OnePlus 13

AliExpress is where I've got most of mine including my op12. Great experience all round. I've never had to return a OnePlus for repairs though. I reckon this is where the experience would fall desperately short.
 
sand_man said:
AliExpress is where I've got most of mine including my op12. Great experience all round. I've never had to return a OnePlus for repairs though. I reckon this is where the experience would fall desperately short.
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The ones on AliExpress are all Chinese version flashed with global.

The only place I found that ships the actual global version to SA was MyGSM.


With shipping and import duties it would have been around R20k. And I couldn't find anyone who could post their experience with them.

Have up and in the end I just went with a Poco F7 Ultra, which is pretty much the same thing, just without eSim. Which you can get for R13k locally...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
The ones on AliExpress are all Chinese version flashed with global.

The only place I found that ships the actual global version to SA was MyGSM.


With shipping and import duties it would have been around R20k. And I couldn't find anyone who could post their experience with them.

Have up and in the end I just went with a Poco F7 Ultra, which is pretty much the same thing, just without eSim. Which you can get for R13k locally...
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I got a OnePlus 7 Pro with Chinese Rom, just flashed global rom. No issues what so ever.

But my OnePlus 12.... came with Glo rom already flashed...

No issues what so ever....

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I'm not sure what's changed but the older OnePlus phones, you could flash whatever rom you wanted with little to no fuss.

On my OP12 I've flashed Global, EU and recently (and currently) Indian rom, no issues what so ever...
 
What about 5G bands? Are they all compatible with ZA? Or do I need to get a specific version for that?
 
Should post in the op 15 thread… wonder how much of the camera downgrade can be mitigated with decent software?

Ps I haven’t watched the reviews but google has been doing it for years, average camera hardware paired with a well crafted camera app…
 
So I can get the chinese Oneplus 15 base model for like £510. Crazy to think for a flagship phone. Seriously tempted, but Im a bit confused about the need of flashing to the global rom?

As far as I understand everything will work on the Chinese stock rom, updates and banking apps etc. Only downside is some bloatware, google news (swipe left) & voice assistant wont work, and it needs to set up from a notifications point of view

You can flash the global rom, but banking apps wont work unless you lock the bootloader but thats irreversible?

I think the Oneplus 13 has a somewhat similar process?
 
Tman* said:
So I can get the chinese Oneplus 15 base model for like £510. Crazy to think for a flagship phone. Seriously tempted, but Im a bit confused about the need of flashing to the global rom?

As far as I understand everything will work on the Chinese stock rom, updates and banking apps etc. Only downside is some bloatware, google news (swipe left) & voice assistant wont work, and it needs to set up from a notifications point of view

You can flash the global rom, but banking apps wont work unless you lock the bootloader but thats irreversible?

I think the Oneplus 13 has a somewhat similar process?
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Yeah if you look the bootloader on global ROM you can't go back as far as I know

I'm using a OP 15 at the moment with global rom and locked bootloader it's amazing really

Using it for a review for our online store
Will make a proper review of it soon
 
BaldinsTechFinder said:
Yeah if you look the bootloader on global ROM you can't go back as far as I know

I'm using a OP 15 at the moment with global rom and locked bootloader it's amazing really

Using it for a review for our online store
Will make a proper review of it soon
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thoughts around the possibility of bricking the phone with a future update?
 
I think the risks and complexity of switching roms is vastly exaggerated.

Take a watch...

 
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