
One thing I noticed with it is that the sounds
are not as loud as the OnePlus 13.
And the hottest I reached here after 30 minutes of gameplay
was 42°C.
If you found the sound of this phone kind of lacking,
I can suggest you try one of this,
the OnePlus Nord Buds 3.
It was able to give me a good gaming experience here.
The sound quality of this is definitely good
and its design is great.
What I like about here is it connects fast
on the OnePlus 13.
Once you open it, it can detect it already,
just simply press the connect button
and it'll be connected.
One thing that I like here is it's super light to my ears,
it's not heavy, and it can give me roughly
up to 16 hours of playback time.
The price of this one is Php1,790
at any Digital Walker online and offline stores.
Check on the description box.
Let's now talk about the camera.
This one has a 50MP main camera sensor with OIS,
50MP telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom,
and 8MP ultra wide lens up to 112° FoV.
It has color spectrum sensor and can shoot you
up to 4K and 60 FPS.
Its front-facing camera is 16MP which can only shoot you
up to 1080p and 30 FPS.
Let's start our camera analysis with some outdoor shot
and you'd see that some of these shots on outdoors,
the details of the clouds even on simple shots look great.
And when you look at this scenery,
it looks very cool to the eyes.
This is another shot that I really like.
Its colors look beautiful.
The color science on the camera of the OnePlus 13R
looks really nice, and I simply love this shot.
If you're a fan of animal shots,
to take a shot like this one, it's just a quick snap,
you can see that all the details of this cat are preserved,
even its whiskers.
And it's truly one of the camera that you'd want to buy
at this price point.
And taking some Chinese New Year lantern shot
like this is looking really nice and the details captured here
are really good and blurring all the way to the background.
Now one of the things I noticed on this green is that
it's not oversaturated, and it looks quite natural.
Its color not enhanced too much, making it look
really natural.
And this is another shot that I really like.
Its focusing on this subject looks really great
and blurring all the way to the background.
How the subject pops out in this subject is really great.
Equally said on this photo, its focus on the subject
looks great.
If you're taking some greens here, I can tell you
that it's not that saturated, just really the natural look
of color green.
This is another shot that I also like.
It looks very nice and it looks like you're just
in a farm.
And when I played with its ultra wide lens,
this is how it looks like.
Normal shot and 2x zoom.
You'll notice that the color science is almost similar
from the ultra wide to the normal shot.
But when it comes to 2x zoom, its color looks gloomier,
its approach is a bit grayish.
You'll see that in the glass, it's color blue here
and on this one it's darker blue or faded blue.
This is what it looks like if you're taking a flower shot.
The details that it captures are clean.
If you're going indoors taking some statue shots,
it looks really nice.
Its shot looks really great, these figures look very sharp.
And if you're taking a food shot, equally said,
OnePlus 13R also performs well.
We can see some of these food shots
that we got are really, really sharp,
the details looks really nice.
And the way it was able to focus on food,
I really simply love it.
Now, I also tried its front-facing camera
on outdoors and it would take you some really nice details
on your face, and it doesn't beautify
on default which is definitely okay.
You'll get a different result on the same spot.
This is my face is against the sun
and this is when the camera is against the sun.
You'll see that it's kind of overexposed
when the camera is against the sun.
But the shot looks great when your face
is against the sun.
When it comes to indoors, honestly I was surprised
that these photos were captured really nicely.
And when zooming in on my face,
you'll see that it's similar to my outdoor shots,
it's clear, and the imperfections on my face are visible.
If you're using the front-facing camera
to take a simple vlog, well, it's okay,
the resolution looks great, except that
it's a little jittery.
It's not too much.
But its rear camera is a performer
because it's very smooth.
I'm just using my bare hand on this shot,
and you'll see the details that you'll get on this video
looks great.
This is just a 13R, there's no Hasselblad here yet.
So guys, what's my verdict on the OnePlus 13R?
Honestly, it's probably not the cheapest that you can buy
from OnePlus.
One thing I noticed here is that it's really powerful,
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
And probably one thing that let me down here
is its front-facing camera which can only shoot you
up to 1080p and 30 FPS.
Given the fact that it's a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3,
I was quite disappointed with its front-facing camera.
But overall, the performance is good,
except its front-facing camera.
If they made this 4K and 30 FPS, no questions asked,
it's definitely a good buy.
But I would say its performance is definitely way,
way better than the OPPO Reno 13 Pro.
How about you guys, what can you say
about the OnePlus 13R?
Let me know on the comments.
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