OnePlus officially announced recently that theOnePlus 13will be making its highly anticipated global debut in January. Now, we might have our first official look at the company’s mid-range alternative, theOnePlus 13R, poised to launch early next year as well.
Louis Lee, OnePlus' brand president, posted a photo onWeibo(a Chinese social media platform) of the newOnePlus Ace 5in China. It is expected to launch globally rebranded as the OnePlus 13R (viaNotebookcheck). The photos have since been widely posted onX.
It is still unclear whether the OnePlus 13R’s global launch will coincide with the OnePlus 13’s launch in January or if the phone will be launched separately.
The OnePlus 13 is officially set to makes its global debut in January
OnePlus has confirmed the OnePlus 13 will make its global debut in January.
A capable mid-range alternative
The OnePlus 13R is gearing up to be a great budget phone
Just a few weeks ago, animageof the OnePlus 13R leaked, and it looks very similar to what was posted by OnePlus' brand president. The official photos of the Ace 5 (OnePlus 13R globally) show it has a slim metal frame, a hole-punch camera cutout, a flat screen with thin bezels, and a volume and power button on the right edge of the phone. It’s tough to tell the exact color of the phone because of the photo’s lighting, but it looks green.
Although the OnePlus 13R might look like a flagship device, it is, in fact, a mid-range alternative to the OnePlus 13. The most significant difference between the two handsets is its processing power. The OnePlus 13R isrumoredto have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, while the OnePlus 13 has Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor may be a year old, but it still packs quite a punch, and it powers many of this year’s flagship devices like the Galaxy 24 Ultra and the OnePlus 12.
Leaksfurther suggest the OnePlus 13R will have a 6.78-inch 1264 x 2780 AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate. It may also pack a 6,000mAh battery like the OnePlus 13. As a big fan of mid-range phones, I’m really excited to see the OnePlus 13R in action. Based on these new images and the leaks in the past few weeks, it’s gearing up to be a worthy competitor next year to Apple’s long-awaitediPhone SE 4.
I’m still using a OnePlus 8 Pro and see no reason to upgrade
The clock is ticking, but I’m still hanging on to my OnePlus 8 Pro.
