OnePlus 13T Release Date and Design Revealed

OnePlus has officially confirmed the launch date for its OnePlus 13T smartphone, as well as offering a glimpse at the design.

The company has taken to Weibo to announce that it will unveil the OnePlus 13T on 24 April at 14:30 local time.

It’s promising a “Small screen big devil” (via machine translation) device, hinting at the OnePlus 13T’s former unofficial moniker of the OnePlus 13 Mini.

What else do we learn about the OnePlus 13T?

OnePlus expands on the theme in its post, promising a “Brand-new design and light and thin feel”, together with “super performance”.

In other words, we should be looking at a full on compact flagship rival to the Pixel 9 Pro and the Xiaomi 15.

That’s backed up in a subsequent post, in which OnePlus reveals that the OnePlus 13T will pack a 6.32-inch display, much like those aforementioned competitors.

We previously learned that despite its compact dimensions, the OnePlus 13T will pack a huge battery, likely exceeding 6000mAh.

What does the OnePlus 13T design look like?

OnePlus also posted a short video showcasing the OnePlus 13T’s design in full. Suffice to say, it doesn’t look much like the OnePlus 13 at all.

The OnePlus 13T (available in shades of grey, pink, and black) sports an even flatter, more industrial design than its predecessor. There’s a completely different camera module here, which is closer to the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL camera or even an iPhone 16 Pro squircle than the OnePlus 13’s huge circular module.

This design video also showcases the OnePlus 13T’s new context-sensitive button on the left edge, which is replacing the old OnePlus alert slider.

There are a bunch of smartphones being released over the next month or so, but the OnePlus 13T might just be the most exciting. Here’s hoping for swift news on a global rollout.