Lenovo is no stranger to the tablet market. It recently launched the Yoga 8 and Yoga 10 tablets with a rather unique kickstand design with the help of its latest Lenovo product engineer, Ashton Kutcher. Both are relatively inexpensive tablets with quad-core MediaTek MT8125 processors and WXGA (1280×800) displays. The company may have loftier ambitions for its next models though. […]
Benchmarks
Mysterious ASUS PadFone X gets benchmarked by AnTuTu
While ASUS may have had a slow start with its PadFone line of devices, the hybrid device that lets you convert a smartphone into a tablet looks like it is finally beginning to find a nice for itself in the market. Following the announcement of the ASUS PadFone Mini last week, a new model has surfaced on the AnTuTu benchmarking […]
Samsung SM-G900F appears on Browsermark benchmark
An upcoming Samsung smartphone has once again been spotted in benchmark results. First, it was the SM-G900S last week and now the SM-G900F has been spotted in the Rightware Browsermark browser benchmark results. We first heard about the SM-G900F last week courtesy of a shipment notification as it made its way to Samsung’s Indian R&D center. Little was revealed at […]
Samsung SM-G900S spotted on GFXBench – Is this the Galaxy S5?
A new Samsung device has been spotted on the GFXBench website. The details for the SM-G900S suggest we could be looking at Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5. A caveat first: Nowhere on the benchmark results does the name Galaxy S5 show up. In fact, the model number itself suggests it could be a variant or successor to the […]
Futuremark delists devices that manipulate benchmarking
Benchmark scores may not be a true reflection of how well a device runs in real life but they are nonetheless useful at comparing devices in a controlled environment. Unfortunately, benchmark scores have been called into question given recent findings that device manufacturers try to manipulate these with custom code and tricks like turning on all processor cores when benchmarking […]
AnTuTu benchmarks upcoming HTC M8
Details continue to emerge about what is likely to be the HTC One’s successor. Still only known as the HTC M8, it now appears to have made an appearance on the AnTuTu benchmarking suite. It appears as the HTC 0P6B120 and Japan’s Blog of Mobile as well as Nowheerlse.fr’s own Steve Hemmerstoffer surmise that this is none other than the HTC […]
Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 gets benchmarked and nabs Bluetooth certification
The oft-rumoured Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 appears to be inching further along towards an eventual launch. Following certification of the Wi-Fi model, an LTE variant has now also surfaced on the Bluetooth SIG website. The tablet has also gotten benchmarked. Following certification of the SM-P901, the SM-P905V has now been certified by the Bluetooth SIG. The filing itself reveals little, […]
Samsung not alone in manipulating benchmarking software
The practice of manipulating benchmark software is more widespread than initial reports let on. Samsung was caught gaming benchmark scores on the Galaxy Note 3 by detecting when benchmark software was running. Not surprisingly, Samsung denied any wrongdoing. It now appears that Samsung is not the only manufacturer manipulating benchmarks. AnandTech, which first caught Samsung gaming Galaxy S4 scores this […]