OnePlus deliberately limits the performance of apps on its devices

July 8, 2021 Luisa Rey

OnePlus is less positive in the news. The manufacturer would deliberately limit the performance of applications on its devices. The company has since responded to the news.

OnePlus limits app performance

A report has come out about some steps OnePlus has taken for its smartphones. The report specifically talks about the OnePlus 9 Pro, the company’s latest high-end smartphone. The phone manufacturer would deliberately limit the performance. This can have the result that this is beneficial to the battery consumption. This is called ‘throttling’ and is more commonly done by manufacturers. However, the 9 Pro is a high-end smartphone and a lot of money is put on the table for it. Then you probably also want the most powerful performance.

The performance of many applications is therefore limited. It is not just about games, but about a large number of applications that are used by many on a daily basis. Think of TikTok, WhatsApp, Twitter, Zoom, Facebook, Chrome, Instagram, Netflix and Discord. Apps from Google and Microsoft are also run less powerfully.

The reaction

OnePlus has since responded to the reports. In summary, it states that it has received feedback from users on how to improve battery consumption. Not very surprising; in our OnePlus 9 Pro review, it also emerged that the endurance is very moderate. We have put down the response that OnePlus has given to XDA for you below;

“Our top priority is always delivering a great user experience with our products, based in part on acting quickly on important user feedback. Following the launch of the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro in March, some users told us about some areas where we could improve the devices’ battery life and heat management. As a result of this feedback, our R&D team has been working over the past few months to optimize the devices’ performance when using many of the most popular apps, including Chrome, by matching the app’s processor requirements with the most appropriate power. This has helped to provide a smooth experience while reducing power consumption. While this may impact the devices’ performance in some benchmarking apps, our focus as always is to do what we can to improve the performance of the device for our users.”