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Huawei caught cheating performance test for new phones

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Re: Huawei caught cheating performance test for new phones

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Post by bitL »

flatb wrote: post #106
TeMPOraL wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unlimited backup storage for low-quality, highly-compressed photos. If you want to store photos the way they were shot, you'll quickly run out of space and will have to pay up. (That's what made me pay Google directly for the first time; extra storage for backing up photos.)

The photos are neither low-quality nor highly-compressed. I personally can't tell much of a difference 95% of the time and I'm a technical person. Here´s a comparison and a closeup, left image is the original, right one compressed with the Unlimited Storage setting: full picture https://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-01-01-1451631423-7665... cropped detail https://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-01-01-1451631515-2060.…

The first picture has a very noticeable color shift (left is warmer, right is colder) - I am looking at it on a professional 10-bit 4k display which might be a factor, but I would run away from any storage that would cause that :-O Detail looks horrible on both, difficult to say which one is worse and how well do they match. On better photos that would probably be noticeable (my color vision is 100%).

Re: Huawei caught cheating performance test for new phones

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Post by fapjacks »

chrisper wrote: post #67
fapjacks wrote: post #57

Yeah, Huawei also sells shitty phones with locked bootloaders. Not interested in any case, cheating or no.

I disagree that they are shitty... hardware and software is great. Their ethical standards maybe not. Besides, if you want to install custom roms just get a phone that is supported officially (e.g. Pixel). I don't care about custom rom scene so it doesn't bother me that the bootlocker is locked. Though it was definitely a nice to have while it still existed.

You don't care about custom ROM scene, but by purchasing Huawei's products when you have plenty of other highly-competitive choices, you are supporting their ethical standards. And thus by proxy you are declaring your support for locked-down hardware and black-box software. As long as you are totally aware and recognize that you do not support the principles of free computing, and that you support companies asserting ownership rights over something after you have purchased it, then I have no problem with your reply. There is no hostile intent with this comment, but I do wonder if you understand what you are saying, when you say that you realize their ethical standards are not great, but you continue to buy their products because it currently does not affect you, despite having plenty of excellent alternatives in this market. Incidentally, I think you have a cool username.

Re: Huawei caught cheating performance test for new phones

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Post by TeMPOraL »

bitL wrote: post #121
flatb wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The photos are neither low-quality nor highly-compressed. I personally can't tell much of a difference 95% of the time and I'm a technical person. Here´s a comparison and a closeup, left image is the original, right one compressed with the Unlimited Storage setting: full picture https://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-01-01-1451631423-7665... cropped detail https://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-01-01-1451631515-2060.…

The first picture has a very noticeable color shift (left is warmer, right is colder) - I am looking at it on a professional 10-bit 4k display which might be a factor, but I would run away from any storage that would cause that :-O Detail looks horrible on both, difficult to say which one is worse and how well do they match. On better photos that would probably be noticeable (my color vision is 100%).

I'm looking at it on a Dell U2715H, which is not a professional display, just a consumer one with above-average color quality and good calibration out-of-the-box, and I could spot the temperature shift immediately as well. Also, as you say, the details are bad.

I'm wary of services that auto-compress images, because a) I want my bits to stay the way they were originally captured, and b) every now and then I have to print a photo I make, and then suddenly all those details matter for the print quality.

Re: Huawei caught cheating performance test for new phones

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Post by TeMPOraL »

yunyu wrote: post #103
TeMPOraL wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unlimited backup storage for low-quality, highly-compressed photos. If you want to store photos the way they were shot, you'll quickly run out of space and will have to pay up. (That's what made me pay Google directly for the first time; extra storage for backing up photos.)

I personally can't tell the difference between the compressed versions and the originals (I don't take RAW photos). Here's an analysis of this: https://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Photos-High-quality-v...

Nice analysis and I admit I'm surprised by how good their compression is. I was expecting much worse, and that's why I immediately started paying for storage, so that I don't have to worry about bad-quality photos later.

Re: Huawei caught cheating performance test for new phones

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Post by euyyn »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #123
bitL wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The first picture has a very noticeable color shift (left is warmer, right is colder) - I am looking at it on a professional 10-bit 4k display which might be a factor, but I would run away from any storage that would cause that :-O Detail looks horrible on both, difficult to say which one is worse and how well do they match. On better photos that would probably be noticeable (my color vision is 100%).

I'm looking at it on a Dell U2715H, which is not a professional display, just a consumer one with above-average color quality and good calibration out-of-the-box, and I could spot the temperature shift immediately as well. Also, as you say, the details are bad. I'm wary of services that auto-compress images, because a) I want my bits to stay the way they were originally captured, and b) every now and then I have to p…

It's a non-issue with a Google phone (a Pixel) in any case, as you have unlimited storage of photos in their original quality.
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