The
next
OnePlus
flagship
looks
a
little
flat
—
and
that’s
a
good
thing.
The
alleged
image
of
the
unreleased
OnePlus
13
was
posted
to
Weibo
and
has
been
since
removed,
but
not
before
it
was
spotted
by
9to5Google.
It
shows
the
phone
with
flat
sides
rather
than
the
curved
edges
featured
by
recent
OnePlus
phones.
It’s
a
small
shift,
but
it
would
make
OnePlus
the
latest
in
a
long
list
of
phone
makers
to
adopt
the
(arguably
more
comfortable)
flat
edge
design.
The
current
trend
dates
back
to
2020
when
Apple
released
the
iPhone
12
with
flat
sides,
calling
on
an
older
design
from
the
iPhone
4
and
5.
Over
the
past
few
years,
other
companies
followed
suit
with
flat
screens
and
less
curved
side
rails:
Samsung
started
straightening
out
the
Galaxy
S
series
with
the
S22,
and
Google’s
latest
Pixel
9
phones
all
feature
flat
edges.
Even
Motorola
has
adopted
straight
edges
for
many
of
its
phones
this
year,
with
the
exception
of
its
“Edge”
devices,
which,
sure.
Curved
edges
are
kind
of
its
whole
deal.
Does
this
design
detail
matter
a
great
deal
when
most
people
put
a
case
on
their
phone
right
after
unboxing
it?
No.
Is
this
the
kind
of
thing
you
care
about
when
you
spend
all
day
thinking
and
writing
about
phones?
Yes.
But
hear
me
out:
straight
edges
just
feel
nicer
to
hold.
They
make
a
phone
easier
to
pick
up
off
a
table.
And
they
just
look
better.
All
the
phones
kind
of
look
like
iPhones
now
anyway,
and
that’s
fine.
Why
try
and
reinvent
the
wheel?
In
any
case,
we
probably
won’t
have
to
wait
long
to
find
out
what
shape
the
OnePlus
13
will
take:
the
company
appears
to
be
planning
to
launch
it
in
China
sometime
this
month.
(Originally posted by Allison Johnson)
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