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See all reviewsFind it, remove it, close the hole, then prove it is gone. In that order.
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Every review here has a “what annoyed us” section and a “who should not buy this” section. Here is why that is a policy rather than a style choice.
By Sumit · 3 Nov 2026A two-week review cannot see battery degradation, software rot, or whether the update promise was kept. The six-month note can.
30 Oct 2026 · 9 minFourteen days, a logged battery, five fixed camera scenes and a twenty-minute thermal run. The procedure, so you can judge the results.
18 Oct 2026 · 10 minThe rubric, the weightings, what disqualifies a product outright, and why we do not grade on a curve.
16 Oct 2026 · 8 min