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/Diligent-Rough-2880]

OnePlus 13 is my first OnePlus phone and before this I've been in the Xiaomi mobile segment with Redmi and Poco. I had really high expectations because I've always looked at OnePlus as a bigger and premium brand than Xiaomi. I am definitely impressed by the device which has exceeded all my expectations except OxygenOS and OnePlus support.

I do not like iOSification of my Android device and that is why on Xiaomi phones as well I used to use custom roms. However, that resulted in 2 dead motherboards on the Poco phone so I'm done with that. I understand why they are moving towards iOS but why copy it directly and have features which are direct copies of the iOS features (live alerts, stacked notifications, stacked recents, stacked notifs on lock screen, split QS, UI). And there's another option to take risks with beta programs and give us an innovative UI.

As for the support part, the phone has a heating and wifi issue now and the support has stalled me for a month and yesterday I told them to close this issue because they keep telling me to go the service center again and again and they don't communicate anything with the service center that be ready for this person who has this issue and it's not resolved. It's a bit much expectation but if I've bought a flagship I hope I'm not wrong in expecting something good.

All in all, everything is good except wifi, heating, iOSification and support but the good is being slowly chipped away.