The strange state of iPhone reviews

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This week on our Vergecast interview series, The Verge’s editor-in-chief Nilay Patel brings in John Gruber of Daring Fireball to discuss the annual iPhone review week.

John also just reviewed the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, so the two compare notes on their reviews, talk through their approach for reviewing tech products in 2019, and take a look at the “state of iPhone reviews.” Below is a lightly edited excerpt of the conversation.


Nilay Patel: I think we’re at the point with these phones where to review these fine differences, you’re kind of forced to go back to a very early kind of tech writing that feels very nerdy. Like when Walt [Mossberg] worked here, he was like “You write for enthusiasts and you’ve got to get more mainstream.” You...

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