Golden Reviewer

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Samsung has become Apple, innovation is dead.
Vivo X200Pro better than S23Ultra Plus(Oh sorry I mean S25Ultra) in almost every way while only priced at 60% or so...
For the first time since Galaxy S4 I'm not buying it.
It's so boring that they put RCS messaging in the posters..

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@HuaweiMobile @Huawei so i asked the staff: why do you refuse to take it in? what if this explodes or catches a fire at my home? can you just keep it first and we discuss about the repair cost once you checked it? Answer = NO

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Guys i just want to get a second opinion on this.
So my @HuaweiMobile Mate40Pro got a bloated battery and the service center refuses to do anything about it(not even taking in for a check) unless i pay upfront a "check fee".
This thing is now a fire hazard, what should i do?

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Special thanks to PerfDog for making these tests possible. https://t.co/0luElu1svI

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GPU performance/efficiency for Dimensity9400 in Vivo X200 Pro.
Note that both peak performance and power are lower compared to the official test device from MTK, this is due to: 1.lower RAM freq(8533 vs 10667) 2. more conservative tuning by Vivo(focus on efficiency)

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GPU performance/efficiency for Apple M4 in iPad Pro.
I will test the new 9400 and SD8 Elite soon, stay tuned.
Special thanks to PerfDog for making these tests possible.

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Sustained performance is >20% better on A18Pro compared to A17Pro
This is actually very impressive improvement.
#iPhone16ProMax

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Which camera do you prefer?
Pic 1: #iPhone15ProMax
Pic 2: #iPhone16ProMax
Pic 3: #GalaxyS24Ultra
Pic 4: #Pixel9ProXL

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@spicy_p0tat0 To clarify I'll drop Manhattan test not Aztec test.

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Apple A18Pro vs A17 Pro GPU performance and power(efficiency) results.
We see 12-20% better performance and around 10% better efficiency at peak performance, which I think is a good progress.
Still slower than last gen Android GPUs tho. Apple, up your game?
#iPhone16ProMax

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@special4u5 Maybe better CPU and better optimization.
I'm not able to systematically test the CPU performance/efficient of apple devices. But from what I know, I'm confident to say they're well ahead of their Android counterparts.

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Moving forward I'll drop GFXBench 3.1 test as it's too obselete technology and add the newer 3DMark SNL test. Results of various SoC will be gradually populated

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Man I don’t know maybe I’m crazy or something, but in my real world tests, #iPhone15ProMax consistently takes brighter and sharper low light ultra wide photos than the #iPhone16ProMax …
WTH??? Isn’t this supposed to be an “upgrade”?

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New ultra wide sensor doesn’t really do much to the image quality it seems? I was expecting a little bit more.
Can you even tell which is from #iPhone15ProMax and which is from #iPhone16ProMax ?
1, 3 from 16
2,4 from 15

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Anyone notice a significant drop in CPU benchmark performance after updating to iOS 18?
#iOS18 #iPhone

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Sorry I had a typo, the X4 frequency should be 3.1Ghz not 3.2Ghz. Fixed here.

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Google Tensor G4 performance/power consumption/efficiency test results.
What do you think?
#pixel9pro

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@VinceLongman Tensor G4 takes 199s in 462, 8gen3 took 126s, is that considered broken?

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When I suddenly feel nostalgic and turn my Galaxy S10 back on...

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#GalaxyFold5 vs #VivoXFold3Pro night shot.
Do you like the color of the Samsung, or the details of the Vivo?