**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****

[Earth[Tera].bin]

I wouldn't say swapping phones every few months was necessarily a good thing. Chinese phones usually depreciate in value quite quickly .

I looked at the vivi fold 3, it did seem the one to get like.

 

[Earth[Tera].bin]

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[A2Z]

Loving the blue, will wait till it's released in the UK and see if it's worth switching from S24U then.

 

[jrwagh333]

Ordered the blue Oneplus 13 along with the blue magnetic case, which seems to have delayed delivery somewhat. Hopefully arrive within the week.

Do you have a recommended seller?

 

[biron_w]

Do you have a recommended seller?

I've used Wonda mobile before and they're very good. Only took a few days to arrive with express delivery,

 

[Kelt]

I've used Wonda mobile before and they're very good. Only took a few days to arrive with express delivery,

Same. I bought my One Plus 12 from them, zero issues.

 

[Personality+]

What foldable would you guys recommend / I should wait for.

 

[Earth[Tera].bin]

Oneplus 13 arrived about 30 minutes ago, opened and briefly setup. Not sure if it's a keeper as this Nothing CMF for £200 is winning me over and punches well above it's weight, but I'll see how the OP13 grows on me. The phone very light , to the point my initial impression was how 'cheap' it felt, almost plastic like. Nice ergonomics though, feels good in one hand and the UI is buttery smooth as you'd expect from the Elite soc. Busy day ahead so i'll use it more later, see what I like and don't like.

Anyway some initial images.

 

[uscool]

Think last year's OnePlus 12 looked better, not sure about the white on the camera makes it look cheap to me , I'll go with the black one

 

[biron_w]

Oneplus 13 arrived about 30 minutes ago, opened and briefly setup. Not sure if it's a keeper as this Nothing CMF for £200 is winning me over and punches well above it's weight, but I'll see how the OP13 grows on me. The phone very light , to the point my initial impression was how 'cheap' it felt, almost plastic like. Nice ergonomics though, feels good in one hand and the UI is buttery smooth as you'd expect from the Elite soc. Busy day ahead so i'll use it more later, see what I like and don't like.

Anyway some initial images.

I like the blue vegan leather. The white camera bump does stick out but I'd just buy a skin to match the colour and use that. For my next phone it's between the OP13 and the OPPO Find X8 Pro.

 

[Earth[Tera].bin]

Camera bump is silver, just poorly exposed by the CMF camera. Looked at the black but didn't like the textured back.

I think the Oppo design has went backwards, personally the more Chinese designers can move away from apeing Apple's latest design the better.

Interestingly there was an article out how most companies outsourced their designs, probably to the same damn team.

 

[uscool]

I like the blue vegan leather. The white camera bump does stick out but I'd just buy a skin to match the colour and use that. For my next phone it's between the OP13 and the OPPO Find X8 Pro.

I'll be going with the OnePlus 13 the hardware is similar and with the OnePlus will be able to flash global oxygen rom if going the cheaper route and buying the Chinese version

I think oppo will also go global this time but global price will be more on both

Just seen OnePlus 13 on AliExpress £490 for 12gb/256gb and £575 for 16gb/512gb but I'll wait till oxygen can be flashed before buying

 

[Earth[Tera].bin]

That's a damn good price 16/512gb, most I saw on Ali were £650+ for the higher ram/rom.

 

[Earth[Tera].bin]

Do you have a recommended seller?

I used Vopmart, about 10 day turn around from order to delivery. Usually one if the cheapest established places though.

 

[Grim5]

Lol

Due to the hype some people have paid up to $10k to get their hands on this phone and just look at the amazing build quality. And Huawei refuses warranty and asks for $1k to replace the screen lol

 

[kona786]

Depends on how it broke.

 

[kona786]

Yeah the Op13 does look a little meh and low rent. They could have done a much better job.

My fave rear look so far was the X7 Ultra in blue/white.

 

[Grim5]

Depends on how it broke.

Some have damaged screens right out of the box, most common issue is leaking fluid

 

[uscool]

OnePlus 13 bootloader unlocked now the wait for oxygen rom

 

[Earth[Tera].bin]

OnePlus 13 bootloader unlocked now the wait for oxygen rom

Interesting, on a side note whilst the aesthetics might be contentious the hardware is definitely impressive . Screen, camera, audio, haptics and the snapdragon are first class , oh and the battery is immense.