Huawei got caught cheating on benchmark tests, and now it’s trying to make amends. Today the company announced that it’ll let users force their phone into “performance mode,” saying it respects “consumers’ right to choose what to do with their devices.” This optimizes their device to run faster, but requires more of the phone’s power. Users will be able to do so starting with EMUI 9.0, a future version of Huawei’s OS.
This week, AnandTech exposed Huawei as optimizing its smartphones to over-perform on benchmark tests, specifically the 3DMark program. As such, 3DMark delisted the P20, P20 Pro, Nova 3, and Honor Play from its leaderboards. The phones were coded to detect this software and adjusted their performance accordingly. They didn’t...
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