With Apple beefing up its cheapest phone both in terms of features and price, perhaps the real battle in the midrange phone market is an iPhone 16e vs. OnePlus 13R showdown. While it's natural to try and compare Apple's entry-level phone with Google devices like the Pixel 8a, the iPhone 16e has more in common with OnePlus' midrange handset.
Like the iPhone 16e, the OnePlus 13R features a fairly powerful chipset, and it draws upon its flagship counterpart for design inspiration. It also features surprisingly good cameras that fare well against the best camera phones in its price range. (Don't believe me? Check out this OnePlus13R vs. Pixel 8a camera face-off, in which OnePlus comes surprisingly close to knocking Google off its perch.)
