The OnePlus 13R is a less extensive and cheaper smartphone than the OnePlus 13, but where is it less extensive? Read in this review what the differences are and whether it is worth buying this phone.
Quinten Jochems
OnePlus has since become a well -known (er) name in the field of smartphones. In addition to their smartphones such as the OnePlus 13, an R version of the top models have also been published in recent years. Read here the review of the OnePlus 13R what we thought of that phone.
Design
The OnePlus 13R is available in two colors: Astral Trail and Nebula Noir or a more white and black color in terms of feeling in your hand, the OnePlus 13R is very standard. Opposite the different colors/backs that the OnePlus 13 offers, the OnePlus 13R simply has a typical back that you see on almost every phone. The OnePlus 13R is 161 mm high, 75 mm wide and 8 mm ‘thick’ and it weighs 206 grams. In addition to the smartphone, you will find a USB-C cable in the box, a pin to place the SIM card, a safety guide and a manual. The difference in the field of IP certification is striking: the OnePlus 13 has both an IP68 and IP69 certificate, so that it is resistant to immersion in fresh water up to 1.5 meters deep for 30 minutes and water jets up to 80º C . The OnePlus 13R only has an IP65 certification for use it is completely dust-resistant. Furthermore, the OnePlus 13R has a USB-C port and not a 3.5mm jack connection, but you need those separate headphone connection less and less often and the speakers sound just as good as the OnePlus 13. The fact is that the OnePlus 13R Also has a physical alert slider: this allows you to switch on the left side of your phone between the rings of ring tone, vibrate and completely quiet.
Screen
The OnePlus 13R has a 6.78 inch Amoled screen. The contrast of the smartphone is good and black is also really decent black, the image also does not seem to work what is nice. The screen has a resolution of 1264 x 2780 pixels with 120 Hz Proxdr. Just like the OnePlus 13, the OnePlus 13R achieves a peak of 1600 and 4500 Nits when you play HDR content.
Processor, memory and battery
The performance of the OnePlus 13R is surprisingly good for the price, with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and 12 GB of memory that you can expand to 24 GB of memory by using 12 GB of your internal storage.
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This combination ensures that you can gam well: I almost never experienced hitches, unless I really searched for it. During gaming you also have the option to change your battery mode in the built-in game engine. In this way your smartphone ‘consumes’ less battery and more battery for better performance during gaming. You also have the option to switch on championship mode: this will ‘turn off’ everything except the game and this must ensure optimum performance. That means that you have to turn off championship mode to get out of the game. The OnePlus 13R has a 6000mAh single-cell battery so that your battery lasts nice and long: just like the OnePlus 13, it lasts almost 2 days. The OnePlus 13R can also charge quickly, but as said, no plug is supplied; The OnePlus 13R does not have wireless charging.
Cameras
Unfortunately, the OnePlus 13R does not have Hasselblad cameras such as the OnePlus 13, but for taking photos it is basically good enough. The camera island has 3 cameras: First of all it has a main camera with a 50 MP Sony Lyt-700 sensor. With this camera you can take beautiful pictures of almost everything and also ensure that everything looks neat.
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The camera island also has a 112-degree wide-angle camera with 8 MP with which you can photograph large landscapes or a large group of people. With the 8MP camera you do lose some details when you zoom in.
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Finally, the OnePlus 13 has a 50 mp S5kN5 sensor telephone camera, which means it has a focal length of 47 mm (2x). Of course these beautiful photos also take, just not as beautiful as the OnePlus 13.
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Communication
The OnePlus 13R has 5G internet and also about NFC with which you can pay for purchases with your phone, for example. Furthermore, the OnePlus 13R is equipped with Bluetooth 5.4 and Wi-Fi 7.
Software and update policy
The OnePlus 13R uses Android 15 as a operating system and receives Android updates and 6 years of security updates for four years. Although it is cheaper than the OnePlus 13, the OnePlus 13R is not cheap. Then 4 years of OS updates may be on the lean side, also considering the competition of Samsung and Google smartphones.
On the OnePlus 13R is the own OnePlus shell with their own Oxygenos that is built for AI. For example, you have 4 different options for the camera to sharpen your photos with AI in different ways. It also has AI functions in collaboration with Gemini such as Circle to Search: If you hold down your navigation bar, you can circling something on your screen and then it will be looked up on Google.
Prices and availability
The OnePlus 13R has been available since 10 January for a suggested retail price of € 749 for a configuration of 256 GB of internal storage and 12 GB of RAM that you can expand to 24 GB using your internal storage. The OnePlus 13R is available at OnePlus.com, but also at Coolblue, MediaMarkt, Bol, Vanden Borre, Fnac, Mobiel.nl, KPN, Telenet and Proximus in the colors: Astral Trail and Nebula Noir
Conclusion
The OnePlus 13R is much buyer than the OnePlus 13, but of course not as good as the OnePlus 13. What is striking is that the gaming and the battery life is comparable to the OnePlus 13. He is good enough in many areas and if you have one Phone needs what you want to play for, then this phone is definitely a good option. As a point of improvement we would like to see more updates to Android versions and better IP certification.
OnePlus 13R
Suggested retail price: € 749,-
Advocate
+ good performance during gaming
+ good sound
+ Fine screen
Downsides
– Less update policy
