CPU fraud followed by RAM and NAND deception: Blackview is caught making false memory claims
After we were able to prove that at least two notebook models from Chuwi are partially equipped with an AMD Ryzen 5 5500U although they are advertised with an AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, the Japanese blog Garumax has uncovered another case of fraud. According to the blog, the Blackview Tabwee T50 ($125.99 on Amazon) is delivered with less memory than advertised.
The marketing is already questionable at first glance, as the manufacturer advertises 24 GB of RAM, while the technical data states that this means 6 GB RAM and 18 GB swap, i.e. "virtual" RAM that is swapped out to the flash memory. According to Garumax, however, this information is also incorrect, as the Tabwee T50 actually only has 4 GB of RAM.
While the system settings of the tablet show 6 GB RAM as advertised, HWInfo only shows 4 GB RAM. To ensure that this is not a display error, Garumax disassembled the tablet and found only a single 4 GB SK Hynix H9HP52ACPMAD RAM chip inside. The manufacturer also cheats when it comes to flash memory. After Garumax noticed that only 64 GB of the 128 GB advertised memory could be used, the manufacturer promised to improve the situation with a software update.
After this update, the system settings show that 128 GB of memory is available, but it is still not possible to use it. The teardown shows that this is another attempt at deception, as the SK Hynix H9HP52ACPMAD chip, which houses both RAM and NAND, only has 64 GB of memory.
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