If you’re considering the Samsung Galaxy S III in 2012, you’re basically deciding whether to follow the Android herd. This is the flagship everyone will recommend, the phone carriers will push, and the device Samsung is betting its hardware empire on. However, hype does not make a phone automatically great for you. The Galaxy S […]
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OnePlus 13T aims to shake up compact flagships
Android flagships are getting bigger, heavier, and more expensive, while genuine compact options quietly die off. In that mess, the OnePlus 13T shows up in China with a flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and a smaller footprint, basically screaming, “Why is nobody else trying?” If you care about one-handed phones with actual performance, this launch […]
OnePlus 13T Mini packs huge battery, minor ambition
Can a “Mini” phone with a 6,260 mAh battery really be called small, or is OnePlus just playing spec-sheet bingo with the OnePlus 13T Mini? On paper, this thing sounds like a battery endurance monster in a compact shell, and early camera samples are already floating around. However, once you get past those two headlines, […]
OnePlus 13 Mini: small flagship hope or fake compact?
I’ve tested more “compact” Android phones than I can count, and most of them were compact in name only. They shrank the screen a bit, slapped “Mini” on the box, then shipped bloated software and mid-range cameras. So when rumors of the OnePlus 13 Mini started popping up, I didn’t get excited right away. However, […]