The sleek, White OnePlus 13 is great for gamers, but its battery is disappointing

OnePlus 13 is the company’s first flagship phone of 2025. With the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip inside, it is a perfect powerhouse for mobile gamers. That said, its camera and battery performance both disappoint. Read more in our full review.

The phone will go on sale this week for $900.

I like the arctic white color that my review model came in. With chrome accents, it looks smart and stylish.

Color aside, it bears a strong family resemblance to last year’s OnePlus 12.

OnePlus differs from the iPhone 16 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro.

The phone has an IP69 rating for water resistance, so you don’t have to worry about dropping it in water.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite processor delivered the best benchmark results I’ve ever seen from a phone.

The result is a phone that feels fast and responsive in everyday use.

The 6.8-inch screen is bright and vibrant, and you can adjust the color tones to your liking whenever you want.

Cameras are one of the major let downs here.

While the phone can take decent pictures, it relies on heavy image processing that adds too much digital clarity to photos. Shooting in Master mode produced more natural results than standard Photo mode.

Even though the phone is packed with a huge 6000 mAh cell, I also found the battery life to not be great.

While you won’t struggle to get through a full day of mixed use, you’ll likely want to charge it every night.

The phone supports 100-watt fast charging, which allows you to charge it from empty to full in about 36 minutes.

It may look neat and clean, but you don’t need to handle it using cotton gloves.

The phone packs a variety of AI tools, including imaging tools including Google’s Gemini and Gemini Advanced, Circle to Search, and AI de-blurring.

AI Unblur actually works pretty well, but it can make images look a bit digital and fake, especially if you run the tool multiple times on the same image.

The screen has a wet touch feature which helps it to be responsive even with water drops on it.

The phone itself runs on Android 15.

While the OnePlus 13 is $100 less than its competitors, if you’re interested in photography, it’s worth spending that money to get a better camera.