OnePlus 9 Pro gets delisted from Geekbench for benchmark manipulation

[CyberTech]

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What just happened? OnePlus' flagship phones, the 9 and 9 Pro launched to favorable reviews earlier this year, however, AnandTech's deep dive into the latter's performance revealed that the phone was throttling performance in popular apps in an apparent effort to boost efficiency and battery life. That's led to Geekbench delisting both the standard 9 and 9 Pro models from its benchmark database.

The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro may undercut flagship competitors in pricing, but it seems that the devices aren’t offering owners the full-fledged performance of their powerful Snapdragon 888 SoCs.

In performance testing of the OnePlus 9 Pro, AnandTech discovered the phone to be aggressively throttling performance in dozens of popular apps including all of Google’s apps, Microsoft Office, mainstream web browsers, social media apps, and even OnePlus' own first-party apps.

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[plat]

Did OnePlus not think this would be found out eventually? lol?

 

[Islam Gamal]

the last good device from oneplus was oneplus 7t pro. This is my first and last oneplus device.
They have a lot of problems now with android 11. They can't make a stable one yet.

 

[Venustus]

Farcical to say the least

 

[LahiruRajinda]

the last good device from oneplus was oneplus 7t pro. This is my first and last oneplus device.
They have a lot of problems now with android 11. They can't make a stable one yet.

I think 7 series is a miss. 6T on the other hand, was a masterpiece.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Weren't they caught once before too?
Edit: Yeah, found it. They did it once before. How dare they did it again? Shame!

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OnePlus 3T and Meizu Pro 6 benchmark performance was higher than the two smartphones deserved, according to a XDA Developer report.

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[Moonhorse]

the last good device from oneplus was oneplus 7t pro. This is my first and last oneplus device.
They have a lot of problems now with android 11. They can't make a stable one yet.

Nord CE 5g is pretty solid, back to dominate lower price phones

 

[CyberTech]

Last Tuesday, AnandTech caught OnePlus doing the previously unthinkable — throttling the performance of its new flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 9 Pro. Seeing “inexplicable” slowdown, the publication discovered the phone was diverting a laundry list of popular apps away from its Snapdragon 888’s high-performance cores. The company’s excuse? It was all an attempt to save battery life.

Today, OnePlus is doubling down on that earlier statement with a longer forum post, where the company’s argument sounds downright reasonable. “In recent years, the performance of smartphone SoCs has reached a point where their power is often overkill in certain scenarios,” writes OnePlus, blaming Qualcomm for essentially being too good at its job.

“With this in mind, our team has shifted its attention from simply providing sheer performance to providing the performance you expect from our devices while reducing power consumption and heat dissipation,” adds OnePlus.

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