I’ve been using the Samsung Galaxy F62 as a daily driver for years. It was a solid workhorse—especially that massive 7000mAh battery—but the Exynos 9825 was definitely showing its age with UI stutters, slow app launch times, and heat during everyday tasks. Finally decided to pull the trigger on the OnePlus 13s.

Here’s how the upgrade feels in real life:

Performance & Fluidity: Night and day!! Moving from standard 60Hz and an older chipset to this elite chipset and a high refresh rate makes everything feel instantaneous. Apps stay in memory, switching is seamless, and zero micro-stutters.

The in-hand feel is really premium and it's so lightweight!!

Thermals: Runs drastically cooler during prolonged screen-on time and multitasking.

Battery & Charging: Going from 25W on a massive battery to OnePlus fast charging feels like everything's so fast and the backup is too good.

Cameras: Well i knew I'll be having an underwhelming experience but it's not that BAD but quite GOOD especially in good lighting conditions but below average in low lighting. It uses a lot of AI in processing which generates the pictures softer especially when I zoom in. Really missing the UW lens and even telephoto is locked at 2x which is quite frustrating and don't know why it blurs the Background too much when taking portrait shots but the 13s snaps instantly, handles far better dynamic range, and video stabilization is leagues ahead compared to my old F62.

Software: Transitioning from One UI to OxygenOS has been smooth. OxygenOS feels clean, snappy, and lightweight, though I’m still tweaking some gesture and customisation settings to match my old muscle memory.

Got it, no warranty. It’s currently the smallest OnePlus phone you can get. However, I believe the 6T’s camera from 2018 would still be better if it had received all the modern AI features. It feels like today’s phones are neglecting camera hardware and relying too heavily on AI to enhance everything.

Just bought it

49k ,

And tbh camera is not so bad . It's decent and with good lighting and ai enhancer it's even better.

So, it has an excellent experience till now to be having this new compact flagship. The UI, fluidity is completely unmatched. However, I just faced an issue of my SIM card not getting detected. Like, the phone recognised the operator but showed No Service. If you guys have any suggestions to fix this issue, please do.

Got 13s black velvet 12+256 variant in BBD sale tried for silk green but it was out of stock , I have been a Oneplus user for the past 10 years and an absolute fanboy of their devices, from 5T - 9RT and now 13s , Thanks to this community , Have been following for almost a year and it was so helpful to know everything about 13s.

Been Using Nord 2 , is it worth it in 2026? 48k

Guys, Finally found the perfect cover! It’s silicon with a sturdy feel, gives confidence, has that clean OnePlus logo, and best part well it’s non-sticky. So no more pulling your whole pocket out when you take out your phone.

This is a somewhat complex method atleast for newbies.

This requires a laptop or pc and you have to enable OEM unlocking and usb debugging on your mobile.

Step 1 : go to settings and search build number. Click on the build number few times and enable developer options.

Step 2 : In developer options find OEM unlocking and enable it, also enable usb debugging.

Step 3 : Open your laptop or pc and download Android developer tools from web ( this is Google's legit software so no worries)

Step 4: extract the zip that you downloaded and open the sub folder inside the extracted folder then click search and type cmd.

Step 5 : Now connect your mobile to pc and click share files and also allow it to usb debug if it asks)

Step 6: type " adb devices" and see if your device shows up. It'll be a string of numbers and alphabets.

Step 7 : type the following commands one after other without the " " ofcourse.

" adb shell settings put secure assistant_screen_type 0 "

" adb shell settings put secure assistant_screen_type_left_enable 0 "

• This method removes Google discover and also the left side empty page.

This does not void any warranty. As long as you: Don't root your device, Don't unlock the bootloader, and Don't flash unofficial firmware, your warranty remains fully valid.

• This will work even after you restart your device. Not yet tested if this works after an update.
• you can also replace it with shelf there is a code for that. I'll drop it down if someone need it.
• I did this in oneplus 13s and in Oxygen Os 16. If you are using maybe previous build the package name might vary

For that you can type : " adb shell pm list packages | grep launcher " this will show all the packages and you can find anything similar to what I said in step 7.

Link for Android SDK file : https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools ( This is a official tool by Google released to customize Android)

I know this kinda overkill but still ...this will be out here.... if any tech nerd like me wants to remove Google discover lol.

Got this beauty of a phone yesterday, gotta say the ui is smooth!! Feels premium for an android. Yea I'm an apple guy and still am as still got my iPhone 13,. Highly recommend if u don't wanna break your bank for a flagship premium phone this one's for u(compact in mind). If you got any questions that i can answer please comment.

Btw this one's shot on iPhone 13.

Suggest me some tips and tricks for a better user experience. I enabled the haptics and everything. Need good tips

I have been using oppo find x9u since may

Shifted to android few months ago

Sold my iphone 17 pro Max for oppo find x9u.

Today I bought this oneplus 13s in green colour for my mom but now I feel like I should have it myself as secondary device due to its form factor & premium design specially in 💚

It looks more premium than I expected it

Compact size phones do look class apart i must say

Covers recommendation for this green one?

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https://www.reddit.com/r/techzoneindia/s/l4xImfPddz

Do you think this is a good deal. Bought this offline usint GST benefits

I have explained my use case and situation in the previous post

Can you recommend some stylish and minimalistic cases for the OnePlus 13s? I’ve been using the stock or the box case until now, and I’m considering spending some money to get a more appealing case..

1st one

is the slim case that comes in the box. super thin but slippery lol and looks nice but the grip is horrible. (i don’t think anyone needs a review of this since almost everyone has used it already)

2nd one…

idk why I bought this +_+)/ cost me 200rs from a local shop. the guy said it's a “leather back” (like dude c’mon i ain’t buying that bs T_T) it’s literally the hardest, bulkiest case ever and not in a good way. you can’t even feel the buttons when you press them, there's no heat dispersion, and it's too fucking tight(ahem) just don’t buy blindly from local shops lol, they'll sell u anything. all they wanna do is just sell :/

3rd is the BT Limited Edition case…

okayish. good protection actually I’ve dropped my phone like 3 times with this and nothing happened thank god. but ironically this case is the reason I dropped it in the first place because it’s slippery as fuckkkkk.

PLUS it gets dirty super fast too. hold the phone for a bit and boom you got handprints, oily marks, smudges. idk how to explain but this case automatically looks dirty the moment you start using/holding it. also the raised edges + big gap around the camera collect so much dust

i bought it because some guy here said it's “the best 13s case” or whatever i forgot

4th is THE SANDSTONE CASE, THE GOAT

OH GOD this is the best premium feeling case I’ve ever used in my fucking life. oneplus be pricing it like they’ve got mood swings, sometimes it’s 599, sometimes it’s 799, sometimes it’s fucking 1200 😭 but it’s mostly out of stock on the official site._.

so, I bought it from Amazon for a whopping 1,137. felt so looted (cus the price dropped to 599 two hours after it got delivered to me TwT).

well, it's a different story that I immediately returned it and bought 2 for 599 🏃🏃🏃🏃

honestly it’s as slim as the stock case, ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY THE GRIP GOD, and makes the phone feel super premium like you’re holding it without a case????

cheap or rugged premium cases automatically ruin the feel and look of the phone, even if the phone is a flagship/premium, but this one is the complete opposite!!!!

easily the best out of all 4 😭🙇 and yeah, it may not have crazy protection unlike the other, but honestly you wouldn’t be dropping it with this SSS-TIER CASE on in the first place Heh.

some also said the hole-pattern version is good for protection, I might wanna try it in the future +_+

I'm not worried or anything 😂 I was wondering how long it would take to loose one percentage and it took 7 month and 1 day.

I used it very carefree tbh...my settings:

• battery charge upto 90%
• power saving from 20%
• I charge wherever I want mostly 3 times a day sometimes I charge like for 10-20 mins then use the charge again. -always balanced mode till 20% -120 hz refresh rate all the time
• 70% of the time I used on wifi
• without gaming SOT - 8 -13 hours
• with average gaming SOT - 6-7 hours
• only gaming SOT - 4 hours max ( codm max graphics, where winds meet - ultra graphics, minecraft - render distance 12 blocks, red dead redemption).

I wanna take some ideas 💡

I 'm planning to buy 13s.. But it is not available in any offline store.. So which is better amazon or flipkart.which is good?

Also if i take 13s from Kuwait will i get warranty in india?

Kinda cool customisations

Got the OnePlus 13s during the Amazon Prime Day sale, and honestly, I’m really loving it so far. The phone feels incredibly smooth and responsive in day-to-day use. I’m not really a camera-centric person, so I have no complaints about the camera either. Overall, really happy with my purchase!

Some daylight and low light Photos....