OnePlus 13R vs Oppo Find X9 Ultra

OnePlus 13R

A 6.78-inch 1.5K 120Hz LTPO AMOLED with 1,600 nits in High Brightness Mode and a 4,500-nit peak, Dolby Vision and HDR10+, plus Aqua Touch 2.0. Reviewers consistently rate it a strong suit that punches above the phone's price — the only nitpick is the 1.5K (≈1264p) resolution rather than QHD.

• A 6.78-inch AMOLED with 120Hz refresh, Dolby Vision and HDR10+, and a peak brightness of 1,600 nits in HBM, carrying the OnePlus 13's Aqua Touch 2.0 tech.
• The 6.78-inch OLED brings everything to life with vibrant colors and a very bright 4,500-nit peak — a strong suit that belies the mid-range positioning.
• The display shines with 1,600 nits HBM, enabling easy use under direct sunlight, with vivid, accurate color covering 100% of the Display P3 gamut.
• On paper it peaks at 4,500 nits, and in real life that means you can reply to messages in direct sunlight without squinting.
• Six months to a year in, the screen still feels like one of the best in its class and 'flagship level'.
• The one display nitpick from owners is that it's a 1.5K (≈1220p) panel rather than a 1440p QHD screen.

Oppo Find X9 Ultra

A 6.8-inch LTPO OLED with up to 144Hz and very high real-world brightness — among the brightest screens on any phone outdoors.

• 6.8-inch LTPO OLED panel up to 144Hz, with a maximum brightness around 1,800 nits and dimming as low as 1 nit.
• Hits a staggering ~3,600 nits of peak HDR brightness, making it incredibly easy to see and edit shots in direct sunlight.
• In manual mode the display peaks at 840 nits, rising to ~1,156 nits in auto on a 75% white patch and up to ~1,932 nits in the native gallery app.
• The smoother 144Hz panel and 3,600-nit brightness outperform Samsung's display.

OnePlus 13R

Last year's flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with 12GB LPDDR5X and UFS 4.0 — reviewers agree it's the most powerful phone in its price bracket and still fast a year on. The caveat is thermals: Notebookcheck found drastic throttling under sustained load, and stress-test stability sits in the 58–74% range.

• It packs the full Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with up to 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage — last year's flagship chip rather than a mid-range part, which reviewers were glad to see.
• Among the value flagships it's the top performer with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and a capable all-rounder with excellent performance.
• In testing the OnePlus 13R revealed a high level of waste heat which led to the processor being throttled drastically.
• It scores better than 93% of devices on the market for $599 — probably faster than even some flagship phones — averaging ~30fps in 3DMark Wild Life Extreme.
• Sustained gaming holds near 120fps in PUBG and Call of Duty Mobile with no noticeable lag or frame drops over 30–40 minute sessions.
• It only really gets warm at 100% brightness with everything maxed, or during prolonged GPS use — in normal scrolling/streaming use it stays cool, with heat localised to the camera cutout area.

Oppo Find X9 Ultra

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 puts it near the top of the benchmark charts, but sustained-load stability is mediocre and Oppo deliberately throttles early to control heat.

• As expected, the Find X9 Ultra earns excellent benchmark scores near the top of the charts.
• A 3D ultrasonic fingerprint scanner Oppo claims is 35% faster and 33% more reliable, plus vapor cooling to dissipate heat through the aluminium frame for better sustained performance.
• 3DMark returned ~7,530 best-loop and ~3,682 low-loop with only ~49% stability, and peak performance didn't last a minute — weak sustained behaviour.
• Genshin Impact stayed consistently above 50fps and remained smooth even when throttling to ~30fps after ~16 minutes at 41.5°C, at under 4W power draw.
• Honor of Kings averaged 144fps over 30 minutes at max settings; Genshin held max 60fps before stabilizing near 50fps.

OnePlus 13R

The headline strength: a 6,000mAh silicon-carbon cell that reviewers and labs single out as one of the best in any phone — 8–10 hours of screen-on time, 1.5–2 day endurance, 25h+ Wi-Fi / 40h+ video in lab tests. 80W SuperVOOC wired charging is fast, but there is no wireless charging.

• The silicon-carbon 6,000mAh battery delivered an extremely strong runtime of over 25 hours in the Wi-Fi test and over 40 hours in continuous video playback.
• It packs a bigger 6,000mAh battery and supports 80W wired charging, taking it from 20% to 100% in just 50 minutes.
• Reviewers regularly report 8, 9, even 10 hours of screen-on time — very impressive for a mid-tier device — with a ~0–60% recharge in about 30 minutes.
• One owner hit 10 hours 22 minutes of screen-on time, with battery still strong even using a 20–80% charging pattern.
• The trade-off versus the OnePlus 13: a single-cell rather than dual-cell battery, weaker front/back glass, a slower out-of-box recharge and no wireless charging.
• Heavy GPS navigation is the one drain culprit — an hour and 50 minutes of continuous Google Maps cut a typical 8-hour result down to about 5.5 hours.

Oppo Find X9 Ultra

A genuine highlight: a 7,050mAh silicon-carbon cell that posts some of the best endurance numbers of any 2026 flagship, with fast 100W wired and 50W wireless charging.

• Draws power from a 7,050mAh battery — a sizeable increase over the previous generation — with 100W SuperVOOC wired and 50W AirVOOC wireless charging.
• Earned an active-use battery score of over 20 hours; with the SuperVOOC charger it went 0–75% in 30 minutes and to full in 45 minutes.
• After ~10 hours of continuous use starting at 7am it still had 53% battery, regularly getting 8–9 hours of screen-on time and ~40% left after a 13-hour day.
• A PCMark synthetic loop returned 15 hours 2 minutes, and 100W SuperVOOC charging took ~49–52 minutes (the charger isn't included).
• With moderate usage you can easily expect more than 2 days of battery life — Oppo finally feels like a truly complete product.

OnePlus 13R

A triple 50MP main + 50MP 2x telephoto + 8MP ultrawide system with a 16MP selfie. The main and telephoto are dependable and good in daylight, and portraits at 2x are a highlight — but the ultrawide and selfie are the consensus weak points that stop it scoring with true flagships.

• Triple camera: a 50MP main, a 50MP telephoto with 2x optical zoom and an 8MP ultrawide, plus a 16MP selfie; the main records up to 4K 60fps with EIS and OIS.
• The camera doesn't disappoint on quality but fails to stand out — the ultrawide and selfie keep it from an excellent score, and alternatives are better at stills and video.
• The camera is very respectable for a modern Android phone and beats expectations for the price.
• Five months in, the 50MP main still holds up well and portrait mode is very good (excellent 2x portraits); low-light 2x is okay but not flagship level — overall average quality, good for the price.
• The camera system is a mixed bag falling short of expectations for its price segment, and ultrawide video drops to 1080p.
• The 13MP ultrawide has a 120° field of view and autofocus, while the 16MP selfie can only record up to 1080p 30fps.

Oppo Find X9 Ultra

The reason to buy it. A Hasselblad-tuned quad system with the most versatile zoom on any phone, a true 10x optical periscope and an optional 300mm Hasselblad teleconverter. Near-universally praised, with only minor sharpness and ultrawide caveats.

• A 200MP main, 200MP 3x telephoto, 50MP 10x optical telephoto and 50MP ultrawide, all Hasselblad-branded — camera-first overkill in the best way.
• Consistently great photos, sharpness and dynamic range with really good color calibration — this phone did basically everything right in the camera department; an incredibly well-rounded smartphone camera.
• Is this the best camera phone ever built? — my new favorite camera phone and one of the best Android phones I've ever used.
• Even after a direct shootout, still the best camera phone I've ever used.
• Detail is very good, but sharpness remains a bit underwhelming on the main camera.

OnePlus 13R

OxygenOS (now on the Android 16 / OxygenOS 16 track) is clean, fast and customisable, with iPhone-like split quick-settings, global search and a 'Live Alerts' dynamic-island clone. The update promise is 4 OS versions + 6 years of security — solid but behind Google and Samsung's 7 years — and recent OxygenOS 16 builds have drawn some criticism.

• OnePlus promises 4 years of Android updates and 6 years of security patches — solid, though Google and Samsung now push 7 years on their flagships.
• OxygenOS is clean and customisable, with a split quick-settings/notifications layout, global search, and a 'Live Alerts' dynamic-island clone that's handy for music controls.
• OnePlus is expanding AI: AI Translation pulls text, voice, camera and screen translation into one app, plus an AI-curated 'Mind Space' screenshots feature.
• OnePlus pushes updates in a timely manner and after a year the software has been smooth with no notable issues.
• The OxygenOS 16 update measurably lowered benchmark scores and raised CPU temps in one test, and OnePlus's new Anti-Rollback (ARB) policy stirred controversy among power users.
• OxygenOS divides owners — many call it the best phone at its price with clean software, while a vocal minority call it the worst version of Android they've used.

Oppo Find X9 Ultra

ColorOS 16 has matured a lot and is fast and smooth, but it still trails Samsung and Google on AI depth and feels iOS-derived to some — the phone's clearest weak point relative to its hardware.

• ColorOS 16 feels like one of the best versions yet.
• It's a good Android experience but not on par with the Galaxy experience for AI features and tool integration, and portrait autofocus struggles in some low-light conditions.
• For me it's the best version of Android I've ever used — light, fast and smooth with no major issues.
• The hardware is superior to the latest Samsung, but the software feels like an imitation of iOS.
• With a bit of tweaking and updates, Oppo's software and camera engineers can make this even better — there's clear headroom.

OnePlus 13R

The whole pitch: $599 for most of a flagship. Reviewers overwhelmingly frame it as the real 'flagship killer' — the bulk of the OnePlus 13 for $300 less, beating the Pixel 9 by $200 — with the only dissent being that camera-led buyers might prefer a Pixel.

• At $599.99 it's actually the OnePlus 13R that could really be the 'flagship killer' OnePlus wants its more expensive device to be.
• At $599 the value can't be understated — you get the bulk of the flagship OnePlus 13 at $300 less while beating the Pixel 9 by $200 and rivaling it across the board.
• If you're willing to make a small compromise in the camera department you won't find a more powerful handset for the asking price, with excellent battery life — a capable all-rounder.
• After switching from the OnePlus 13, it's honestly an absolute steal at $599 MSRP.
• Owners overwhelmingly call it the best phone at its price point — fast, charges even faster, with the best battery life many have ever seen — and would buy it again.
• The contrarian view: against a same-priced Pixel 9a the camera gap is big enough that you might 'maybe just buy a Pixel'.

Oppo Find X9 Ultra

Premium-priced and hard to buy in many markets, but reviewers broadly conclude it out-cameras the S26 Ultra and Pixel and edges the Vivo X300 Ultra on usability.

• Its main compromises are the ~€1,699 price, large 236g body, occasional software concerns and limited availability in some markets.
• It feels like Oppo wanted to make the camera first and just happened to also create the best Android phone you can get right now — though it won't win every year-end award.
• The base Find X9 Ultra starts at 7,499 yuan in China — roughly £814 / ~$1,100 — but the heaviness and visual pressure are the first impression.
• The closest rival is the Vivo X300 Ultra, but the X9 Ultra wins by having a more user-friendly OS.
• The Hasselblad alliance delivers a phone that genuinely challenges the Galaxy S26 Ultra on cameras.