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I'm letting the all the noise flow before I figure out where I stand on this issue.
Still, "Consumer Reports" is premised on three pillars: one being their tests are made on purchased items, two, they don't take advertising, and, three, they print the ratings from the readers who use the products.
So the engineers say "Don't buy." And the users, I understand, are rating it "#1 best smartphone."
It is a paradox. Possible reconciliations? Maybe Apple folks are, willingly or otherwise, astroturfing. Possible. Engineers got it wrong. Not at all likely. Problem exists but the other aspects of the phone make up for it. That's certainly possible. It's what I hear from blogging and podcasting sources I listen to, with one qualification. If people liked iPhones before, they seem to like the iPhone 4, unless some externality, such as Apple's app store policy, has caused them to sour on Apple in favor of Google. People who didn't like the iPhone or Apple are, of course, making hay with one more reason they don't like what they never were going to like.
Reading the discussions from last night about that Secunia report, I take it as a given that were Apple advocates to discuss the nuances of today's story, you will say that their commenting reflects some sort of nerve being touched. Of course, when there are no comments on the Apple side, the question is posed and answered "Why are the Apple people keeping quiet, it must be true."
As I said, I don't know where I stand on this story. Does CR have to reconcile its subscribers and testers? Yes, no, maybe, do I care?
A response I have to so many, but not all, of the questions I stumble across in the course of my forays into the wit and wisdom of ZDNet, CNet, and their talk backers.
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