The OnePlus 13s has launched in India at a starting price of Rs 54,999, thus positioning as one of the most affordable premium phones with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The phone will be available in three colourways and comes with the Plus key to replace the Alert Slider.
Some of the key features on the OnePlus 13s include a compact 6.3-inch OLED display, a bunch of generative AI features, a 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, a 50MP main rear camera and a 5,850 mAh battery, thus making it compete with the likes of the Apple iPhone 16 and the Samsung Galaxy S25. The base model of the OnePlus 13s comes with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. OnePlus has also integrated Google Gemini as the default smart voice assistant, with 3 months of Google AI Pro subscription and 2TB of additional cloud storage.
OnePlus 13s prices and launch offers
The OnePlus 13s is available in two variants with different prices:
- The base model with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage costs Rs 54,999.
- The top-end model with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage costs Rs 59,999.
The phone will be available in Green Silk, Black Velvet and Pink Satin colorways (Pink Satin for the 256GB variant only) and OnePlus will put it on sale from June 12, with pre-orders beginning from June 5.
As part of the launch offers, customers with SBI bank cards will get a discount of Rs 5,000, thus bringing down the price of the 256GB variant to Rs 49,999 and the 512GB variant to Rs 54,999.
OnePlus 13s features and specs at a glance:
The camera system on the OnePlus 13s is one of the versatile systems for casual photography in the segment. The main rear camera consists of a 50MP sensor, which is paired with another 50MP secondary telephoto camera with 2x magnification. The front camera is relying on a 32MP sensor for selfies and video calls.
Since it is a compact flagship device, the OnePlus 13s comes with a 6.32-inch FullHD+ AMOLED display with a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz and a peak brightness rating of 1,600 nits in high brightness mode. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset does duty under the hood, with 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM as standard and up to 512GB of UFS 4.0 storage. This puts the phone into the flagship territory, ensuring no lack of performance from this handset. The phone boots Android 15-based OxygenOS 15 out of the box and comes integrated with a couple of AI features.
The Plus key, which can change ringer profiles and be remapped to several other device shortcuts, also provides access to the AI Plus Mind space. Long-pressing the Plus Key scans all the on-screen content and comes up with AI-generated summaries. You also get suggestions to add the scanned data to reminders, calendars and other utility apps. The AI Call Assistant works in Hindi language and is compatible with all third-party apps, including WhatsApp and Telegram calls. There are several other AI tools for image editing and on-device search. Note that OnePlus offers deeper integration with Google Gemini, offering Circle to Search as an easy way to search.
