The OnePlus 13 Will Lastly Be Really Water-Resistant

What’s OnePlus been as much as recently? The lesser-known Android model has put out spectacular hits these previous few years, from flagships to foldables and even an update to its exceptional pill. The corporate’s subsequent large to-do would be the OnePlus 13, which can launch within the U.S. and Canada in January 2025.

The Thirteenth-generation flagship, launching in OnePlus’s 11th year of business, will are available three colours: Midnight Ocean (blue), Black Eclipse (black), and Arctic Daybreak (white). The blue variant of the OnePlus 13 would be the model’s foray into micro-fiber vegan leather-based design. Android manufacturers like Motorola have already tried this fad. (A minimum of LG opted for real leather-based with the G4, RIP🪦.)

Extra importantly, not like its predecessors, the OnePlus 13 will really be water-proof. It’s the first OnePlus gadget to safe an IP68 + IP69 ranking, which means it’s jacuzzi-resistant and may stand up to larger water temperatures and pressurized water. The OnePlus 12, launched at first of 2024, was set at IP65. A teardown had reported that it may stand up to greater than that preliminary ranking, which gave nerds the justification they wanted to get pedantic concerning the OnePlus 12’s water resistance. However this time, it’s the true deal.

The OnePlus 13 is already obtainable in China, however whether or not the specs will match the telephones offered within the U.S. and Canada is unclear. OnePlus launched its flagship in China in October. It’s one of many first Android handhelds worldwide to characteristic Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. It has 1TB of storage and runs OxygenOS 15, primarily based on Android 15. The utmost reminiscence choices have additionally been elevated from 16GB RAM to 24GB RAM, which abroad OEMs have been toying with to bump up AI’s usefulness on the cellphone.

OnePlus didn’t make clear the day it plans to launch the OnePlus 13. It has solely teased that it will likely be obtainable globally subsequent month. There’s additionally the query of whether or not it’s going to comply with up with a OnePlus 13R in different markets, like how the OnePlus 12R launched this yr. The “R” variant is a truncated model of the marquee flagship at a extra enticing worth.

If the OnePlus 13 is really going to launch with an absurd quantity of reminiscence—seemingly to assist facilitate Qualcomm’s AI guarantees—then I’d hope there was an providing for customers who don’t wish to shell out that a lot money. Additionally, extra RAM hasn’t precisely endeared OnePlus to North American audiences, a minimum of based on its market share, even when it is without doubt one of the issues lovers have appreciated concerning the model all this time.