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    Consumer Reports Does it to Apple Again

    October 18th, 2017

    You can bet that, when reviewing smartphones, Consumer Reports magazine appears to have a blind spot towards Samsung; maybe a few blind spots. How so? Well, I’ll get to that shortly. Now on the surface, CR ought to be the perfect review source. Unlike most other publications, online or print, it actually buys tested products […]


    Another Set of iPhone Sales Stats Confounds the Critics

    August 17th, 2017

    Although Apple reported somewhat improved iPhone sales for the June quarter, there was, as usual, no breakdown for individual models. It was left to third parties to make good guesses. So we know the total was 41 million. But before we look at the estimated breakdowns, consider that Apple achieved these results at a time […]


    More Problems for Samsung

    May 26th, 2017

    I rather expect this column won’t get near the attention if would receive had I titled it, “More Problems for Apple.” But a lot of that is just fake news, and I’m not interested. I strive to make genuine criticisms of Apple, and there are plenty of things to talk about. This time, however, Samsung […]