The OnePlus 13R is the best Android phone I've used

 Google keeps sending e-mails about their new watch, their new phones.  I'm not buying them.  The Pixel 10 is apparently less fast than the Pixel 9, even with an expensive foundry change to 3nm process.

 

Why does Google bother? My Pixel 6a was a good three years behind the competition in power.  Since the Pixel 9, they were only a few months behind the rest.  Now, they're further back again.

I've gone through a few Android devices:

• LG Optimus S
• Google Nexus 7 (Nvidia)
• Google Nexus 7 (ASUS) 
• Lenovo Tab M8 FHD
• OnePlus 8T
• Google Pixel 6a
• Razer Edge WiFi
• OnePlus 13R

There is more history in that list than I care to remember.  The bright spots are the OnePlus devices.

 The OnePlus 8T used the Snapdragon 865.  I heard about the Snapdragon 888 overheating and didn't want to deal with that.  The good thing was that the 8T was smooth and configured as if it meant to get an iPhone user to like it.  It had a beautiful display and smooth scrolling.

The OnePlus 13R is a lot like the 8T in my mind.  The big difference is that time has brought more powerful processors.  The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC is quite powerful and includes Adreno (Radeon?) 750, which is reasonable.  Heat is a slight issue but it never shows a "cooling down" message as the Razer Edge does with its Snapdragon G3X.  Having UFS 4.0 storage is good and 12 GB of RAM is enough. I haven't tried to use Gemini or Copilot, even though they are pre-loaded.  I have used Google Assistant in the past, especially when I couldn't see the Pixel 6a display outside.

Playing games with either is satisfying but obviously, the extra power of the 13R helps.  The Razer Kishi V2 works with the 13R, but not the 8T.  However, the Razer Kishi V2 Pro does not work with either.  It doesn't work with my overheating, then melting Razer Edge, either.

 I have not tried the cameras but I'm sure that they're more than adequate.  I have a micro Four-Thirds camera body, as well as a 135 Format camera body, so phone cameras are adequate to more than adequate.

These are phones that would have me switch from iPhone to Android.  However, my iPhone 15 is my current phone and it's a good size for me to carry.