Samsung found to be throttling performance on over 10,000 Android apps for its devices

04 March 2022
Benchmarking apps are whitelisted though.

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  • Anonymous
  • KT6
  • 14 Jan 2023

Also this is what you should know about them that I have heard. They are competing heavily with Apple and few Chinese phone manufactures are catching up. They are trying their best not to lose profits plus until last year the country it belong, which is S. Korea, had Left wing government with so much power pressuring large companies under their wing to pay more Taxes and donate more to Public Sectors. So, what did Samsung do? They cut costs by using under performing parts. One of the under performing part was it's heat sink for this high performancing CPU. Because they used this part, they COULD NOT get the phone temperature under control. So, they did this unthinkable thing to the phone. Which is when the CPU is about to be heated too much by working, they used programed software to make the CPU under perform. When this truth was discovered, they justified this by saying that they did this because it will help with battery life.

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    • Anonymous
    • KT6
    • 14 Jan 2023

    I have been playing World of Tanks Blitz for more than 7 years. My last phone which was Note 21 was performing great. I switched to S22 Ultra and it is total crap. Because of so much lagginess now I cannot even make normal fine shots. I changed the graphic setting to the lowest and everything but nothing helps. It's just the God Dam n phone issue. If you are thinking to buy this phone for performance, don't buy it. If you are prasing this phone, you are a comedian got paid by Samsung.

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      • Anonymous
      • XBA
      • 12 Jul 2022

      Switch to apple beeches 😂

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        • Anonymous
        • 3Rs
        • 05 Apr 2022

        Anonymous, 22 Mar 2022lmao LG and Samsung have done this for all of their devices... moreThats why Chinese phones are best because they are cheaper

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          • John
          • msw
          • 28 Mar 2022

          Haha they fixed this for european users as well by introducing a 2 second lag and regular stutters to video in youtube and other video playing apps.

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            • Anonymous
            • 4}n
            • 22 Mar 2022

            lmao LG and Samsung have done this for all of their devices. It's well-known in the emulation community.

            This isn't news, this is just people find out late.

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              • AnonD-731363
              • Lfw
              • 17 Mar 2022

              40yoVirgin, 16 Mar 2022So that's the reason for talking trash in every damn t... moreMan when you stop spreading lies maybe you find out i am on this site since 2016 not 2012.
              And well i just writen my quetion thats it.
              I never said i am looking for a job i just was curious and interested in some parts.
              In my country here in Slovakia i run a phone shop company with 40 stores across my country. äI am happy with what i have and my experience with those brands are mine experience also a experience with customers we have because if something is not working or breaks we have to fix it way we can.
              When you will run your own job you will understand.
              As long as you are just a salesman or warehouse operative you will never know.

                'If Apple did it, why shouldn't I?' – Samsung, probably.

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                  • 40yoVirgin
                  • LiQ
                  • 16 Mar 2022

                  AnonD-731363, 05 Mar 2022Litterary i never had problems with any brand which wasnt S... moreSo that's the reason for talking trash in every damn thread about these brands since 2012. Because you have Apple, Samsung and Sony models but had bad experience with them huh? Right.... Well okay if you say so. So you're telling me that no chinese brand ever let you down and only Samsung, Apple and Sony did? Right... So how come your experience is different from the most of users? How so?
                  Btw did you find out the sallary for your next job in arenaEV? You were asking them about that in public forum. Dude... Wth.. LMAO...
                  Well.. good luck with that

                    Anonymous, 05 Mar 2022Those apps are not open for months...Samsung has a feature ... moreThen, it is a Samsung's feature, and a good one I might add.
                    Because, it doesn't happen in my LG phone or even my last Xiaomi, I can safely say its not related to Google's stock Android 10-11 as such, correct me if I got it wrong.

                    Also, I somewhat disagree that a RAM's role is to cache tasks only. RAM is related to everything that is being run at any time. This also includes foreground/ active tasks that the user i doing.
                    And from personal experience, I can say that better RAM enables better work at a lower level at least. As for extra RAM, let me just say it may help power users, the company must consider that not all users are alike.
                    So, no one can say that 'XX GB of RAM is overkill", except maybe a user (can say for himself only).

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                      • Anonymous
                      • M}3
                      • 07 Mar 2022

                      Nickname optional, 06 Mar 2022I don't particular like Chinese companies, even though... moreI actually don't mind MIUI. It's probably why I didn't mind iOS either as I've used EMUI and MIUI before it and both are very iOS-ish. My main issue with Xiaomi was annoying task killing and fact they update MIUI stuff and slap it on top of old Android foundation. So, unless you are using latest model of phone per hardware, you'll be stuck on old version of Android underneath. Why? Why is this necessary? Just port all the phones to latest Android and latest MIUI. How hard can it be? Well, in Xiaomi's case, very, because they just relentlessly spam new phone models to the market and make weird rebrands between Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco. No wonder it's hard to maintain all of it in software then...

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                        • Anonymous
                        • PWD
                        • 06 Mar 2022

                        Anonymous, 05 Mar 2022I had an account before but deleted it. Ain't such a l... moreSamsung isn’t as good as it once used to be. So moved to fruit brand which was contrary to Samsung. Once selling garbage, now selling king products

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                          • Anonymous
                          • PWD
                          • 06 Mar 2022

                          Nickname optional, 06 Mar 2022I don't particular like Chinese companies, even though... moreBecause some people are just jealous and what they see is on the internet

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                            • Anonymous
                            • mfe
                            • 06 Mar 2022

                            Nickname optional, 06 Mar 2022Wake up and smell the roses kid. Samsung slows down or re... moreI don't have a problem with throttling when it keeps apps in check.

                            However is like to have the option to turn it off for select apps.

                              I really agree with you. It's a serious heartbreak to support a brand , give it your all , only for that same brand to betray your trust. I'm beginning to believe spending our hard earned cash on flagship devices is not really worth it if we are not going to fully experience what the companies promise . I'm going to stick to midrangers or at most the "Fe" variant of the S series. I hate fraud.

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                                • ppq
                                • 06 Mar 2022

                                Anonymous, 06 Mar 2022Which Chinese brand then? Xiaomi? Lots of issues in MIUI 13... moreI don't particular like Chinese companies, even though my current phone is a Realme GT Neo 2 and my previous phone was an OnePlus 9 Pro (both Chinese brands). But is true, Chinese brands offer the best specs at lower prices.
                                I actually wanted to buy the Xiaomi 11T, instead of the Realme GT Neo 2, but when I saw MiUi 13 on YouTube, lol. It looked so IOSish, with those widgets and control center.
                                Not that I don't like IOS, I actually like it more than stock Android. But the fact that 1-2 years ago all Xiaomi fanboys were making fun of the widgets in IOS and now they copied in MiUi too, shows a lot about this company and its fanboys. No originality whatsoever and always talking bad things about other companies. They are the worse kind of fanboys.

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                                  • AnonD-731363
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                                  • 06 Mar 2022

                                  Anonymous, 06 Mar 2022Which Chinese brand then? Xiaomi? Lots of issues in MIUI 13... moreMan lies??? Where.
                                  I am more than 40 years old.
                                  Had tons of phones since Nokia began selling here in Slovakia back in 90s era.
                                  Whether you trust me or not i dont care but please dont call me a liar.
                                  Everybody can speak from its own experience.
                                  No brand needs to be perfect.
                                  The only brand and phone which never failed me and still working is a Vertu phone.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • PWD
                                    • 06 Mar 2022

                                    AnonD-731363, 05 Mar 2022Litterary i never had problems with any brand which wasnt S... moreWhich Chinese brand then? Xiaomi? Lots of issues in MIUI 13. ColorOS? Slow updates. Please stop with your lies, we know you don’t own that many phones

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                                      • Nickname optional
                                      • ppq
                                      • 06 Mar 2022

                                      Anonymous, 05 Mar 2022Experienced it with Tab S5e to this day, did experience wit... moreWake up and smell the roses kid.
                                      Samsung slows down or releases bad updates. But so does Apple. I experienced it myself on both Samsung phones and iPhones. The most recently on OnePlus 9 pro.
                                      So yeah, no company is perfect. Just buy the phone you like most and you have money for.
                                      But talking trash about one company in particular, when they are actually all the same, is just wrong.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • Twq
                                        • 05 Mar 2022

                                        Solun1, 05 Mar 2022I don't believe a word you say about experiencing it. ... moreI had an account before but deleted it. Ain't such a loser to create another one just to comment. I don't care what you believe or not. At this point every phone brand is garbage to me. I stuck with Samsung since it was the least crap, or so I thought.