Google Pixel 7a vs OnePlus 13T

Google Pixel 7a

Google

8.4

Best mid-range phone of 2023 — flagship cameras at $499

OnePlus 13T

OnePlus

8.4

Best compact flagship, no ultrawide

Google Pixel 7a

What Reviewers Agree On

Same Tensor G2 chip as the Pixel 7 + 8GB RAM — no performance compromise vs the flagship
First A-series Pixel with wireless charging (7.5W Qi) and a 90Hz display
64MP main + 13MP ultrawide cameras — meaningful upgrade over the 7a's 12MP predecessor, near-flagship quality
Pixel AI features (Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, Real Tone, Live Translate) trickle down at $499
6.1" compact OLED in aluminum frame at 193g — pocketable and well-built
$499 starting was a $50 increase over Pixel 6a — strong value vs $599 Pixel 7

Pros & Cons

Google Pixel 7a

Pros

Same Tensor G2 chip as the Pixel 7 + 8GB RAM — no performance compromise vs the flagship
First A-series Pixel with wireless charging (7.5W Qi) and a 90Hz display
64MP main + 13MP ultrawide cameras — meaningful upgrade over the 7a's 12MP predecessor, near-flagship quality
Pixel AI features (Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, Real Tone, Live Translate) trickle down at $499
6.1" compact OLED in aluminum frame at 193g — pocketable and well-built

Detailed Comparison

Cameras

Google Pixel 7a

64MP main (new) + 13MP ultrawide camera duo with Tensor G2 processing — best cameras at this price point in 2023. Pixel AI features (Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, Real Tone) trickle down at $499.

Cameras: 64MP main (f/1.89, OIS), 13MP ultrawide (f/2.2), 13MP selfie — meaningful upgrade over Pixel 6a's 12MP main.
Pixel AI features (Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, Real Tone, Night Sight, Live Translate) all included — flagship Pixel software at $499.
Camera quality near-identical to Pixel 7 in daylight; Pixel 7's larger sensor wins slightly in low light.
No telephoto — Super Res Zoom (digital upscaling on 64MP sensor) substitutes; works up to 8x but quality drops past 2-3x.

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OnePlus 13T

What Reviewers Agree On

It's the best compact flagship of 2025 — flagship power in a genuinely one-handed 71.7mm-wide body that big phones can't match.
The 6,260mAh silicon-carbon 'Glacier Battery' is the largest in any OnePlus and delivers record-breaking endurance, beating every rival in drain tests.
Snapdragon 8 Elite with up to 16GB RAM posts >3,000,000 AnTuTu — flagship-tier, faster than the standard OnePlus 13 in some runs.
80W SUPERVOOC wired charging is fast — roughly 0–28% in 10 minutes and a full charge in about 52–62 minutes.
The 6.32-inch 1.5K 120Hz LTPO flat AMOLED is smooth and well-calibrated for a compact phone.
It undercuts rivals like the Xiaomi 15 on price while delivering flagship silicon and battery.

Deal Breakers

Only a dual camera (50MP main + 50MP 2x telephoto) — there is no ultrawide at all, the consensus biggest miss.
It's a China/India-only phone; the global 'OnePlus 13s' rebrand has a smaller 5,850mAh battery and OnePlus won't sell the 13T in the US or Europe.
No wireless charging, plus it drops other OnePlus 13 features (IP68, ultrasonic fingerprint, USB 3.0).
Display peaks at only ~800 nits for typical content (1,600 nits HBM) — modest next to flagship rivals.
It runs hot and throttles under sustained benchmark load, with peak temps near 68°C and ~52% stress stability.

OnePlus 13T

Pros

It's the best compact flagship of 2025 — flagship power in a genuinely one-handed 71.7mm-wide body that big phones can't match.
The 6,260mAh silicon-carbon 'Glacier Battery' is the largest in any OnePlus and delivers record-breaking endurance, beating every rival in drain tests.
Snapdragon 8 Elite with up to 16GB RAM posts >3,000,000 AnTuTu — flagship-tier, faster than the standard OnePlus 13 in some runs.
80W SUPERVOOC wired charging is fast — roughly 0–28% in 10 minutes and a full charge in about 52–62 minutes.
The 6.32-inch 1.5K 120Hz LTPO flat AMOLED is smooth and well-calibrated for a compact phone.
It undercuts rivals like the Xiaomi 15 on price while delivering flagship silicon and battery.

Cons

Only a dual camera (50MP main + 50MP 2x telephoto) — there is no ultrawide at all, the consensus biggest miss.
It's a China/India-only phone; the global 'OnePlus 13s' rebrand has a smaller 5,850mAh battery and OnePlus won't sell the 13T in the US or Europe.
No wireless charging, plus it drops other OnePlus 13 features (IP68, ultrasonic fingerprint, USB 3.0).
Display peaks at only ~800 nits for typical content (1,600 nits HBM) — modest next to flagship rivals.
It runs hot and throttles under sustained benchmark load, with peak temps near 68°C and ~52% stress stability.

OnePlus 13T

A deliberately cut-down dual system: a 24mm-equivalent 50MP main and a 49mm-equivalent 50MP 2x telephoto — and no ultrawide at all, which reviewers unanimously call the biggest compromise. It's not Hasselblad-branded; output is competent but oversaturated and rated around 7.5/10.

The 13T sports a dual camera system — a 24mm-equivalent main and a 49mm-equivalent (≈2x) telephoto — with the front camera maxing out at 1080p 30fps.
OnePlus chose a telephoto over an ultrawide because most people use telephoto more, and space was at a premium — the 13s camera software is closer to the 13R than the Hasselblad-tuned OnePlus 13.
The biggest miss is the lack of an ultrawide; overall the camera experience is about 7.5 out of 10 and massively oversaturated, though even dialed down it gives a better overall image.
The 49mm telephoto offers 4x in-sensor lossless zoom with OnePlus's ultra-clear image algorithms — a genuine plus for telephoto-over-ultrawide shooters.
The camera seems worse than expected, and some buyers feel misled by the name into thinking it's a smaller OnePlus 13 with one less camera rather than a different device.
Don't buy a OnePlus for the camera — shadows can get soft, but highlights are well preserved with good colour contrast.

Battery & Charging

Google Pixel 7a

4,385mAh battery + Tensor G2 inefficiency = mediocre all-day life. 18W wired charging is slow. FIRST A-series Pixel to support wireless charging (7.5W Qi).

4,385mAh battery — small for a 2023 phone with a power-hungry Tensor G2 chip.
Real-world: ~5 hours of SOT typical, all-day for moderate use but often needing a top-up by evening — most-flagged Pixel 7a complaint.
18W wired charging — slow by 2023 standards. 0-50% in ~30 min, full in ~1h30m.
FIRST A-series Pixel with wireless charging — 7.5W Qi. Not flagship-fast but a meaningful feature add at $499.

OnePlus 13T

The headline feature: a 6,260mAh silicon-carbon 'Glacier Battery' — the largest in any OnePlus and, per a multi-phone drain test, the best battery life of any premium phone, beating the iPhone 16 Pro Max, S25 Ultra, Pixel 9 Pro XL and OnePlus 13. 80W SUPERVOOC wired tops it up in ~52–62 minutes; there's no wireless charging.

The 6,260mAh silicon-carbon cell took the OnePlus 13T to a record-breaking 13 hours 42 minutes in a drain test, beating the iPhone 16 Pro Max (13h10m), Xiaomi 15 Pro, S25 Ultra and OnePlus 13.
The OnePlus 13T dethroned the iPhone 16 Pro Max as battery champion — it can be considered to have the best battery life of all premium smartphones on the market right now.
A 5-hour heavy-usage test left 46% battery; it charged to 56% in 25 minutes and a full charge in about 62 minutes (200 nits, 25°C).
A 10-minute charge got 0–28% and a full 100% charge took about 52 minutes on 80W, powering the colossal 6,260mAh cell.
One full day of heavy real-world use (gaming, podcasts, workout, calls) gave 12 hours of use and 5h14m of screen-on time before hitting 2%, with a 12%→100% charge in ~34 minutes.
There is no wireless charging — one of the OnePlus 13 features sacrificed alongside IP68 and USB 3.0 to hit the price.