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Interesting, presumably the relevance here is you think mobile phone makers are putting 4-core processors in and blocking use if 2 of them, or putting an extra unused battery in? I can't see how it relates otherwise.

Interesting as it is from a "lies marketers tell" perspective aren't they much more likely to lie about 200 hours standby time than 3800mAh of battery power? The latter can be independently verified much more readily.

They can lie about the standby time in a way they can support in a court of law - it was tested in pre-production with no apps running and the best battery they could find that has been made to the specs, say. But they can't really support putting a 20% lower power battery in and labelling it wrongly.

If it tells you the processor, you can compare with other phones using the same, or other devices with similar chips. CPUs with disabled parts are given different courses by the manufacturer.

Hours of use, etc., would only be useful if done by an independent agency, like NCAP car safety ratings.



I didn't intend to comment on any active practices; I was just providing precedent for the parent's suggestion that we should

> Let them brag that their phone have more capacitors.




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