Some Samsung Galaxy S4 buyers can claim their share of a $13.4 million settlement - Android

Benchmark tests exist so that enthusiasts and even manufactures can check the relative performance of different smartphones without opinions entering into the calculations. It can also quantify the difference in the performance of a particular phone after a software update, or an upgrade/downgrade in specs. Back in 2013, it wasn't unusual for companies like Samsung and HTC to overclock the CPU or GPU on their phones when they detected that a benchmark test was running on them.

That same year, we told you that the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S4, powered ...