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Tag: Consumer Reports

Apple’s flagship iPhone 11 Pro Max tops Consumer Reports’ smartphone ratings

Friday, October 4, 2019 5:06 pm5 Comments

While Apple didn’t introduce huge design changes in the iPhone 11 Pro Max and 11 Pro..

Consumer Reports: iPhone Xs/Max have better battery life, improved cameras, and speedier performance

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 2:44 pmWednesday, October 3, 20181 Comment

Sometimes it’s the little things that matter most, even when you’re talking about the biggest smartphone on the market…

Inside Consumer Reports: Controversies surrounding the MacBook Pro and HomePod

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 2:42 pmWednesday, May 23, 201813 Comments

Having viewed their testing process and met with their team…

Magazine dedicated to comparing vacuum cleaners for geriatrics can’t hear Apple’s HomePod’s quality sound

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 3:05 pmTuesday, February 13, 201825 Comments

I’ve got a few problems already with Consumer Reports claim that Apple’s new HomePod system sounds…

Consumer Reports does it to Apple yet again

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:57 pmTuesday, February 13, 201819 Comments

Consumer Reports magazine appears to have a blind spot towards Samsung…

Microsoft’s defective Surface scandal intensifies

Tuesday, August 15, 2017 11:27 amTuesday, August 15, 201722 Comments

A leaked memo from Microsoft lists unusually high return rates for the Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4…

Leaked Microsoft memo reveals failure-prone Surface Book suffers from high return rates

Monday, August 14, 2017 11:27 amMonday, August 14, 201710 Comments

The Surface Book has suffered from consistently higher return rates than any other…

Consumer Reports: Apple makes the most reliable devices; steer clear of Microsoft’s unreliable Surface products

Thursday, August 10, 2017 4:02 pmThursday, August 10, 201721 Comments

The breakage rate for Microsoft Corp’s Surface devices is significantly worse than for other manufacturers…

Consumer Reports: Don’t buy Microsoft Surface products

Thursday, August 10, 2017 10:14 amThursday, August 10, 201728 Comments

Consumer Reports has pulled its recommendation of Microsoft’s Surface line of laptops and 2-in-1s…

Consumer Reports: Apple’s Macs the most reliable by wide margin

Friday, May 26, 2017 11:44 am21 Comments

In laptops and desktops Apple was the most reliable. Plus it’s tech support was – by far – the highest rated…

Consumer Reports now recommends the new MacBook Pro

Friday, January 13, 2017 12:57 pmFriday, January 13, 201721 Comments

Consumer Reports has now finished retesting the battery life on Apple’s new MacBook Pro laptops…

Consumer Reports’ deck-stacking, or incompetence, exposed

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 11:11 amWednesday, January 11, 201726 Comments

It all started when Consumer Reports reported wildly divergent battery life results, ranging from 3.75 hours up to 19 hours…

Consumer Reports’ weird MacBook Pro battery test results due to use of obscure Safari developer setting

Tuesday, January 10, 2017 3:02 pmTuesday, January 10, 201719 Comments

Apple has just issued a software fix through its Beta Software Program to address an issue that arose…

Consumer Reports stands by its weird MacBook Pro battery test results

Thursday, December 29, 2016 1:49 pmThursday, December 29, 201625 Comments

The high-end numbers seemed hard to believe, hitting almost double the battery-life claimed by Apple…

Consumer Reports says do not buy Apple’s new MacBook Pro, citing erratic battery life

Friday, December 23, 2016 10:28 amFriday, December 23, 201630 Comments

Apple launched a new series of MacBook Pro laptops this fall…

Consumer Reports: Samsung phone not actually water-resistant

Friday, July 8, 2016 12:00 pmFriday, July 8, 201618 Comments

We submitted a second Galaxy S7 Active to the same test. That phone failed as well.

Why are Apple MacBooks so much more reliable?

Friday, December 11, 2015 10:24 am23 Comments

The Mac’s growing sales in a declining PC market shows that customers are finally getting it…

Apple MacBooks again top Consumer Reports’ notebook survey by large margin

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 12:00 pmFriday, December 11, 20152 Comments

Apple’s MacBook hardware is better. Period…

Consumer Reports survey: Apple’s tech support is by far the most effective

Friday, May 29, 2015 1:56 pmFriday, May 29, 20157 Comments

It’s no surprise that Apple had the highest score for overall user satisfaction…

Apple Watch tops Consumer Reports’ tests of 11 smartwatches

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 1:28 pmWednesday, May 6, 201512 Comments

For the last several weeks, we’ve run 11 smartwatches through our labs…

Consumer Reports: Scratch resistance of Apple Watch sapphire and Ion-X glass is impressive

Monday, April 27, 2015 12:01 pmMonday, April 27, 201512 Comments

An 8 on the Mohs scale is equivalent to topaz, just one step below sapphire…

Steve Jobs built a FUD deflector shield for Apple

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 12:28 pmTuesday, September 30, 201412 Comments

The guy’s hands are literally trembling from the force he exerts in his FUD attempt…

Consumer Reports stress test: Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus not very bendable at all

Friday, September 26, 2014 10:40 pmSaturday, September 27, 201493 Comments

It took significant force to do this kind of damage to all these phones – any of these phones should stand up to typical use…

Inside the facility where Apple tortures the iPhone 6

Friday, September 26, 2014 1:56 pmFriday, September 26, 20147 Comments

Absolutely the last place on earth you’d want to be if you were an iPhone…

After hemorrhaging $23 billion in market value, Apple plays defense

Friday, September 26, 2014 9:20 amFriday, September 26, 201426 Comments

Apple Inc broke its silence…

Apple opens testing facility to reporters, details exhaustive iPhone 6 Plus durability tests

Thursday, September 25, 2014 10:00 pmThursday, September 25, 201439 Comments

Appel today invited reporters into its testing lab to see the machines it uses to test its products…

Consumer Reports claims to be ‘designing authoritative test’ for iPhone 6/Plus bendability

Thursday, September 25, 2014 7:15 pmThursday, September 25, 201432 Comments

Consumer Reports want to do a “scientifically valid test” of the structural strength of the new iPhones…

Consumer Reports: Apple is tops when it comes to computer tech support

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:29 amTuesday, April 30, 201322 Comments

Apple bested its own scores from last year’s survey…

Consumer Reports evaluates iTunes Store movie streaming, confusion ensues

Monday, August 13, 2012 11:28 am20 Comments

Consumer Reports has evaluated yet another Apple product…

Is Consumer Reports having its revenge against Apple?

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:01 pmTuesday, July 10, 201232 Comments

Consumer Reports just can’t get tech gear right…

Apple’s iPad tops Consumer Reports’ list of tablets

Monday, April 2, 2012 8:43 am12 Comments

Apple Inc’s new iPad topped Consumer Reports’ list of tablets despite…

How Apple and facts killed Consumer Reports

Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:45 am28 Comments

Consumer Reports has again failed to stick with the facts…

Consumer Reports was no iPhone killer and they’re no iPad killer, either

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:14 amWednesday, March 28, 201235 Comments

As these tests are repeated and published, it makes Consumer Reports look more and more foolish…

What’s the deal with Consumer Reports and Apple?

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:05 pmWednesday, March 21, 201241 Comments

Consumer Reports issued a preliminary report on Apple’s newiPad today…

Consumer Reports’ bombshell: New iPad runs hotter than predecessor but ‘not especially uncomfortable’

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:39 pmTuesday, March 20, 201241 Comments

Responding to numerous customer complaints…

FUD Alert: Consumer Reports to ‘investigate’ reports of iPad and ‘excess heat’

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:03 pmTuesday, March 20, 201250 Comments

Consumer Reports is investigating online reports that Apple Inc’s new iPad throws off an unusually large amount of heat…

When it comes to tech, Consumer Reports falls down on the job

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:41 pm27 Comments

For several years, I have written at great length about the problems that arise when Consumer Reports tackles tech gear…

Consumer Reports ranks Verizon best, AT&T worst among US carriers

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 3:31 pm33 Comments

Consumer Reports on Tuesday revealed the results of its annual survey of US carriers…

Consumer Reports hops off free PR gravy train, officially recommends Apple iPhone 4S

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 10:01 amTuesday, November 8, 201130 Comments

The Apple iPhone 4S is among the recommended models in our newly updated Ratings of smart phones…

Apple SVP Schiller and Consumer Reports both insist: White iPhone 4 not thicker than black version

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:42 pmMonday, May 2, 201139 Comments

Multiple recent reports have suggested that a slightly thicker case was among…

Why does anyone believe Consumer Reports?

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 11:13 amWednesday, April 6, 201142 Comments

Why does the media, tech, mainstream and elsewhere, largely accept Consumer Reports’ word as gospel?

Apple’s iPad 2 tops Consumer Reports’ tablet ratings

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 9:42 amTuesday, April 5, 201129 Comments

It’s a testament to the vast superiority of iPad 2 that even Consumer Reports couldn’t concoct enough “negatives” to knock it from the top of their totally worthless list…

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