Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro Max and OnePlus’s OnePlus 13 are two of the most powerful smartphones in 2025. While the iPhone 17 Pro Max represents Apple’s flagship innovation, the OnePlus 13 continues to offer strong competition with high-end Android hardware and performance. Here’s a detailed comparison across design, display, performance, cameras, and battery.
Design and Build
The iPhone 17 Pro Max features a full-width camera bar on the back, improved vapour chamber cooling, and two new buttons: Action and Camera Control, alongside standard volume and power controls. It comes in Cosmic Orange, Deep Blue, and Silver. The OnePlus 13 retains its circular camera module and adds a three-stage mute slider. Both phones are similar in thickness and weight, with OnePlus offering Black Eclipse, Midnight Ocean, and Arctic Dawn finishes.
Display
The iPhone 17 Pro Max has a 6.9-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display with 1–120 Hz ProMotion refresh rate and 3,000 nits peak brightness. The OnePlus 13 comes with a 6.8-inch AMOLED display, 120 Hz refresh rate, and up to 4,500 nits in a small area. Apple keeps the Dynamic Island for Face ID, while OnePlus uses a punch-hole camera with an under-display fingerprint sensor.
Performance and Software
Apple’s A19 Pro chip ensures high performance and improved thermal management, paired with iOS 26. OnePlus 13 uses the Snapdragon 8 Elite with Android 15 and Google’s Gemini AI integration. RAM options: iPhone 17 Pro Max up to 12 GB with 2 TB storage; OnePlus 13 up to 16 GB RAM and 512 GB storage.
Cameras
iPhone 17 Pro Max: triple 48 MP Fusion cameras, 40x digital zoom, AI for video and stabilisation. OnePlus 13: Hasselblad-tuned triple 50 MP cameras with wide, telephoto (3x optical zoom), and ultrawide lenses.
Battery and Charging
iPhone 17 Pro Max: 4,700–5,000 mAh, 40W fast charging, up to 39 hours video playback. OnePlus 13: 6,000 mAh battery with 100W fast charging, offering superior endurance.
Both devices cater to premium users, but OnePlus 13 offers an advantage in battery life and charging speed, while the iPhone 17 Pro Max shines with ecosystem integration and video performance.
