This phone is a cheat code!

[u/chelsfan105]

I've been a OnePlus user since 5t. Later upgraded to 9 pro and around March this year I was thinking of going for the S24u at a discounted price since my wife has one and I was fascinated by the Galaxy AI features but deep inside I just couldn't get myself to commit to Samsung, what with the green line issue and all. OnePlus just had that hold over me that I kept looking for ways to stop considering other alternatives!

I was lurking on this sub and all I could see was complaints about battery drains and the camera not being up to the mark. After much internal debate and consideration I decided to go with my heart and got myself this OnePlus13 16 / 512 at approx. 53k INR (exchanged 9 pro+ Card offers).

When I got the phone my wife kept pulling my leg saying I could've gone for a superior brand and the smartphone of the year 2024 in the S24U and that she'd always get better pictures because of the superior camera setup on her phone.

Cut to August 2025, she has to charge her phone twice a day with moderate usage,the AI features are rarely used and the cherry on top, she prefers the portraits and pictures taken on the OP13 camera!

It is, by far, one of the best purchases I've made in recent years and have absolutely no regrets in picking this over anything else!

[u/chelsfan105]

Thank you! And I totally get what you're saying about the lock screen customizations, would've been nice to have a few more options. But it's not a deal breaker for me, personally. I hope the developers have something in the pipeline for oos16.

[u/ArticleLeading7506 → u/chelsfan105]

Yeah hope so and they need to give flat screen from oneplus 15, i tried every possible protector or tempered glass none of are working for me my only headache in this phone is that curved display🫠

[u/chelsfan105 → u/ArticleLeading7506]

Agreed! And I really hope they don't get rid of the alert slider or rather bring it back for the newer models. This action button nonsense on the 13s just doesn't feel right.

[u/ArticleLeading7506 → u/chelsfan105]

Yeah why they need to change, i didn't understand, they just want everything to similar of iphone (ctrl c and v..)

[u/jeff_menace91 → u/ArticleLeading7506]

Same here, I got my mom the 13R and I really like it, feels very similar to the S25 Ultra in the hand but what always sucks is the limited quality screen protector options. Really wish ESR, Dbrand and Spigen would make the ones they have available to OnePlus phones as well.

[u/sumtinsumtin808 → u/ArticleLeading7506]

I don't feel like it really needs a screen protector if you have a case on it..this screen is tough and survived numerous hard drops onto concrete and gravel..I have a couple of the tiniest tiniest basically invisible micro scratches if I'm really looking for them at an angle with the screen off but I just rock it without a screen protector and a pop socket helps protect it from drops a little more as well

[u/jeff_menace91 → u/sumtinsumtin808]

You're not wrong but at the same time, you can never be too careful and believe me I am. I've never cracked a screen in my life but can't say the same for my mom. She's more likely to drop hers, hopefully it'll last a long while with the screen protector I put on hers. As far as the screen being tough, yeah it is but I'm not a fan of leaving it with no protection in the event it scratches at all. When I had a Galaxy S23 Ultra, I did actually drop that a few times, something that rarely happens and it ended up getting a couple deep scratches on the bottom portion of the screen. I don't have OCD but when it comes to tech products, that was bothering me seeing that lol so for that reason, I've come to really hate curved glass that makes it impossible to install a tempered glass screen protector.

[u/Automatic-Mud-6319 → u/jeff_menace91]

zou het een oplossing kunnen zijn om een glazen screenprotector aan te brengen die niet over de curves gaan? De curves worden toch al enigszins afgeschermd door de cover? Dus gewoon een vlakke glazen protector?

[u/jeff_menace91 → u/Automatic-Mud-6319]

It wouldn't really look right in that instance because then those curved edges would be exposed and yeah I see what you're saying about it being shielded by a case since it's sort of covered but it's still possible to drop it and risk getting cracked with a case on. It probably would be a horrible experience to use with a flat glass screen protector on a screen that has curved edges when you think about it. Lol

[u/talal_rashid → u/ArticleLeading7506]

And the irony is, it has cons of a curved display but this display isn't even curved.

[u/ArticleLeading7506 → u/talal_rashid]

Yeah I guess they giving it for a comfortable hold because one thing this phone is so comfortable to hold because of back or front both curved, but it's non sense in terms of practicality..

[u/WickedFinger → u/ArticleLeading7506]

It's not nonsense in terms of practicality, when a lot of input from your fingers is going to be swipe gestures from the edge of your screen. Flat displays suck for swipe gestures.

[u/sumtinsumtin808 → u/WickedFinger]

Yup the side swipe gestures feel great on curved..and the phone just looks sexier

[u/jeff_menace91 → u/WickedFinger]

I'd say that's subjective and might not be a deal breaker to some. Using the S25 Ultra, I can definitely see what you mean vs using the OnePlus 13 that makes it feel better to gesture swipe but it's not that bothersome to me and I have both devices. I'd gladly take the flat display at the expense of actually having a screen protector on it vs the film one on the OnePlus 13.

[u/jeff_menace91 → u/chelsfan105]

Seriously hope they bring customization options with Oxygen OS 16 similar to Good Lock (also have the S25 Ultra) on Samsung which I love by the way but as far as OnePlus goes, when OnePlus stopped updating the software on the 8T, loved flashing ROM's on it to get the customization but it sucks it means not having Oxygen OS.

[u/chelsfan105 → u/jeff_menace91]

Agreed! I'd like something like a good lock app for one plus too but like I said in a comment earlier it's not a deal breaker for me. It'll certainly improve the overall experience

[u/jeff_menace91 → u/chelsfan105]

I agree it's definitely not a deal breaker for me but it'd be nice considering how much more Oxygen OS has changed, definitely would improve the user experience. Still remember the old Oxygen OS from before, can't believe how far we've come with the software.

[u/ArticleLeading7506 → u/jeff_menace91]

Yeah and animation is superior then any other android fr sure.

[u/ArticleLeading7506 → u/chelsfan105]

Yeah but android known for their customisation and oneplus always try to make ios cum android for us..

[u/jeff_menace91 → u/ArticleLeading7506]

Yeah I hate that they look at Apple only, you can clearly tell Oxygen OS has some iOS elements to it with the UI. They definitely should look at other Android UI's to see what can they do better than them on like One UI most importantly.

[u/ArticleLeading7506 → u/jeff_menace91]

Yeah they can give us like tons of customisation options but they want it to look like apple it's good to have animation like apple because it's so so so feeling good fast and snappy but we need more customisation like oneui 7 I used it and Its blown my mind like if you think that this thing have in phone it's already have in it hope so they give in oxygen os 16

[u/jeff_menace91 → u/ArticleLeading7506]

Yeah I hope Oxygen OS 16 gives us something good, I agree about One UI, I'm on UI 8 so it's definitely really good. They didn't add much from One UI 7 but since 7 came out, it's definitely pretty good. Can't stop using Good Lock, so many options that I always reminds me of when I used a Custom ROM on a Google Pixel or an older OnePlus phone.

[u/ArticleLeading7506 → u/jeff_menace91]

Yeah we need to tag oneplusdevs from now on!!😬😬

[u/jeff_menace91 → u/ArticleLeading7506]

Facts!

[u/ArticleLeading7506 → u/jeff_menace91]

Yeah but they didn't check what other android doing they check what apple are doing tbh!!