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The OnePlus 13 is, without a doubt, one of my favorite Android phones available today — and for a multitude of reasons. Its design is great, performance is outstanding, and battery life is amazing. Unlike a lot of past OnePlus phones, the OnePlus 13’s cameras are just as good (if not better) than the rest of its flagship competitors.
And that’s why the latest OnePlus 15 leak has me worried.
Earlier this week, a well-known leaker teased a few details about the upcoming OnePlus 15, including the suggestion that the OnePlus 15 won’t feature the Hasselblad camera partnership that has been on flagship OnePlus phones since the OnePlus 9 series. If true, it would mark a monumental change for OnePlus handsets — and it could ruin one of my favorite things about the OnePlus 13.
Hasselblad is what makes OnePlus cameras special
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Out of everything the OnePlus 13 gets right (which is a pretty extensive list), its camera system is one of the main reasons I’ve used the phone so much this year. That’s partly due to the excellent camera sensors, but more so because of the Hasselblad integration.
OnePlus phones that utilize the Hasselblad partnership have a few camera tricks up their sleeve, but the most important thing is that they feature Hasselblad’s unique color science and image tuning. And if you ask me, it’s what makes OnePlus phones (particularly the OnePlus 13) so special.
We’re at a point with smartphone cameras where image/color tuning is one of the biggest differentiators between which phone camera you choose. That’s not to say camera sensor technology has plateaued, but what a company does with said cameras is becoming increasingly more important.
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