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Am I the only one who thinks that a 10/10 is... let's say, hard to believe ? What does that mean? In terms of software, it doesn't have bugs, it's completeley o

Am I the only one who thinks that a 10/10 is... let's say, hard to believe ? What does that mean? In terms of software, it doesn't have bugs, it's completeley optimized and you have days of battery life and tons of available memory ? Is the integration of all functionalities perfect ? You don't need task managers to kill faulty apps ? Anyhow, we are in a free world where everyone can make reviews and I'm glad we are in that world.

eavc 15y ago
You're not the only one hung up on it, no. But I don't see anything strange about a 10/10 score. It doesn't imply perfection, only relative excellence. This is how it's always been with game reviews, for instance. A video game released in 1996 gets a 10/10 because it's better than other games yet seen. The same game released today would get panned. It doesn't imply any claim to absolute perfection.
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- matheusalmeida 15y ago
  You're right about relative excellence. The thing is that a 10/10 implies that it must have a better UI/UX than an Iphone and better looks compared to a Windows Phone 7 (Mango) and better security/encription compared to a Blackberry. I find hard to believe that it will be at least as good as the competitors in a generic term like software. I'm a happy owner of an Android phone that will probably receive an update to ICS so I'm looking forward to it.
nextparadigms 15y ago
Perhaps some more/better features, better e-mail and Calendar apps, better Maps/Navigation...etc. iOS still feels like a MVP when compared to Android. It may work excellent with the features it does have, but that doesn't mean it isn't more limited.
InclinedPlane 15y ago
Grade inflation is rampant in reviews. The dynamic range is really effectively about 6.5/7 to 10. So a 10 actually means something more like 3 stars out of 3.
- jeffdavis 15y ago
  It might not necessarily be inflation. Those who write extended reviews are likely to have fairly good intuition about which phones are good enough to write about. Nobody is going to spend days writing a review for a phone that someone would only get because it's "free" with a contract.
juliano_q 15y ago
I'm rating this as a 10 in software in the current crop of phones, particularly against other Android offerings. Who knows what this will look like when Windows Phone 8 and iOS 6 are out. -by Joshua Topolsky 6:17 PM I think it makes sense.
re_todd 15y ago
Think of it as a 9.7, rounded up.

eavc 15y ago

You're not the only one hung up on it, no. But I don't see anything strange about a 10/10 score. It doesn't imply perfection, only relative excellence. This is how it's always been with game reviews, for instance. A video game released in 1996 gets a 10/10 because it's better than other games yet seen. The same game released today would get panned. It doesn't imply any claim to absolute perfection.

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matheusalmeida 15y ago
You're right about relative excellence. The thing is that a 10/10 implies that it must have a better UI/UX than an Iphone and better looks compared to a Windows Phone 7 (Mango) and better security/encription compared to a Blackberry. I find hard to believe that it will be at least as good as the competitors in a generic term like software. I'm a happy owner of an Android phone that will probably receive an update to ICS so I'm looking forward to it.

nextparadigms 15y ago

Perhaps some more/better features, better e-mail and Calendar apps, better Maps/Navigation...etc. iOS still feels like a MVP when compared to Android. It may work excellent with the features it does have, but that doesn't mean it isn't more limited.

InclinedPlane 15y ago

Grade inflation is rampant in reviews. The dynamic range is really effectively about 6.5/7 to 10. So a 10 actually means something more like 3 stars out of 3.

jeffdavis 15y ago
It might not necessarily be inflation. Those who write extended reviews are likely to have fairly good intuition about which phones are good enough to write about. Nobody is going to spend days writing a review for a phone that someone would only get because it's "free" with a contract.

juliano_q 15y ago

I'm rating this as a 10 in software in the current crop of phones, particularly against other Android offerings. Who knows what this will look like when Windows Phone 8 and iOS 6 are out. -by Joshua Topolsky 6:17 PM I think it makes sense.

re_todd 15y ago

Think of it as a 9.7, rounded up.