OnePlus
OnePlus 13
$899
Released 2025-01
Best Smartphones · head-to-head
A sourced, side-by-side comparison. Nothing Phone (3) is cheaper at $799. Every spec and price links to its source.
OnePlus
$899
Released 2025-01
Nothing
$799Cheaper
Released 2025-07
The OnePlus 13 wins 2 of the 2 specs we compare head to head; the other wins 0. The Nothing Phone (3) is the cheaper at $799. Get the OnePlus 13 for the stronger spec sheet, the Nothing Phone (3) to spend less.
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The numbers that decide it, drawn to scale — longer bar wins, the accent bar is the stronger figure.
✓ marks the stronger figure where "more" — or "less", for price and weight — is unambiguously better.
| Spec | | |
|---|---|---|
| US price | $899 MSRP, 256GB (US base, 12GB RAM) | $799 |
| Brand | OnePlus | Nothing |
| Released | 2025-01 | 2025-07 |
| Display (in) | 6.82 | 6.67 |
| Display type | LTPO AMOLED | LTPS AMOLED |
| Refresh (Hz) | 120 | 120 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 |
| RAM (GB) | 12 | 12 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 256 |
| Main camera (MP) | 50 | 50 |
| Battery (mAh) | 6000 | 5150 |
| Charge (W) | 80 | 65 |
| Weight (g) | 210 | 218 |
| OS | Android 15 | Android 15 |
| IP rating | IP69 | IP68 |
| Fiveg | Yes | Yes |
Sources — OnePlus 13: gsmarena.com (verified 2026-06-15). Nothing Phone (3): gsmarena.com (verified 2026-06-15).
Where the two actually differ on the specs we track (7 of 13). Matching specs are omitted.
Sourced tester consensus for each — the "what people who used it think" layer, not just specs.
Four whitelisted testers (Notebookcheck, GSMArena, Tom's Guide, Engadget) all lab-benchmarked the OnePlus 13 and rate it a top-value flagship: class-leading 6,000mAh battery life, fast Snapdragon 8 Elite performance, and quick charging. Shared knocks: real-world brightness falls short of the 4,500-nit claim, heavy GPU throttling, and merely good low-light cameras. (4 sourced reviews, 4 lab-tested.)
Praised: Class-leading battery life from the 6,000mAh silicon-carbon cell (19h45m to 38h41m across tests); Fast Snapdragon 8 Elite performance, ~9,000+ Geekbench 6 multi-core; Very fast wired charging (~35-40 min to full).
Flagged: Measured brightness (~1,100-1,200 nits) far below the advertised 4,500-nit peak claim; Heavy GPU throttling under sustained load (~50% stability, hot bottom at 46°C); Cameras only good, not top-tier, especially in low light.
No sourced tester review yet.