Android World Update # Cheating at Android benchmarks isn't new

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Cheating at Android benchmarks isn't new Oct 2nd 2013, 03:35, by Phil Nickinson Should we hate the player? Or hate the game? Both, probably. With today's shocking revelation that it's possible to cheat Android benchmark apps, it's worth a quick reminder that we've always been able to manipulate Android benchmarks. And, frankly, it shouldn't come as any surprise that manufacturers do everything they can to score as high as possible. I quite fondly recall sitting in a Hell's Kitchen bar in 2011, just hours after the launch event for the original Samsung Galaxy S. I had a brand new Motorola Droid X in my pocket — announced just a week prior — and (now former) Samsung engineers asking to see how it benchmarked. Not knowing better at the time, I happily obliged.  Here's the thing: We have only ourselves to blame for this nonsense. read more

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