OPPO Hyper Boost is intended to speed up every app on your phone

The Chinese tech company pushed supercharging smartphone batteries to the limits. Now, it's time to speed up the silicon through its own means.

Huawei P20 Pro delisted on 3DMark over benchmark cheating controversy

Reporting on how several recent Huawei phones have gamed the performance testing systems has led to UL Benchmarks to blacklist those devices.

How to make your Android feel faster

This is a simple trick to speed up Android that doesn't require root or tinkering and tampering deep within the settings.

Apple might be in trouble with US government agencies for iPhone performance throttling

The iPhone throttling scandal is far from over, as Apple still needs to answer questions from the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Google Play changes aim to take Android app security and performance to the next level

Android app security and performance will be a big focus for Google over the next couple of years, as proven by recently announced Play Store policy revisions.

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature: Apple defends performance reductions on old iPhones

Apple has quickly reacted to iPhone slowdown accusations, admitting it intentionally put a cap on the 6, 6s, SE and 7 performance to "prolong their life."

Once again, Qualcomm modems are better than Intel modems in iPhone X

If you're on Sprint, US Cellular or Verizon, your iPhone X should theoretically perform better than ones on AT&T or T-Mobile.

That iPhone slowdown over time may be more slight than you think

At least, on benchmarks, anyways. But the data shows that performance on the iPhone 5s stays relatively consistent between multiple iOS versions.

ASUS ZenFone 4 benchmark hints at split mid-range Snapdragon chipsets

On base spec, the Snapdragon 630 and Snapdragon 660 run near-identical to each other. Thing is, the ZenFone 4 was only initially tagged with one.

iPad Pro 10.5 benchmark reveals 4GB RAM, impressive scores

The A10X Fusion chipset inside the new iPad Pro models cooks. It destroys the A9X on single-core and multi-core Geekbench tests.

Android O beta update cuts down on the choppiness

And it was indeed a pretty choppy experience just dealing with the home screen on the Nexus 5X with the Android O beta loaded in.

Huawei exec not interested in “Cold War arms race” to 8GB RAM phones

The first major phone from Huawei with 6GB of RAM was the Mate 9, introduced only as a response to the market. But is 8GB just too excessive?

Best network in the US, T-Mobile, suffers intermittent overnight outages

In fact, three in just as many weeks with most recent one happening during a busy weekend night and in the midst of impact from Hurricane Matthew.

With RAM tweak, OnePlus 3 performance neck and neck with Galaxy S7 edge

The OnePlus 3 once again was pitted against the Galaxy S7 edge to see how it handles keeping apps in memory with a key tweak made.

These are the features that every good smartphone needs

Smartphones are made up of a whole bunch of pieces put together like the best Tetris game ever. Sometimes an OEM will cut a corner or two to drive down costs, or make a design element more feasible. Often, that results in a phone that is less-than-perfect in one or more area. But which area? That’s the great question.

Since we’re all – reader and editor alike – firmly embedded in mobile, we’re probably a good crowd to ask. The answer is quite subjective, but who better to poll than us? So I [...]