The OnePlus 13 Will Lastly Be Really Water-Resistant

What’s OnePlus been as much as these days? 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 huge to-do would be the OnePlus 13, which is able to 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. (At the least LG opted for real leather-based with the G4, RIP🪦.)

Extra importantly, in contrast to its predecessors, the OnePlus 13 will really be waterproof. It’s the first OnePlus machine to safe an IP68 + IP69 ranking, that means it’s jacuzzi-resistant and might face up to increased water temperatures and pressurized water. The OnePlus 12, launched initially of 2024, was set at IP65. A teardown had reported that it might face up to greater than that preliminary ranking, which gave nerds the justification they wanted to get pedantic in regards to the OnePlus 12’s water resistance. However this time, it’s the actual deal.

The OnePlus 13 is already accessible in China, however whether or not the specs will match the telephones bought 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 function Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. It has 1TB of storage and runs OxygenOS 15, based mostly 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 telephone.

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

If the OnePlus 13 is actually going to launch with an absurd quantity of reminiscence—possible 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, at the least in keeping with its market share, even when it is among the issues fans have appreciated in regards to the model all this time.