I’ve been carrying the OnePlus 13 as my main phone for the last week, and the first big Android update landed midway through testing. Normally, early updates are boring stability patches. This one is slightly different: OnePlus is pushing on-device Google Gemini AI right out of the gate, plus the usual batch of camera and […]
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OnePlus 13R Review: Midrange Muscle With Familiar Flaws
Can a sub-$600 Android phone really make you forget it’s a midranger, or is that just marketing spin? The OnePlus 13R is being pitched as that unicorn: near-flagship power, stripped of bloat, at a price that doesn’t hurt. On paper, it lives up to the pitch. In actual day-to-day use, it gets close, but not […]
Google’s January Pixel update finally fixes icons
Google’s first Pixel update of 2025 is the kind of patch that shouldn’t feel important—but does, because Android’s basics still keep slipping. When you push a whole design language like Material You and themed icons, you can’t let them glitch for months on your own phones. That’s exactly what happened, and the new January Pixel […]
Why the Honor Magic 5 Pro still embarrasses newer flagships
In a market where Android flagships refresh every 12 months like clockwork, the Honor Magic 5 Pro being anyone’s daily camera in 2026 says more about the industry than the phone. We’ve had the Pixel 8 Pro, Galaxy S24 Ultra, Xiaomi 14 Ultra, and a dozen “camera-first” marketing pushes since Honor’s 2023 flagship launched. Yet […]