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OnePlus to throttle Series 9 phones: a good performance without consuming too much power
by Dominik Bärlocher
OnePlus: «New SoCs are overkill»
13.7.2021
Translation: Patrik Stainbrook
OnePlus has throttled its flagships on a software level. No one noticed. Until now. The manufacturer has answered, giving an insight into their view on smartphone performance.
Following the scandal, or scandals, regarding the software-based performance throttling for the OnePlus 9 and the OnePlus 9 Pro, manufacturer OnePlus has provided information about how it sees the world of systems-on-a-chip (SoC).
The Chinese company issued a lengthy statement to industry magazine gsmarena.com.
The veiled statement is true at its core. SoCs are now so fast that software can act as a bottleneck. Be it via a function such as OnePlus’ cpu_bouncing_01 or simply by strictly regulating animation speeds in normal mode.
This also raises questions: what is more important to users? Exploiting performance, which then impacts the battery and develops heat? Or longevity paired with a «suitable » user experience, which, however, doesn’t utilise a flagship’s full performance?
For flagship fans, however, a completely different question arises: why should you spend 1000 francs on a phone whose specs you’ll never use?
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