> If a reviewer doubts the CPU benchmark on a phone, are we going to talk about how a single reviewer cannot understand the trade-off a bigger team at Apple/Samsung/Google has put?
The equivalent for the GP's claim would be the reviewer claiming that a phone's CPU is underpowered and that a more powerful one could have been used instead. That assumes a lot of knowledge about the tradeoffs that the phone designer had to consider - technical, logistical, financial, etc.
I don't know anything about Monroe & Associates' expertise, but I agree with the GP that this is a high bar to clear.
The equivalent for the GP's claim would be the reviewer claiming that a phone's CPU is underpowered and that a more powerful one could have been used instead. That assumes a lot of knowledge about the tradeoffs that the phone designer had to consider - technical, logistical, financial, etc.
I don't know anything about Monroe & Associates' expertise, but I agree with the GP that this is a high bar to clear.