HTC admits its High Performance Mode pumped up benchmark scores for the HTC One (M8)

Last year, Samsung was accused of putting technology into its high-end Android phones that could determine when a benchmark test was being run, and boost the frequencies of the CPU on the device. Samsung did admit that "the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 maximizes its CPU/GPU frequencies when running features that demand substantial performance."



Now, it is HTC's turn to be accused of pumping up benchmark results. And the phone it is accused of cheating with is none other than the HTC One (M8). It seems that AnTuTu has added a new version of its popular benchmarking site called AnTuTu X, which is ...