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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.
In recent years, the performance of smartphone SoCs has reached a point where their power is often overkill in certain scenarios for many apps including social media, browsers and even some light gaming. 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. To be more precise, we want to match each app with the most appropriate performance it needs.
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?
Smartphone performance
What's more important to you?
- Performance at the expense of battery life and heat.18%
- User experience without ever unlocking your phone's full potential.82%
The competition has ended.
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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