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How to read, compare and judge hardware and gear reviews.
What counts as a review here. These pages are guides to reading and comparing other people's reviews — they are not hands-on product tests. Per our Editorial Policy, we do not fabricate hands-on testing, invented review scores or performance claims we haven't verified, and content is not presented as a first-hand product test unless it explicitly says so. A page is only labelled a product review when it states its testing method, who tested it and when.
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