The OnePlus 13 is coming, and it will support magnetic wireless charging, but with a twist. The twist is that it apparently won’t have magnets inside, but will instead rely on magnetic cases to connect to magnetic wireless chargers.
This information comes directly from a OnePlus exec on Weibo, but since the original text is in Chinese, we have to rely on automatic translation and that can always go wrong, so keep that in mind.
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So there is still a chance that the phone itself shall We have the necessary magnets to make this work, but we can’t be 100% sure at this point. If it goes the case route, it will be a similar system to the one already offered by a host of case makers who have built products that can turn your regular wireless charging phone into a phone compatible with MagSafe chargers.
The director in question has also confirmed that OnePlus will be launching woodgrain design cases for the OnePlus 13, although the wording strongly suggests that these are not made of real wood, but simply mimic the look of wood.
The OnePlus 13 does will be launched later this month with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 at the helm combined with insane amounts of RAM.
Source (in Chinese)