Well, it’s real — Apple went full Pixel on us. The iPhone 17 Pro Max rocks a big ol’ camera bar stretching side-to-side across the back. Yep, it’s giving visor vibes. Why? Good question. Could be the needs of the new C1X modem, could be because of the new vapor chamber cooling and its intended dissipation routes through the aluminum body. Cool, literally. But this shuffle also meant the internals had to be… well, shuffled.
Now, this design will probably split the crowd. Maybe not notch-levels of controversy, or even Dynamic Island-levels, but it’s definitely going to stir some Reddit threads. One upside, though? Your iPhone 17 Pro Max will finally lie on a table with no wobble.
Apple typically has four-five colors on its Pro models. For 2025, we got a surprise — three colors only! Well, at least one of them is somewhat vibrant and fun, that being the Cosmic Orange. Your other options are Deep Blue, and Silver. No black, not even Space Gray!
OnePlus 13 comes in Black Eclipse, Midnight Ocean, or Acrtic Dawn. What’s fun about OnePlus is that you are not picking color — you are also literally picking your finish, as some colors have a matte glass back, others — faux leather.
Display Differences
The iPhone 17 Pro Max has a 6.9-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display with dynamic 1-120 Hz ProMotion, just as before. The OnePlus 13 rivals that with its own 6.8-inch AMOLED panel with 120 Hz.
But hey, Apple also has a new 7-layer anti-reflection concoction applied on the screen, which has my ears perked. Technically, it should my eyes — I can’t wait to see how effective it is. Other than that, the display is cited as hitting 3,000 nits peak brightness, which is nothing to snark at.
The OnePlus 13 does have the impressive-sounding 4,500 nit peak brightness, but that’s a momentary measurement for a small section of the screen. It won’t be much brighter, in general, than the iPhone (as it’s not much brighter than the iPhone 16 Pro Max).
| Phone model | iPhone 17 Pro Max | OnePlus 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Screen size | 6.9-inch | 6.8-inch |
| Peak brightness | 3,000 nits | 4,500 nits |
The hated Dynamic Island is not changed on the iPhone. It’s still there, standing proud in its pill shape, housing the Face ID sensors and selfie camera.
The OnePlus 13, of course, has the small punch-hole for the selfie camera on the front. A modern eyesore that we’ve all gotten used to by now (and, to be fair, is among the few identifiers a smartphone model has on the front). For biometrics, it uses an under-screen fingerprint sensor.
Performance and Software
Pro versus Elite, and a bold new iOS redesign
Apple has new A19 Pro chips for the new iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. Built on a 3 nm process, it’ll be faster than last year’s model and — hopefully — heat up slower thanks to a new vapor cooling chamber backing it up. It may finally achieve the gamer device status that Apple has been chasing for the past couple of years.
| iPhone model | iPhone 17 Pro Max | OnePlus 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | Apple A19 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Manufacturing process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Memory | 12 GB | 12 GB / 16 GB RAM |
The OnePlus 13 already comes with 12 GB RAM at its base 256 GB storage tier, but goes up to 16 GB RAM on the 512 GB model. The iPhone 17 Pro Max starts at 256 GB as before, but now tops out at 2 TB storage for the first time ever. If you have the cash!
There’s more than just eye candy, though. The Music app has been revamped with animated album art. Notifications can now interact with a dynamic wallpaper that shifts with the time of day. The lock screen also gets a fresh animated feel.
Elsewhere, the Camera app has been simplified — you only see the essentials up front, and swipe to access everything else. And there are new functional tools in Phone and Messages, like Call Screening, Spam Message Filtering, and Live Translate — a long-awaited Apple answer to Android’s real-time call interpretation.
You also get small quality-of-life refinements: smarter rerouting in Maps, decluttered Photos layout, and, finally, typing indicators and chat backgrounds in Messages.
Both the iPhone 17 Pro Max and OnePlus 13 have AI features baked in, but Apple’s long-term vision for Apple Intelligence isn’t fully rolling out until 2026. That said, the A19 Pro and supposed 12 GB of RAM are being positioned to power those features down the road. In contrast, OnePlus leans more on Google’s Gemini integration, offering a lighter AI layer on top of Android 15.
The OnePlus 13 is promised four years of Android updates and six years of security patches. Apple, as usual, should support the iPhone 17 Pro Max for five to six years. We are open to being surprised, though?
Camera
Cheaper doesn’t mean worse
| Phone model | iPhone 17 Pro Max | OnePlus 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Main camera | 48MP F1.8 | 50MP F1.6 |
| Ultrawide camera | 48MP F2.2 | 50MP F2.0 |
| Periscope camera | 48MP F2.8 4X | 50MP F2.6 3X |
| Front camera | 18MP | 32MP |
On the back, the iPhone 17 Pro packs not one, not two, but three 48 MP Fusion cameras. “Fusion,” in Apple-speak, basically means sensor crop sorcery. The idea is simple — Apple slices into those big sensors just enough to mimic “lossless” zoom and pretend it’s swapping between different lenses. The result? You can shoot at up to 8x and still get crisp 12 MP shots that feel “optical.” Beyond that, you’re in digital territory — now boosted to a max of 40x. Impressive leap from last year’s 25x, sure… but nowhere near the competition’s 100x or even 120x (where OnePlus13 is at).
Battery Life and Charging
To 5,000, then beyond
Apple’s iPhones don’t bet a lot on huge batteries — they achieve endurance with hardware and software optimizations. That said, the Pro Max units have felt the pressure from the other top-tier competitors, and every year inch closer and closer to that 5,000 mAh cell, which is now standard in Android line. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is said to have between 4,700 and 5,000 mAh, but we don’t ahve the specific numbers right now. What Apple does say is “39 hours of video playback”, which is 6 hours more than what the iPhone 16 Pro Max was cited to have. So, take that for what it is.
Meanwhile, OnePlus has already passed that threshold comfortably, offering a pretty enduring OnePlus 13 with its 6,000 mAh cell that also charges quite feast with the proprietary 100 W charger.
| iPhone model | iPhone 17 Pro Max | OnePlus 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Battery size | 4,700-5,000 mAh | 6,000 mAh |
| Wired charging speed | 40W | 100W |
| Wireless charging speed | 25W | 50W |
The good news is that the iPhone finally gets slightly faster charging. Now taking 40W bricks, it can go from 0% to 50% in 20 minutes, Apple says. Pretty good upgrade! Well, the OnePlus 13 is still faster, but Apple finally took that step forward.
Specs Comparison
| iPhone 17 Pro Max | OnePlus 13 |
|---|---|
| Size, weight 163.0 x 77.6 x 8.75 mm 206 g |
Size, weight 162.9 x 76.5 x 8.5 mm 218 g |
| Screen 6.9″ OLED 120Hz ProMotion 3,000 nits peak brightness |
Screen 6.8″ AMOLED 120Hz 4,500 nits peak brightness |
| Processor A19 Pro 3nm |
Processor Snapdragon 8 Elite 3nm |
| Versions: 12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB 12GB/1TB 12GB/2TB LPDDR5 |
Versions: 12GB/256GB 16GB/512GB LPDDR5X |
| Cameras: 48MP main 48MP ultra 48MP 4X zoom 18MP front |
Cameras: 50MP main 50MP ultra 50MP 3X zoom 32MP front |
| Battery: 4,700+ mAh |
Battery: 6,000 mAh |
| Charging: USB-C 40W wired 25W MagSafe 2.0 |
Charging: USB-C 100W SuperVOOC wired 50W AirVOOC wireless |
Summary
The iPhone 17 Pro Max looks like a pretty solid upgrade. Apple put a lot of emphasis on the new hardware cooling, the camera upgrades, the battery. It all sounds like a solid improvement on a working formula, even if we don’t get crazy new features. And yeah, any AI speak was kept to a minimum. So, we are a bit in the dark about what Apple is cooking, but the iPhone 17 Pro Max looks like it has been built with the intention to handle some pretty serious features down the road, doesn’t it? In any case, always buy a product for what it is right now. And, right now, the iPhone 17 Pro Max looks like that solid, dependable workhorse that we are used to getting.
That said, the OnePlus 13 is also not a risky purchase. The company has now been around for quite a while, it has had its peaks, it has had its valleys. The OnePlus 13 is a well-polished product, which wouldn’t let you down and we never have a problem recommending it to anyone looking for a flagship below that $1k mark.
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