HTC admits to boosting benchmarks on the M8

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9d8a981bb9320285c169906a4c514fdc.jpgAdd this to the not so shocking category of news that we cover, but it appears that HTC is actually boosting its all new HTC One’s benchmarks. Citing a “high performance mode” the company admits that yes, it does indeed boost these scores. Like other companies, Samsung for example, HTC engineers have “optimized” the software to run in certain scenarios. The folks at c|net received an email in response to this discovery, and an HTC rep had this to say:​



“Thanks for your email about the HTC One (M8). Benchmarking tests look to determine maximum performance of the CPU and GPU and, similar to the engine in a high-performance sports car, our engineers optimize in certain scenarios to produce the best possible performance. If someone would like to get around this benchmarking optimization there are ways to do so, but we think most often this will not be the case.”​

Basically, the phone is designed to recognize apps like AnTuTu 4 and kick the device into over-drive. In fact when the phone runs AnTuTu X it doesn’t perform near as well as it did in AnTuTu4 (see below).

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HTC doesn’t see this as a form of cheating though. In fact the rep toted it as a feature of the device:


“For those with a need for speed, we’ve provided a simple way to unleash this power by introducing a new High Performance Mode in the developer settings that can be enabled and disabled manually. The HTC One (M8) is optimized to provide the best balance of performance and battery life, but we believe in offering customer choice, as there may be times when the desire for performance outweighs the need for battery longevity.”
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Currently, this feature isn’t available in US devices, but will be eventually through a software update. So for whatever reason that you need this, you’ll have to wait.​

From confusing numbers, to a lack of in-real-life usage information, benchmarks really don’t get people anywhere — at least in this writer’s opinion. If you’re wanting an accurate portrayal of how a phone operates from day-to-day in the real world, the best bet is to talk to someone who has owned the device for a little while. Of course if you’re into benchmarks, just remember to take them with a grain of salt.​

source: c|net​


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