""This is an iPhone," my colleague smiled when seeing the OPPO Reno13 in person.

Indeed, the Reno13 bears a striking resemblance to the iPhone, both in design and system experience.

After seeing the Reno13, a question mark popped into my mind. Why would OPPO create a product so similar to the iPhone? After all, launching a phone that closely resembles an iPhone in a popular product line could easily attract criticism and negative public opinion if it lacks standout features.

I believe OPPO must have something up its sleeve to dare to compete with the iPhone in its best-selling Reno series.

Visual Impression: Fruity, Trendy, Visually Balanced

The OPPO Reno13 comes in three colors: Butterfly Purple, Galaxy Blue, and Midnight Black. Ours is the Butterfly Purple, the main color option, with a subdued purple hue and a matte finish that repels fingerprints. Of course, if that were all, it wouldn't be particularly remarkable.

Named "Butterfly Purple," the Reno13's back cover naturally incorporates butterfly elements beyond the purple hue. The back cover uses photolithography to create a visual effect resembling butterfly wings. This design is quite intriguing; the butterfly wings on the back cover are not overly flashy, and they symbolize freedom, transformation, and other positive connotations, making them more than just a visual decoration.

Moving to the camera section, a closer look reveals that the lens module and back cover are integrated. That's right, the Reno13 series' back cover employs the same integrated cold sculpting glass process as the iPhone. This not only enhances aesthetics but also improves the phone's waterproof and dustproof capabilities.

The Reno13 features a right-angle aluminum metal frame, enhancing its resistance to bending, and it matches the purple hue of the back cover.

The front of the phone boasts a 6.59-inch straight screen, and when lit up, it reveals ultra-narrow visual borders, providing a very comfortable viewing experience. With this frame and screen, many people will undoubtedly think of the iPhone. Compared to the iPhone 16 Plus, the Reno13's screen bezels are even narrower.

This screen features a 1.5K resolution, supports 3840Hz eye-caring dimming, and has a maximum full-screen brightness of 1200 nits, delivering impressive overall performance.

Taking Live Photo to the Next Level

Compared to regular photos, Live Photo's significant advantage is its ability to capture motion before and after the shutter is pressed, helping us capture the desired scene. Additionally, it records sound, enhancing the photo's atmosphere and making it easier to immerse viewers in the moment.

As one of the first Android phone manufacturers to adapt Live Photo for social platforms, OPPO has further enhanced the advantages of Live Photo in the Reno13 series, offering an editing and sharing experience on par with iPhone Live Photo.

First, when taking Live Photo, the Reno13 extends the video length of Live Photo to 3 seconds, matching the iPhone. This means we can capture more scenes. When taking Live Photo, soft light, filters, and beauty functions can still be used, and Live Photo will still be effective.

In the photo album, the cover frame of Reno13's Live Photo is displayed with ProXDR effects. If we enter Live Photo for editing and reselect a cover frame, the newly selected frame will still display with ProXDR effects, ensuring no loss of brightness or detail.

Previously, after taking Live Photo on Android phones, users could only view them in the photo album and couldn't share them on social platforms. Now, the Reno13 extends Live Photo sharing from the photo album to nine apps, including Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Weibo, Dianping, Meitu Xiuxiu, Depp, Meiyan Camera, Wink, and Wuta Camera, significantly boosting motivation to take Live Photos.

If an app doesn't support Live Photo sharing, don't worry; the Reno13 also allows converting Live Photo to GIF or video within the photo album, making sharing more convenient.

Besides these features, the OPPO Reno13 also supports transferring Live Photo with iPhones, significantly expanding the sharing range of Live Photo. For example, during gatherings with friends, it's inevitable to take photos. Even if the other person uses an iPhone, the Reno13 can easily transfer Live Photo via the O+ interconnect app, eliminating the need to send and save photos one by one via WeChat and ensuring the Live Photo effect is preserved.

In addition to enhancing the Live Photo experience, the Reno13 also features three film-style filters—CC Film Simulation, NC Film Simulation, and NH Film Simulation—the same as the Find X8. These three film filters work well for both portraits and landscapes. After selecting a filter for shooting, you can still change the filter during post-editing, so feel free to shoot without worrying about filter selection.

During this shooting period, I could feel that the Reno13's camera captures life beautifully, with consistent quality in image resolution and algorithms, including night scenes and portrait shots. The front camera boasts 50 megapixels, supports autofocus, has a maximum 2x zoom, and delivers excellent image quality.

There's a saying that goes, 'If it's not recorded, it didn't happen.' If you get the Reno13, don't forget to take plenty of photos. Those happy, unforgettable moments can definitely be relived through the Reno13's Live Photo feature.

Dimensity 8350: How Does It Perform?

Like the Pro version, the OPPO Reno13 is powered by the Dimensity 8350 processor. How does this chip perform? Let's first look at its specifications: it's built on TSMC's 4nm process, with a CPU consisting of one 3.35GHz A715 core, three 3.2GHz A715 cores, and four 2.2GHz A510 cores, paired with a Mali-G615 MC6 GPU running at 1400MHz. Of course, the Reno13 also comes with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. In benchmarks, it scored 1,429,229 on AnTuTu.

How does the Reno13 perform in games? We tested it with "Honor of Kings" at maximum frame rate, ultra-high resolution, and ultimate graphics quality, with the game frame stabilization feature enabled. Throughout the game, the Reno13 maintained an average frame rate of 117.5fps without any lag, consuming an average power of 3.88W.

After 30 minutes of gaming, we tested the phone's temperature and found that the highest temperatures on both the front and back were around 35°C, with the highest point, at 36.3°C, on the metal frame.

The Reno13's performance aligns with its positioning within the OPPO brand. Switching between multiple apps in daily use won't cause any lag, and it provides a smooth gaming experience with games like "Honor of Kings."

Unexpected Detailed Experience

Many phones this year have increased their battery capacity, and the Reno13 is no exception, packing a 5600mAh battery into its slim body, sufficient for daily use. It also supports 80W wired fast charging, ensuring quick recharge times.

In our tests, starting from 3% battery, with the Smart Turbo Charging mode enabled, the phone charged to 19% in 5 minutes, 32% in 10 minutes, 44% in 15 minutes, 54% in 20 minutes, 65% in 25 minutes, 75% in 30 minutes, 86% in 35 minutes, 92% in 40 minutes, and reached a full charge in 53 minutes.

Besides the large battery, the Reno13 enhances the experience in many unseen ways. For example, the Reno13 series exclusively features two self-developed network-grabbing chips, X1, significantly boosting WiFi connectivity. Additionally, the phone utilizes technologies like game cloud computing networks, super low-frequency technology, and a dedicated game antenna to enhance signal performance across various scenarios.

In terms of water and dust resistance, Reno13 has passed IP66, IP68, and IP69 dust and water resistance tests, allowing us to use the phone more boldly and confidently in daily life. Moreover, based on its superior water resistance, Reno13 even offers an underwater photography feature, demonstrating its confidence in its water resistance performance.

At the system level, Reno13 is equipped with the latest ColorOS 15 operating system. ColorOS 15's smoothness is well-known, but this time, by integrating AI as a system-level capability, it brings an even better experience to the phone. For example, Xiao Bu Assistant can be summoned on any interface, and any questions can be asked of it.

Additionally, the album features AI removal, AI motion blur removal, AI reflection removal, AI super-resolution, and other practical functions. It also supports document expansion, polishing, summarization, and even translation. It's no exaggeration to say that Reno13 can offer almost all the AI functions currently available on mobile phone systems.

Reno13 rivals the iPhone not only in appearance but also in experience

Creating a phone that looks like an iPhone isn't difficult, but making the experience comparable or even superior to an iPhone is challenging. Reno13 doesn't rely on a single impressive specification to create a buzz; instead, it focuses more on the user experience.

During my time using it, Reno13 gave me the impression that it was very easy to use, so much so that I could forget about its specifications. In fact, that's how using a phone should be: forget the specs and focus on the experience.

With its trendy design, iPhone-like craftsmanship on the back cover, ultra-narrow bezel screen, Live Photo feature that can be transferred with the iPhone and offers more playability, ColorOS 15 with AI support everywhere, top-level dust and water resistance, and self-developed network-grabbing chip, Reno13 will undoubtedly become one of the most competitive products in its price range.