13R| Smarter with OnePlus AI (12GB RAM, 256GB Storage Nebula Noir)

Great performance phone only camera is not upto mark.

Best phone....if you are not looking for camera

No phone can be rated 5 out of 5. At the best 4.5 would be possible with something or the other falling short in a practical sense. Oneplus 13R has many great things under it's hood but half heartedly done to retain the difference between R and the non R phone. A. Positives. 1. Display. Excellent and flat display. No concerns as it now comes with life time warranty for green line issues, if any and if at all which is a great peace of mind considering Oneplus would honour it. Supports Dolby vision, HDR +. The display is bright, clear and crisp. The under display optical finger print sensor is placed lower closer to the bottom bezel failing to the ergonomic placement. It could have been an inch above. However, no issues with it's operations. Quite quick but not as fast and quick as ultra sonic sensor. 2. Processor. Excellent. No lags and no hiccups. (I am not into gaming but i know this would fare well based on my experience with S24 Ultra. Note that there would be heating felt upon prolonged heavy app use. However, this SoC would serve well for several years with new android updates. Now with Oneplus offering 4 plus 6 years SW update policy this is future proof hardware. 3. Sound. Ok, the stereo sound is decent and loud enough but there's evident distortion over 90 percent volume setting. Bass isn't very evident. Also Dolby Atmos is now not available. Otherwise it's a proper stereo sounding speakers. 4. RAM, Storage and Communication. Excellent specs with DDR5 and UFS 4.0. With base version starting at 12GB/256GB it's more than enough for most users. It is however let down with USB 2.0 post that limits transfer speeds but then it's something that wouldn't bother to most people who wouldn't be transferring data to and fro from other devices. IP protection is IP65 which is fine but IP 68 is a common thing at these prices especially from chinese phone makers. Haptics are tight but weak. A little more stronger motor would have been perfect. 5. Battery. Excellent. Anything between 7 to 10 hours of SOT can easily be had from this phone. A proper full day battery unless you are into gaming all the day. I use 50 percent for my use case which involves social media, few camera photos and browsing with about 4 hours of SOT. Calling drains faster than multimedia watching which probably needs to be rectified with future updates. Some carrier bands seems to have been removed, however I didn't have any issues with calling or internet on my 4G airtel SIM. There's no wireless charging though. 6. Call quality Very good and clear. No issues at either end..signal reception is also good. B. Negatives. 1. Software This is Color OS 15 which is slightly modified as Oxygen OS 15. It's super smooth and slick with lots of customizations possible. But still it's no where near Samsung One UI which is far superior, functional and feature rich than Oxygen OS 15. Also Oneplus added few bloatwares like Phone manager, Phone pick and few other apps. Luckily, you can either uninstall them or disable them. Interestingly, as an example the biggest overlooked setting is you can chose when to enter Power saving mode but you can come out of it only when you charge it till 90 percent. This is something that's silly and Oneplus must automatically disable power saving mode once the battery crosses it's trigger point. There are couple of such thoughtless things in Oxygen OS 15 which should be rectified. There's also nothing like Routines which Samsung offers on their S and A series for phone automation tasks. 2. Cameras Some changes are positive but half hearted. Something like adding a telephoto 2X instead of macro which is such a welcome move, but then this lens has no OIS. UW 8 MP is just passable in daylight. In day light both main and 2X give good quality photos however low light performance is much to be desired. 3X with OIS would be more practical as such. Video on this phone is even more compromised with 4K limited to main sensor. All other sensors are capped at 1080P. In the front 16 MP camera is again okish for photos and handicapped for videos capped at 1080, 30 FPS which is a bummer. Overall Oneplus could have done better with the cameras but it seems like they intentionally subdued R series more to differentiate it with the pricier Oneplus 13 rather than on pricing front. 3. AI There are few AI features in photos, notes etc..but frankly they don't work as seamlessly or effectively as what can be seen on my S24U from Samsung. Oneplus has a long way to go in this aspect. Right now it's more gimmicky. My last Oneplus phone was 3T post which I switched to Samsung S series. No doubt S series, especially Ultra is leagues ahead both hardware and software but when it comes to value for money Oneplus 13 series does shine. Moreso with their introductory pricing and offers. Yes some of the above shortcomings could have been included at this price point, but stills it's a safe bet and a promising phone for years of use with the kind of hardware and SW you get from Oneplus. I would recommend the Oneplus 13R phone under 40K for its hardware and revised SW update policy. Yes, Cameras could have been better though.

Very happy with purchase, amazing OS, camera, user friendly, AI editors. Best phone ever at this price

This phone is literally the smoothest phone I have used till now. It is ultra smooth, opens apps instantly, without delay. I was not expecting much, coming from a SD870-powered device, but the way this phone surprised me is amazing. I did experience some stutters in the launcher initially, but there were updates available, as soon as I updated, it was fixed. The battery backup have been quite great too. The phone size is pretty small due to amazingly thin bezels. It makes the phone size much smaller than my previous phone with smaller screen size. The build quality also feels very premium. It feels just great in hand. The other stuffs like speakers, microphones, display, fingerprint sensor, etc. are perfectly great as well. Camera, however, isn't as good. Yes, you'll see people coming out on road with wooden fire torch in their hands saying the camera is great. Well, it some cases, it is, but in the other, it is not. Honestly, even mid range phones these days are able to take excellent shots, however, how often and how easy it is to take those shots varies. It is much easier to take a great shot with a super expensive phone compared to a mid-range phone. That thing is where 13R lacks. You can take some of the most marvellous photos with its camera, however, they are not very consistent. Even varies from telephoto to Ultra wide. The HDR goes haywire in some shots, while in some, it is like taken from an ultra-expensive DSLR. Video recording is average. And honestly, it is average on most Android phones except Samsung flagships. I would recommend S24FE in this range if you're into video recording. It is supposedly also better in camera, though, I prefer 13R's camera over S24FE. Just video recording is far better on S24FE, especially in low light. Video recording is pretty bad if you compare it to flagships, but then again, its elder brother, OnePlus 13, is also poor in it, so can't expect much from the younger one, can we? Overall, I already expected the camera to be bad, but it turned out to be pretty good. I would not call the camera bad, but it is not great either. The main thing is, for day-to-day usage, this is an excellent smartphone. The smoothest I have ever used. You might even find iPhones not-so smooth when you compare 13R or the regular 13 with them. I hated when Oxygen OS was discontinued and we started getting the skinned-up (it is not even skinned up anymore) ColorOS, but now I am glad that Oppo and OnePlus have done a great job in optimizing ColorOS. Not sure if the whole ColorOS is this smooth, or it is just OnePlus team's optimization, but it is well done. Considering what I have seen in the reviews, I am extremely excited for the OxygenOS 16 update. Good job OnePlus, but please do better job on the cameras.

Amazing cemara and light weight and fast charging best phone

Decent mid-range phone that will get the job done, but nothing special to write about. Build quality is just Ok, with an aluminium back panel that feels like plastic, reducing it's appeal. Feels lighter in the hand as compared to the Nothing Phone 3A Pro, that comes with premium build quality with a metal and glass body. Camera is good, not exceptional. No performance or heating issues for medium usage (social media, YouTube, WhatsApp). Battery easily lasts for a day and a half. Go for it if you are a OnePlus fan, else I will recommend the Nothing Phone 3A Pro over this model any day.

Hi One Plus 13R mobile product is good. But we have not recieved the cashback offer from amazon yet. please check and confirm

Battery backup not good as they mentioned 6000mah it's like equal to 5000mah

The phone is absolutely beautiful and comes with a case,charger and an installed screen protector

Hexon electronics selling one plus 13R having a problem in software update. After you get the phone, you may not able to update software and you will problem with Apps. Camera will crash very frequently. Better avoid buying one plus as they say international mobile comes without warranty.

very cheap quality, not fit to the phone

Battery issues camera issues and software update issues I purchased through hexon electronics but they are not responding try to reach OnePlus support but no of use if u want OnePlus devices don't buy online go on official store