Huawei was caught cheating on phone benchmarks (update)

Faced with the situation, Wang Chenglu from Huawei said AnandTech that he wanted to adopt standardized benchmarks, closer to the real-world experience, and that he was distorting existing benchmarks because "others are doing the same test" . It was a common practice in China, said Wang, suggesting that Huawei would lose sales if it did not cheat. The company has also indicated to UL that it is considering offering a speed accelerator mode in a future update (it is not clear that it is the GPU Turbo of the game of honor and 10 ) so that any application benefits from the same performance gain.

Not that society arouses much sympathy. He uses the excuses you used in elementary school "the other kids do it too". And when Huawei is the second largest smartphone maker on the planet, should not it give the example instead of following the herd? If nothing else, you would think that Huawei would realize that the long-term consequences of the discovery would outweigh the benefits. Cheating has not only prevented Huawei's phones from affirming, but it has eroded trust at a time when the company is already struggling to maintain its reputation.

Update: Huawei issued a statement reiterating its previous points (including plans for a "performance mode") and saying that the two jointly removed the phones on the 3DMark graphics. The handsets will be back once Huawei's "all users" phones have access to this more powerful option. You can read the full answer below.

"Huawei and UL (creators of 3DMark) have had in-depth discussions on calibration practices this week and have reached a positive agreement on the next steps in the collaboration."

'During the discussion, Huawei explained that its smartphones use an artificial intelligent resource planning mechanism.Various scenarios with different resource requirements, the latest Huawei handsets are exploiting innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence to optimize allocating resources its maximum capabilities, while responding to user demands in all scenarios.

"UL understands the intent of Huawei's approach, but opposes performance mode being used by default when a benchmarking application is detected by the device." "UL rules require a device to perform the benchmark as if it.

"Huawei respects consumers' right to choose what to do with their devices, so Huawei will provide users with open access to" Performance Mode "in EMUI 9.0, so users can choose when to use the maximum power of their device.

"Huawei and UL also discussed common reference test methodologies in general, and UL and Huawei would like to participate in an industry movement to develop benchmarking standards that best meet the needs of manufacturers, the press, and consumers.

"To avoid any confusion about the current results, after discussion, UL and Huawei have temporarily removed the benchmark scores from various Huawei devices and will restore them after Huawei has granted all Huawei handset users access to Performance mode."