In a move to focus more on small Android phones, manufacturer OnePlus is getting ready to launch its OnePlus 13T product in China, which will have enormous battery power and introduce bypass charging support.
Specifically, the 13T will boast a 6,260mAh battery that has “never been carried on a small screen phone,” its performance surpassing that of the large-screen beast iPhone 16 Pro Max (4,685mAh), as the president of OnePlus China, Li Jie Louis revealed on Weibo on April 21.
Last week, the OnePlus president stated that the “small, beautiful, and strong” phone will also feature bypass charging support, which enables the charger to directly power the phone as opposed to traditional charging in which the charger powers the battery and the battery powers the phone.
OnePlus 13T specifications
Notably, the company reaffirmed these plans in the most recent update, pointing out that the lightweight, 185-gram 13T phone (lighter than its 200-gram predecessors – OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R – with smaller, 6,000mAh batteries) would officially launch on April 24.
As Li Jie Louis explained in an earlier post, the new smartphone will feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a 6.32-inch display, a 50MP (IMX906) main camera, and a 2x telephoto camera that supports 4x lossless zoom (a welcome change from the usual ultrawide lens).
Meanwhile, Chinese phone manufacturers are rising to challenge the long-standing industry behemoths like Apple and Samsung, among them being Xiaomi, Vivo, and OnePlus’ parent Oppo, which are slowly overtaking their market share in certain regions thanks to their affordable devices.
Elsewhere, the new smartphones coming out to the market could fall into the shadow of the looming security risks that could increase after the United States government officially cuts funding for the centralized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database of cybersecurity bugs.
Indeed, the 25-year-old CVE program seems to be looking at its effective end, considering the fact that its sponsor and largest funder has been the US Department of Homeland Security, specifically its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
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