OnePlus 13 will support magnetic wireless charging

The OnePlus 13 will support magnetic wireless charging. That much has been confirmed by Li Jie, the President of OnePlus China. He did confirm it in a rather odd way, though.

Li Jie was responding to fan questions on Weibo, when he released that detail. He was asked whether bamboo cases would make a comeback. He said that OnePlus doesn’t have a plan to return them for the OnePlus 13, at least not yet.

The OnePlus 13 will support magnetic wireless charging

He continued by confirming that wood grain cases are coming, however. He also mentioned that the “magnetic suction function” will be included in the cases too. Therefore, he basically confirmed that the phone will support magnetic wireless charging.

Now, it remains to be seen whether it will the phone support such charging only when an official case is a part of the package, or in general. It would be nice if it would support it even without a case so that you can magnetize a charger back to the phone itself. It remains to be seen.

This is not all that surprising, however. Why? Well, because OPPO is going down that route, OnePlus’ sister company. OPPO is actually preparing a range of magnetic accessories for its upcoming OPPO Find X8 smartphones.

Both OnePlus & OPPO will offer magnetic accessories

It seems like OPPO and OnePlus will end up having a MagSafe-like range of magnetic accessories for wireless charging. Chances are that OnePlus users will be able to use OPPO accessories, and vice versa.

The OnePlus 13 is expected to launch in China at some point this month. We still don’t have an official confirmation on that. The global variant will launch at a later date, though, we’re still not sure when.

The phone will be fueled by Qualcomm’s new chip, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 aka Snapdragon 8 Elite. We’re still not sure about the name. A 6,000mAh battery is also tipped, as is 50W wireless charging. A large 2K LTPO AMOLED display will also be included, and much more.