Chinese Company Oppo is the Latest To Be Caught Cheating on Phone Benchmarks (engadget.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: You can add another big name to the list of phone makers found cheating on benchmarks. UL Benchmarks has delisted Oppo's Find X and F7 phones from its 3DMark charts after testing from itself and news outlet Tech2 revealed that both devices were artificially ramping up processor performance when they detected the test by name. Oppo acknowledged that it always stepped things up when it detected "games or 3D Benchmarks that required high performance," but claimed that any app would run full bore if you tapped on the screen every few seconds to signal your actions. UL, however, rejected the justifications. It was clear that Oppo was looking for the benchmark by name and not the extra processing load involved, according to the outfit. Moreover, tapping wouldn't be an effective solution if Oppo treated apps equally -- you couldn't get consistent results. Further reading: Huawei Caught Cheating Performance Test For New Phones.

Comments

I suspect mostly everybody does that!

[ls671]

I suspect mostly everybody does that from Facebook to Volkswagen etc. so it isn't limited to technology.

Just don't get caught I guess...

Re:I suspect mostly everybody does that!

[FeelGood314]

And that is why we need to call companies that do this stuff out and punish them. We need to reward companies that don't and also we need to appreciate companies like UL Benchmarks and Tech2.