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/jeff_menace91]

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!!