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Earlier this year, AnTuTu released a list of the most powerful smartphones for 2016 . The results were got from average scores of benchmark tests, all conducted on their app. OnePlus 3T topped the list. But new reports are suggesting otherwise. It seems the result were falsified. Put more succinctly, OnePlus cheated.
How OnePlus cheated?
Research from Geekbench and XDA developers revealed that the OnePlus 3T performed reasonably faster when running some selected apps (benchmark apps), than when running other apps. The processors were set to clock higher speeds when the phone was running a benchmark app. See cheating. Meizu was guilty of the same sin with their Meizu Pro 6 phone.
OnePlus was contacted for a comment on the issue, and they confirmed the act. They claimed it was done to improve performance of their phones on high intensive applications and games. See the official statement:
‘In order to give users a better user experience in resource intensive apps and games, especially graphically intensive ones, we implemented certain mechanisms in the community and Nougat builds to trigger the processor to run more aggressively. The trigger process for bench-marking apps will not be present in upcoming OxygenOS builds on the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T.’
They promised to remove the trick in a new software update. Therefore, the OnePlus 3T might no longer remain as the most powerful device for 2016. Do you think OnePlus is right with their statement? Let’s have your thoughts.
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PhoneRadar[1] reports that India’s Reliance Jio is working on a 4G feature phone. You probably never thought you would ever hear of such a thing; did you? You know how difficult it is to find a 3G feature phone. But a 4G model? Heck. As shocking as it may sound, 4G feature phones are on the way.
So, this basic phone without a touchscreen, with an alphanumeric keypad and a torchlight will be able to access the internet at 4G broadband speeds. Users of the phone will be able to make VOIP calls, stream, and download video/music, and watch live TV.
Large Chunks Of The World Still Use Feature Phones
Note that it is estimated that about 65 percent of mobile phone users in India still use feature phones, so this isn’t a crazy idea at all. Why should that large segment of the population have no access to fast internet because they do not own smartphones?
It can be argued that the arrival of 4G LTE feature phones would pose a challenge to smartphone adoption. But here is the point: people who cannot afford smartphones cannot afford smartphones anyway. They are better off with faster internet access on the devices that they can afford.
In Nigeria, another vibrant mobile market in the emerging world, is recording a decline in smartphone shipments and a huge rise in feature phone shipments. On the African continent, iTel became the largest mobile brand by shipping more feature phones than anyone else.
See the trend? Feature phones are not going away – and providing mobile broadband on them is a great move. Hopefully, we shall see other 4G feature phones show up across all emerging markets in a little while. Seeing as Nokia branded phones are back in the market, this is a segment of phones that they should get into. iTel too.
The Reliance Jio 4G feature phone is expected to cost just INR 1,299. That is approximately USD 20 or NGN 6,000. Not bad for 4G LTE internet access on a basic cell phone. Not bad at all.
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