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OnePlus 13s review: Is this the best compact phone of 2025?

Xiaomi’s XRING chip may be stuck at 3nm after U.S. bans EDA tool exports

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OnePlus's much-awaited compact flagship, the OnePlus 13s, is here.

In today’s newsletter, we've got hands-on testing with the OnePlus 13s to determine if it's truly the compact flagship king, Samsung clarifying that there's no Z Fold7 Ultra coming, and Huawei reportedly working on their second-generation tri-fold phone.

Meanwhile, Xiaomi's impressive custom chip might face future limitations due to trade restrictions, and Nothing's confirming their headphone launch date.

Here's what you'll find in today's tech roundup:

  • OnePlus 13s's comprehensive two-month review

  • Samsung's Z Fold7 Ultra clarification

  • Huawei's second tri-fold phone development

  • Xiaomi's XRING chip facing potential limitations

  • Nothing Headphone (1)'s official launch confirmation

  • Additional reads about Xiaomi 16's battery capacity, budget gaming phones, and Pixel 10 colors

Read on for all the details!

We’ve had the opportunity to spend nearly two months with the new OnePlus 13s. Specifically, we’ve been reviewing the Pink Silk edition with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.

OnePlus positions this device as a compact flagship that doesn’t compromise on performance or battery life, addressing a common pain point in the compact phone market.

After using it for so long, here’s what we think about the device.

Read on to find out.

Samsung’s recent teaser for its next foldable smartphone got fans excited with talk of a “Galaxy Z Fold7 Ultra”, but a well-known tipster has thrown cold water on the idea.

With the Galaxy Unpacked event looming, it seems the Korean tech giant’s “Ultra” hype was more about marketing flair than a new premium model, leaving us with a trio of foldables to look forward to this summer.

Huawei only launched its first-generation tri-fold phone last September, but it appears that a follow-up is already in the works.

A new leak from Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station claims that Huawei’s second-generation tri-fold device is slated for release in the second half of 2025.

We just finished testing Xiaomi’s brand-new XRING O1 chipset, and no surprise, it’s a flagship-class through and through.

In fact, it even outperforms Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite in both single-core and multi-core Geekbench 6 tests.

Xiaomi designed the XRING O1 from the ground up with a 10-core CPU setup and TSMC’s 3nm process. While that is impressive for its first mobile SoC, the company might be stuck at this node for the foreseeable future.

The London-based tech brand just confirmed the launch of their first over-ear headphones, dubbed Nothing Headphone (1), set to drop at a big event in July.

With a sleek design and a hyped-up audio partnership, these headphones are already sparking curiosity among Nothing fans.

The Nothing Headphone (1) will be unveiled alongside the Nothing Phone (3) on July 1 at 6 PM BST in London, which translates to 10 AM in Los Angeles, 1 PM in New York, 7 PM in Central Europe, and 10:30 PM in India.

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