{"id":48236,"date":"2026-04-08T07:11:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/this-is-no-good-these-top-gaming-phones-with-liquid-cooling-got-caught-for-benchmark-cheating\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:11:44","slug":"this-is-no-good-these-top-gaming-phones-with-liquid-cooling-got-caught-for-benchmark-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/this-is-no-good-these-top-gaming-phones-with-liquid-cooling-got-caught-for-benchmark-cheating\/","title":{"rendered":"This is no good: These top gaming phones with liquid cooling got caught for benchmark cheating"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The REDMAGIC 11 Pro phone has been removed from various 3DMark benchmark rankings.<\/li>\n
The phones clearly engaged in benchmark fraud or manipulation.<\/li>\n
A YouTube video shows the phone reaching a ridiculous 55 degrees Celsius in a stress test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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REDMAGIC is one of the few gaming phone manufacturers still on the market that offers devices with capacitive shoulder triggers, active cooling, and many other features. Unfortunately, it seems that the brand’s latest phone has been omitted from a series of benchmark rankings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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An excerpt from the banner seen on the REDMAGIC 11 Pro series benchmark page reads, “Devices are removed when the manufacturer has not complied with our benchmark rules.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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