OnePlus limiting app performance on $1000 phones for better battery life
(Android Central)

OnePlus says it`s intentionally slowing down performance to provide better battery life What you need to know OnePlus has been accused of throttling some of the most popular Android apps. The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro have been removed from Geekbench charts. OnePlus confirms the reason is to improve battery life and heat management. On Tuesday, a report by Anandtech was published suggesting that a number if Android apps were underperforming on the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 pro. App performance for Google Chrome was much lower than what has been found on other of the best Android phones. But it was also discovered that this app throttling was not limited to just one or two apps, and instead affects hundreds of popular apps. In the report, it was found that when using traditional benchmarking apps like Geekbench, there was no discernible difference. However, using browser benchmarks like Speedometer 2.0, the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro suffered scores much lower than devices like the Galaxy S21,...