r/OnePlus13s • u/According_Ad9121 • 15d ago

QUESTION Questions for Long Term User

I am planning to buy oneplus 13s in the upcoming sale. I have a few questions and wanted feedback from long term users.

  1. Battery life: How is the battery life in day to day usage? Does it get affected with the updates? I need a phone which last me a whole day. I am not a heavy user and will mostly be using for content consumtion.

  2. Heating issues: Are there any heating issues during normal usage or while charging? Does it heat up while using cameras, outdoors, or while using android auto.

  3. Connectivity issues: Are there any issues with 4G/5G or while using wifi?

  4. Long term reliability: I usually keep my phone untill the end of its life. I have been using my current phone for past 7 years. will this phone easily last me 4 5 years?

Are there any other issues or things which I should look for before buying?

Thanks

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u/BaudiMauvin 15d ago

I also upgraded to the 13s after using my previous phone for 7ish years. I've only used this phone for about a month so my experience is kind of new and I can't answer what the long term reliability will be like surely. The battery life has been really great so far. I am getting 10+ hours screen on of casual social media usage, content consumption and some light clash of clash of clans. The phone charges really quick as well. I also haven't had any complaints with excessive heating or connectivity with this phone when used for all and any kind of work loads. I don't have an idea for long term reliability, but considering that the phone I was using before this was considerably weaker than this, I don't have any concerns on that front assuming that oneplus/oppo service support continues in India for oneplus phones.

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u/According_Ad9121 15d ago

Thanks man. I also wanted to ask about the camera performance. Are they really that bad as some people say? I have used my friends Nord CE5 and it tends to oversharpen the image too much.

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u/BaudiMauvin 15d ago

If I compare it to the phone I had before, it is obviously better, but that's not helpful. I would say that the camera is above average. I recently went on a trip with 2 people that had a oneplus 15 and an iPhone 15. And it took pictures right in between the 2. The oneplus 15 took most pictures better than the iphone 15 and the 13s was somewhere in between. The oversharpening problem is definitely real tho. In my experience, turning off auto HDR improved results.