Oneplus Will Give You A Free Smartwatch Right Now - Here's How The Deal Works

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OnePlus has brought backmost its smartwatch bundle for its OnePlus 13 flagship, but pinch a flimsy twist. Right now, if you acquisition a 512GB OnePlus 13, you'll person a free OnePlus Watch 2R (normally $230) successful either Forest Green aliases Gunmetal Gray -- your choice. If you don't want nan wearable, you tin elite to person a Wood Grain Magnetic Half-pack Case, besides for free.

It's chartless really agelong this woody will past aliases really galore units they'll beryllium giving away. All we cognize is that they'll beryllium giving distant free smartwatches "while supplies last." There aren't immoderate discounts being applied to nan OnePlus 13, though you tin return advantage of nan company's trade-in program.

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You tin waste and acquisition successful immoderate instrumentality successful immoderate information and person a $100 discount, lowering nan OnePlus 13's value to $900. As for nan 256GB OnePlus 13, you won't person a free smartwatch pinch purchase, but you tin still get nan Wood Grain Case and little nan value tag by $100.

The OnePlus 13 is nan company's astir caller 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 woody a people of 2/5. Getting a free smartwatch is ever nice, but I would've liked to person seen nan smartphone person a much nonstop discount extracurricular of nan trade-in program. If you're capable to, I powerfully propose trading successful your aged telephone to get that $100 discount. At that point, nan woody jumps to a 3/5.