Here we go again: OnePlus and Meizu found to cheat benchmarks

01 February 2017
The OnePlus 3T and Meizu Pro 6 were found to target benchmarking apps and tamper with CPU frequencies.

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  • 04 Feb 2017

.alpha, 02 Feb 2017They learnt from the best cheater: Samsung. There is a reas... moreHmmm, actually Apple usually beats all Androids in benchmarks too. Well in fact if there is one thing that iPhones are consistently good at (and which even Android fans have to agree) is that their custom chip solutions are very good with amazing single-core CPU performance and outstanding GPU power.

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    • Anonymous
    • 9xR
    • 03 Feb 2017

    Note7 owner, 02 Feb 2017Hey look more android companies cheating... . Like yeah I n... moreyeah but i do need them for playing games like half life 2, portal, borderlands 2 (yes their on android yes there only on a few devices but u can work round that) my oneplus 3 is like a mini console i have a controller for it really good

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      • .alpha
      • ytx
      • 02 Feb 2017

      They learnt from the best cheater: Samsung. There is a reason Android sounds fast in benchmarks but all lags far behind iPhone and even Window phones (when Window phones where a thing).

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        • 02 Feb 2017

        AnonD-632659, 01 Feb 2017This is all a piece with a company that has no moral compas... moreLol still the fastest android phone to date go watch phone buff

          Hey look more android companies cheating... . Like yeah I need all this powerful specs to make calls, send sms and post on Facebook.

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            • Anonymous
            • P@Y
            • 01 Feb 2017

            AnonD-27765, 01 Feb 2017Of course, this has to be Chinese brands. iPhones are the o... morelol

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              • 01 Feb 2017

              This is all a piece with a company that has no moral compass and has one of the most abusive customer warranty service in the smartphone industry.

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                • 01 Feb 2017

                You have to wonder whether One Plus is telling the truth about their battery capacity since this can’t be easily verified. OnePlus also releases videos showing how quickly their battery charges up compared to the competition. This performance must be considered highly suspect since they can easily program the phone to show a faster charging rate than actual.

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                  • Lf1
                  • 01 Feb 2017

                  Can it be fixed? or not?

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                    • 01 Feb 2017

                    Zero, 01 Feb 2017This is a big problem since it puts the phone into risk... ... moreL3 Cache does not improve performance very much

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                      • Anonymous
                      • KZJ
                      • 01 Feb 2017

                      One Plus really cheats? No dignity

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                        • 01 Feb 2017

                        Anonymous, 01 Feb 2017Sorry guys, but where are proofs that Meizu cheated on benc... moreThe analysis is actually did by XDA member. If you want to know about the Meizu's (so called) cheat, refer the original source..

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                          • 01 Feb 2017

                          krystian, 01 Feb 2017So these benchmark tests should run for an hour and create ... moreThat is a good suggestion! :)

                            Anonymous, 01 Feb 2017We also don't know whether or not the games are loading low... moreThat's why optimalization and reasonable screen res is that important. iPhones, OnePlus 3, Z5 Compact, all of them benefits from small res screen. There is hardly a way to enjoy advantage of QHD/4K res on a 5.5-5.7" display. Before adding more and more RAM and bigger, hungrier display (which is not all that bad- tech has to advance), optimize OS first. OS is the manager of every hardware resource. You can have many resources but a bad manager would not be able to use it at the fullest btw.

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                              • 01 Feb 2017

                              J o m s, 01 Feb 2017Real-world comparisons don't agree with worthl3ss benchmark... moreWe also don't know whether or not the games are loading lower resolution textures for iOS, due to the lower screen resolution. Until we know, I am treating it as Apple and Oranges comparison (excuse the pun ;)).

                              One thing for sure is that when things are moved over to the Vulcan API, it will reduce Metal's advantage over Android.

                                Zero, 01 Feb 2017This is a big problem since it puts the phone into risk... ... moreReal-world comparisons don't agree with worthl3ss benchmark like GB. It favors Apple SoC by giving more weight on HTML/Javascript test rather than Memory tests which is more important. Try a side-by-side test and you will see that Android phones equipped with SD821 is generally faster than iPhone 7/7+ except on some cherry-picked games that are optimized for iOS.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 01 Feb 2017

                                  OnePlus 3T user here: OnePlus seems to have taken a leaf out of VW's book!

                                  At any rate, that does not impact my level of satisfsction with the phone, which remains high.

                                    Zero, 01 Feb 2017This is a big problem since it puts the phone into risk... ... moreNope it not cheating at all, just in your imagination. If those monkeys who developed GB will fix their app to maximize each core at 100% (or close to it), you will see that frequency of each core will reach its maximum speed and that is the best way to test its performance.

                                    Why would test HTML or compression or encoding with a pathetic 1GHz core when it can run at maximum of 2.4Ghz?

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                                      • IbG
                                      • 01 Feb 2017

                                      Anonymous, 01 Feb 2017>Chinese phones Low quality and cheating for "flagship ... moreXpedia phones have awful quality control in the USA,htc is fine but being losing their main audio features recently

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                                        • xCD
                                        • 01 Feb 2017

                                        gab, 01 Feb 2017what's the point, you already have more than enough power e... moreNice analogy there. This mobile phone arms race is reaching comical proportions...