OnePlus says recent smartphone SoCs are an overkill for many apps

12 July 2021
The company just won't stop digging.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 13 Jul 2021

When they started out in beginning they said it was the company to bring premium features in affordable prices but nowadays they are themselves became a premium phone company with prices competing other premium phones....

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    • Anonymous
    • uvg
    • 13 Jul 2021

    I think BBK wants to kill OnePlus

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      • Anonymous
      • jMx
      • 13 Jul 2021

      I just want to know if anyone found the performance to be lacking on these phones before anyone know about the battery saving throttling?

        I can agree with them, and even wish that there were a feature to include more apps in this black list to ban apps from using the prime core unnecessarily, I don't need Facebook and WhatsApp running at 3Ghz lol

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          • vaS
          • 13 Jul 2021

          Lmaooo, now suddenly sayint SoCs are too much?

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            • Anonymous
            • rKt
            • 13 Jul 2021

            Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021I've hated OnePlus since the launch of their very firs... moreI bought the OnePlus One and also have a OnePlus 5. Both phones have worked well so I don't see a reason why it should be substantially inferior to phones from other companies. They have been increasing the prices ever year that I do not like but the phones itself are good

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              • Anonymous
              • 4j0
              • 13 Jul 2021

              Religious Playboy , 13 Jul 2021It's become a trend to hate on OnePlus in the past cou... moreI've hated OnePlus since the launch of their very first phone, the OnePlus One, precisely because of the kind of dishonesty and manipulation seen in this story.

              When OnePlus first started, they made a huge deal of their whole "never settle" slogan and how they were making a "flagship killer." There was so much ridiculous hype. Then the phone came out and it was lacking in many ways, not least of which the OnePlus One had an extremely subpar camera for what you could get in a flagship in those days. It also had inferior call quality and noise cancellation (for the time), amongst other things.

              It was obvious from day one that OnePlus was just a bunch of hype. They are very good at marketing and creating buzz and inspiring mindless followers. But their phones have always lacked in one way or another and fallen well short of their claims.

              So the current story is just the latest example. It's obvious OnePlus was being cheap about how to improve battery life and heat dissipation (again their strategy since the company began). But now that they've been caught they have the hutzpah to instead basically blame their own users. To wit: It's your fault for wanting a faster chipset that you don't need. We'll tell you what you should want and care about. (This is actually a lot like how Apple treats their users, who lap it up year after year.)

              Anyway, so I guess I was ahead of the curve in recognizing how full of hot air OnePlus is. If there's a "trend" lately in hating OnePlus, it's only because the general public is finally catching up with the reality of what OnePlus has been all along.

                AnonD-558092, 13 Jul 2021Then, why make people pay extra for the most recent SoCs if... moreAnd that's why a 2 year flagship like Note10+ is still a king even by today standard except for the 120 hz display I must confess. :-)

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                  • Anonymous
                  • rKt
                  • 13 Jul 2021

                  Religious Playboy , 13 Jul 2021It's become a trend to hate on OnePlus in the past cou... moreYeah it does not even affect the experience in real life. Even my three year old OnePlus runs well to this day

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                    • Xsk
                    • 13 Jul 2021

                    Typical. Just more evidence OnePlus along with Oppo are for the tip. Rather than give the consumer the choice, it's like nah FK that , throttle the apps

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 6c6
                      • 13 Jul 2021

                      Religious Playboy , 13 Jul 2021It's become a trend to hate on OnePlus in the past cou... moreHave you read recent Geekbench news? They blacklisted OnePlus 9 because it uses SD 888 power on benchmark but throttle itself on basic web browsing.

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                        • 39r
                        • 13 Jul 2021

                        L.O.R.D, 13 Jul 2021People complaining unnecessarily. Yes, in-theory they did r... moreIt's become a trend to hate on OnePlus in the past couple of years.
                        Most of the people hating are the ones who could afford OnePlus at one point, but now they can't.

                        I dare anyone to use my OnePlus 9 and proclaim it is slower than other flagships.
                        The Oxygen OS smoothens any road bumps along the way.
                        These guys on Anandtech have spent unnecessary time over something that hardly affects in real world usage of these apps.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 13 Jul 2021

                          Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021Although I don't believe OnePlus is manipulating bench... moreSamsung also underclocked Snapdragon 888 which is why they are the only ones to get more battery life among all 888 flagships. Another reason why they score low on benchmarks compared to others

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 13 Jul 2021

                            Although I don't believe OnePlus is manipulating benchmarks as alleged by Geekbench, I don't believe they should throttle their phones either. But in the end, maybe their users don't mind if they can get an hour or two extra out of the battery.

                              People complaining unnecessarily. Yes, in-theory they did reduce the apps to lower cores but it does not even affect the real world user experience as they said the recent CPUs are too capable to run several apps even with the smaller cores. So it is okay, it is optimisations that the Oxygen OS is about and not whether or not it saves a lot of battery

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                                • Anonymous
                                • Mbp
                                • 13 Jul 2021

                                [deleted post]Lmfao

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                                  • DkZ
                                  • 13 Jul 2021

                                  Technically the truth, but they just failed to get it properly optimized.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • yZ6
                                    • 13 Jul 2021

                                    AnonD-986036, 13 Jul 2021I use Poco F1 bruh. So i don't know how much 120hz hav... moreSo you already concluded it's battery drainer? Based on your 60hz device?
                                    You 60hz ppl are just jealous. Even after so many tests on Gsmarena, haven't you seen how little battery is lost when operating at 120hz vs 60hz?

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 13 Jul 2021

                                      GAMIRSFM, 13 Jul 2021So Apple can slow down iPhones since they know what's ... moreBut the phone isn't slower in real life. Most users won't even notice that lower power cores are being used. Apple does a similar strategy which is why they have good battery life despite smaller capacity

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                                        • 13 Jul 2021

                                        Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021One plus dropping off truth b0mbsYup, that they are PRC rubbish to be avoided like any other rubbish PRC phones.

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