OnePlus 13’s brilliance is a positive complication for your flagship shortlist

The first flagship arrival of 2025 isn’t actually the first Android flagship announcement for 2025, and that’s a barometer for the intensity of competition that OnePlus has to contend with. The OnePlus 13 is already contending with competition from the Vivo X200 Pro and the Oppo Find X8 Pro, with Samsung’s next Galaxy flagships arriving soon. With that as the backdrop, there was little that OnePlus could really get wrong with this flagship Android smartphone. The unequivocal observation is, they haven’t. The latest chapter that would perhaps define this year, as one with truly great Android flagship phones.