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I've seen so many positive reviews with 13rAlong with my OnePlus watch 3 I picked up the 13R, I debated between it and the 13 but much prefer a flat screen and tbh, for my use case it was an easy choice.
Phone and watch, circa 700 UK pounds
OnePlus 15's SuperBlack could be the blackest black color we've seen on a phone
New leaks suggest the OnePlus 15 could feature a brand new design with new CMF, including a "black hole"-inspired SuperBlack color.
www.androidauthority.com
Was hoping for VantaBlack, but I will take a SuperBlack phone. And a rumored 7000 mAh battery is pretty incredible.
It appears my Pixel days are winding down after I discovered the tremendous value of the OnePlus 13r. A midrange phone that's a screamer all for the asking price of a Pixel A and Galaxy A phone. I was going to buy the 13r on Amazon as they have matched BB's price of $499 but I decided to wait and see if the rumored 14r launches in January 2026.
For those that have used OnePlus phones, how do you like OxygenOS? Is it basically an Android skin, like Samsung's One UI?
For those that have used OnePlus phones, how do you like OxygenOS? Is it basically an Android skin, like Samsung's One UI?
I like OxygenOS and the OnePlus launcher too. Wasn't keen on their bi-monthly updates and significant lag on getting major Android releases out the door (for even the prior model to latest devices).
Samsung (S25u now, and S24+ and S23+ in the past) experience has been great.
Samsung (S25u now, and S24+ and S23+ in the past) experience has been great.
same here...I have had 3 or 4 OnePlus phones. They are great for the price points.
But IMHO the lack of OS and security updates hurts them. Then the camera is not on par with the iPhone, S25U or P9XL
It's probably more like the OLD IOS Operating than OneUI, it's very simple for the most part. Everything pops up on the screen, when you get a notification the sides light up and the message is displayed in the center.
It has the ability to swipe down to search like IOS but it's not as fluid, it's a half baked implement but it works. Oneplus tries to make it easier to use to gain appeal and a following and it's not too bad. No samsung store, no real bloat outside of the OnePlus stuff like community and a few more apps.
Overall the software isn't bad, I do miss some of the features that came with samsung like gif maker and all those built in functions, samsung really targets those entertainment features on a phone, oneplus seems to be alot more stock android based.
But Oneplus the updates are argubly worse than Samsung, I'm still on the June Security Update on my 13r.
So it's what you want to deal with, security and updates probably samsung is a better buy but speed and ease of use maybe oneplus.
Thanks for the info. I own two Galaxy Tabs, an S7 FE and S10 Plus. Samsung is also behind as well with updates. Google is better but it's not like Apple. No one to this day does and handles updates better than Apple.
I've read that the successor to the 13r won't be the 14r as OnePlus plans to skip the number 14 for whatever reason and jump to 15. So I guess it might be the 15r next January in the US and the other rumor I read is that the 15r will be powered by the SD8 Elite instead of the Gen3 and will come with a flat 6.8" screen and use an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor.
i think it is when those updates happen. Do they have monthly security updates? Not when I had OPO phones....
Then I never saw an OS update......
I've already had a few updates definitely not a issue with updates or concern.. OnePlus 13 IMO and plenty of peeps I follow and have experience daily driving is top notch and possibly phone of the year
Unless I read wrong, it specifically said four OS updates with 6 years of security updates, so 4 plus 2 additional years of security updates.
This article says differently that it's 4 OS major updates and 5 years of bi-monthly security updates.
OnePlus says 7 years of Android updates 'completely misses the point' – does it?
While Google and Samsung push for 7 years of Android updates, OnePlus says that "completely misses the point."
9to5google.com
That is what that articles says.....Unless I read wrong, it specifically said four OS updates with 6 years of security updates, so 4 plus 2 additional years of security updates.
This article says differently that it's 4 OS major updates and 5 years of bi-monthly security updates.
OnePlus says 7 years of Android updates 'completely misses the point' – does it?
While Google and Samsung push for 7 years of Android updates, OnePlus says that "completely misses the point."
Some OnePlus owners on reddit say some different things.
I am not trying to ding OPO...I just had a different experience than you have had....