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Samsung Galaxy S23 series to feature improved cooling to reduce CPU throttling

Sean — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 10:47:48 +0000

The Samsung Galaxy S23 series is set to launch soon with various improvements over its predecessor. But now, a new report has suggested that the next gen flagship will also arrive with a new and improved cooling system as well.

Just a while ago, the GeekBench listing for the entire Samsung Galaxy S23 series was leaked, which showcased the performance of the overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. However, there were some discrepancies in this listing. While the single core tests were in line with other Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processors, the multi core tests were lower than the norm. This is odd considering the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 on the Galaxy S23 lineup is expected to be an overclock variant and hinted at CPU throttling issues on the S23.

Although a new report from AndroidHeadlines found that the latest GeekBench test for the Galaxy S23 Ultra managed to reach a score of 5,179 points. This meant that the South Korean tech giant managed to fix whatever issue that caused the performance to throttle. For those unaware, throttling basically implies fall in CPU performance when the chip gets too hot. According to tipster @AhmedQwaider888 on Twitter, the Samsung Galaxy S23 series will actually feature a more robust thermal management system.

Reportedly, the Galaxy S23 will feature a cooling system that is 1.6 times better than the one housed in the Galaxy S22. Similarly, the Galaxy S23+ will have a 2.8 times better cooling system than the Galaxy S22+. Lastly, the Galaxy S23 Ultra will also feature a cooling system that is 2.3 times better than the Galaxy S22 Ultra. Thanks to this, the company will be able to reduce thermal throttling issues for longer sustained performance.

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Galaxy S22 series sales see decline in Korea following GOS-throttling debacle

Zohaib Ahmed — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:51:28 +0000

Samsung was caught red-handed last month limiting performance on the Galaxy S22 series through an application identifier-based list containing over 10,000 apps. Following the news, Geekbench kicked not just the latest flagship series but multiple older flagship models from the company off its benchmark charts.

As if that wasn’t enough bad news for Sammy, a new Korea Times report now shows that the controversy is taking its toll on the sales of the Galaxy S22 series in South Korea, leading to the company’s carrier partners sharply raising subsidies in order to raise demand.

Carriers KT and LG Uplus say they’ve increased subsidies for the Galaxy S22 and S22+ by up to 500,000 won (around $410), while subsidies for the Ultra model have already been raised. The subsidies now are more than triple the 150,000 won worth of subsidies offered previously.

Customers didn’t like what Samsung was doing here for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the workings of GOS were kept rather hush-hush, and it wasn’t possible to disable the service even if users wanted to. Samsung did roll out updates to address the thing but it clearly hasn’t been enough, as the home country sales figures suggest.

After all, the measure was rather devious as the 10,000 apps list included all but benchmarking apps, meaning benchmark scores weren’t representative of the actual performance. A local mobile carrier official is quoted as saying that “There is a view that the GOS issue adversely affects the sales of the S22.