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MobileBench Consortium Releases New Benchmarking Tool - on Google Play
[March 17, 2015]

MobileBench Consortium Releases New Benchmarking Tool - on Google Play


MobileBench, a consortium of leading companies in the mobile industry dedicated to the development of easy-to-use performance assessment tools for smartphones and tablets worldwide, announces that its first benchmark is now available on Google Play*. The MobileBench Consortium members include HP*, Huawei*, Intel*, Marvell (News - Alert)*, OPPO*, Samsung Electronics*, SanDisk*, Spreadtrum*, Tektronix* and Vivo Communication*. The consortium was inaugurated in Shenzhen, China, in 2013.

MobileBench is an alternative to non-professional benchmarking tools for Android (News - Alert)* smartphones and tablets. It provides consumers as well as product reviewers, performance engineers, procurement officers and IT managers with a thorough, standardized analysis of the overall performance of a mobile device through processor, memory, storage, graphics and user interface stress tests. MobileBench also includes a system performance monitor that continuously reports on CPU core, memory and storage utilization.

A companion benchmark, MobileBench-UX, will contain system-level applications that test factors affecting the user experience, and is slated for later release.

MobileBench Consortium Quotes

"The release of this standardized benchmark represents a major milestone for the MobileBench Consortim," said Mian Quddus, Chairman of the Board of Directors, MobileBench Consortium. "MobileBench is the first Android benchmarking tool developed by a consortium of leading mobile electronics companies and ratified by key smartphone and tablet OEM and ecosystem players, for the worldwide mobile device market."



"We are pleased to announce the release of the first version of the MobileBench benchmark - available now to millions of users on Google (News - Alert) Play," said Art Morgan, Marketing Co-Chair, MobileBench Consortium. "Our aspiration is to make MobileBench as important to mobile device users as horsepower is to automobile drivers. We want all smartphone and tablet owners to ask: What's YOUR MobileBench score?"

MobileBench is available for free installation today at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilebench.mb


Companies interested in joining the MobileBench Consortium or seeking more information are asked to visit: www.mobilebenchconsortium.org

About the MobileBench Consortium

MobileBench is a consortium of leading companies in the mobile industry dedicated to the development of performance assessment tools for industry-wide use with advanced mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Consisting of developers, adopters and honorary members, the MobileBench Consortium continues to seek new members from throughout the industry. For more information, visit www.mobilebenchconsortium.org.

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