For A Limited Time, Buy The Oneplus 13 And Get A Free Oneplus Watch 2

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OnePlus is holding yet different Back to School income arena for its flagship phone, nan OnePlus 13. Right now, if you acquisition either nan 256GB aliases nan 512GB OnePlus 13, you'll person a free OnePlus Watch 2 (normally $300) successful either Radiant Steel (gray) aliases Black Steel -- your choice. If you don't want nan wearable, you tin alternatively person a Wood Grain Magnetic Half-pack Case for free.

Be alert that nan OnePlus Watch 2 gift has a strict 700-unit limit. Once each 700 smartwatches are gone, nan institution won't beryllium giving immoderate much distant during nan existent promotion. But you tin still drawback nan case.

Also: As an Android user, this is nan closest point to AirTags for my wallet (and amended successful immoderate ways)

Don't interest if you miss retired connected nan free smartwatch. A OnePlus typical told america that "once supplies tally out," shoppers tin participate nan codification "BACK2COLLEGE" astatine checkout and person a $100 discount connected nan OnePlus 13. Adding nan codification astatine nan clip of this penning will not little nan price.

Although nan codification won't work, it is imaginable to discount nan OnePlus 13 done nan company's trade-in program. You tin waste and acquisition successful immoderate device, successful immoderate condition, and person a bully $100 discount. I should besides mention that nan woody applies to each colour action for nan OnePlus 13: Black Eclipse, Midnight Ocean (blue), and Arctic Dawn (white).

The OnePlus 13 is nan company's latest flagship smartphone, and it's a top-notch instrumentality -- earning ZDNET's coveted Editors' Choice Award for April 2025. We praised nan exemplary "because it nails each nan fundamentals of a awesome smartphone acquisition while starring nan marketplace successful immoderate regards," ZDNET's Kerry Wan wrote successful his review.

It features nan powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, a 6,000mAh Silicon NanoStack battery, 80W accelerated charging, and a precocious guidance standing of IP69. This intends nan telephone is wholly sealed against particulate and tin past little submersion underwater. At a glance, this seems excessive, but according to Wan, "it's a use that users will admit erstwhile they slightest expect it".

OnePlus 13

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Photography is different area wherever nan OnePlus 13 shines. Its triple-lens strategy captures bright, highly elaborate images, though post-processing tin create overly saturated pictures. I besides can't hide to mention nan stylish design, which flaunts a vegan leather backing that makes nan telephone visually striking and comfortable.

How I rated this deal

As per ZDNET's standing system, I springiness nan guidelines woody a people of 3/5. When I opportunity "base deal," I americium only taking into relationship nan free OnePlus Watch 2. Together, nan telephone and wearable costs $1,200, but this woody shaves disconnected $300. However, if you return advantage of nan "trade successful immoderate device, immoderate condition" program, that people jumps up to a 4/5 since you'll beryllium redeeming $400 successful total.