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.

(introduction music)

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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