OnePlus 13T Compact Flagship Announced with Snapdragon 8 Elite, Capacious Battery, and Price Starting at $450

OnePlus has unveiled its flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 13T, which features a relatively compact size, a powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, and a capacious battery.

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The OnePlus 13T features a 6.32-inch 8T LTPO AMOLED display with a resolution of 2640 × 1216 pixels, a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz, and a brightness of 800 cd/m² with a peak value of 1600 cd/m². Support for HDR10+ and Dolby Vision technologies is also declared. Scratch protection is provided by durable Crystal Shield Glass.

The smartphone is based on the eight-core 4-nm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor with a frequency of up to 4.32 GHz and an Adreno 830 graphics accelerator. The amount of LPDDR5X RAM is 12 or 16 GB, the capacity of the UFS 4.0 flash drive is up to 1 TB. To remove heat from the processor and other components, a cooling system with an evaporation chamber with an area of ​​4000 mm² is used, and the total heat dissipation area reaches 37,000 mm².

On the back, there is a 50MP camera with a 1/1.56-inch IMX906 sensor and f/1.8 aperture optics, as well as optical image stabilization (OIS). It is complemented by a 50MP telephoto camera with 2x optical zoom, f/2.0 aperture, OIS, and support for 4K video recording at 60 fps. The front camera with a resolution of 16 MP and f/2.4 aperture supports 1080p video recording at 30 fps.

The 6,260 mAh silicon-carbon battery supports 80W SuperVOOC fast charging. Reliable wireless connectivity is provided by the Wi-Fi G1 module in combination with 11 antennas. Other features include an optical fingerprint scanner built into the screen, stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos technology, four microphones, and an IR sensor. The smartphone complies with the IP65 standard for dust and moisture protection. The device runs on Android 15 with ColorOS 15 software shell.

The OnePlus 13T is available in Morning Mist Gray, Heart-pounding Pink, and Cloudy Ink Black. The 12GB/256GB OnePlus 13T costs around $446. The top-end model with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage costs $617.