The OnePlus 13 went world earlier this week. The cellphone is a little more costly this time round, however the 16/512GB choice is offered with a €100 low cost, bringing its worth all the way down to that of the OnePlus 12 final yr. There’s a cheaper 12/256GB mannequin too, however and not using a low cost. We’re additionally ready on the OnePlus 13R to turn out to be accessible.
We took the OnePlus 13 for a photograph tour of Sri Lanka and have an in depth evaluate, which you’ll take a look at – video evaluate too. The corporate has dedicated to 4 OS updates and 6 years of safety patches.
This week Xiaomi launched the brand new Poco X7 sequence and the pair is already accessible within the UK. There are two fashions, vanilla and Professional, which primarily differ in efficiency and battery.
The Poco X7 Professional is powered by the Dimensity 8400 Extremely and has sooner UFS 4.0 storage. The shows on each fashions are basically the identical and each are glorious – flat 6.67” 120Hz OLED panels with 12-bit colours (Dolby Imaginative and prescient, HDR10+) and Gorilla Glass 7i.
These shows have a decision of 1,220 x 2,712px. The cellphone is provided with a big 6,000mAh battery with 90W HyperCharge (100% in 42 minutes).
The vanilla Poco X7 is €70 cheaper, but it surely drops all the way down to a Dimensity 7300 Extremely (which is predicated on the older ARMv8 tech, not v9 just like the 8400 Extremely) and UFS 2.2 storage. Additionally, the battery is smaller at 5,110mAh with slower 45W charging (100% in 52 minutes).
Going again to the X7 Professional, we will examine it to its cousin from the F-series, the Poco F6, which prices principally the identical. The F6 has a extra highly effective chipset, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, and an almost similar 6.67” 120Hz OLED show with 12-bit colours and 1220p+ decision (it makes use of Gorilla Glass Victus).
Nonetheless, the IP64 ranking affords solely primary water resistance and the 5,000mAh battery with 90W charging is 1,000mAh brief. The 50+8MP rear and 20MP entrance cameras usually are not similar however fairly comparable.
A pricier various is the Realme GT 6T at €60 extra for a similar 8/256GB configuration because the X7 Professional. This one makes use of the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset, which additionally has a Cortex-X4 core just like the 8s Gen 3. The show is bigger at 6.78” and it’s a 120Hz LTPO panel (10-bit, 1,264 x 2,780px, GG Victus 2).
The water resistance is a bit higher than the F6 at IP65, however this cellphone nonetheless isn’t rated for submersion. The battery splits the distinction with a capability of 5,500mAh and helps quick 120W charging. The digital camera setup is nothing particular (although the 32MP selfie deserves a nod), in contrast to the pricier GT 6 (no T).
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