ONEPLUS 13
This smartened-up hero phone is the polar opposite of teenage rebellion
Scan you dig it?
There’s now an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner under the screen; it works far more speedily than the old optical one.
Live and picking
Live Photos, which have been an iOS staple for years, are finally now built into the OnePlus 13’s camera app.
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he outgoing OnePlus 12 was a great phone with a few rough edges, which were largely excused because it was so cheap. Its successor is more flagship than flagship killer, so has been forced to step up its game. A barnstorming Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, one of the biggest batteries of any mainstream smartphone and enough water-resistance to survive a trip through your dishwasher ought to do it.