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Extensive research experiments with Galaxy S revealed that accuracy of test files preparaton for analog audio devices must be higher than we used for iPhone 4. As a result comparison of players could be unfair. We decided to prepare test files for iPhone 4 from scratch using our latest recordings of white model with iOS 4.3.5. Unfortunately there is no possibility to account the grades submitted...
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Figure 1 : Galaxy S smartphone by Samsung This smartphone by Samsung is considered by many as a competitor of iPhone 4. So we desided to add it to our new "Portable players" section side by side with its rival. The model we tested is GT-I9000 with Android "Gingerbread" operating system....
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Figure 1 : iPhone 4 smartphone by Apple It finally happened, new section "Portable Players" has its first contender – iPhone 4 (white GSM model with iOS 4.3.5 and 8Gb of storage). This “player” was chosen due to a few reasons: it is popular it has...
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After a short period of testing the post-screening mechanism was successfully implemented at SE engine. As a result about 10% of all ratings will change their values slightly in the nearest future (at least one grade should be submitted for a device to recalculate its rating with post-screening). This adjustment will not be dramatic though to change relative positions of devices....
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Simple and unrestricted participation in SE listening tests neccessitates some post-screening procedure for rejecting evidently deviant grades submitted either by chance or intentionally or due to whatever reasons. Some caution should be applied here as there is a danger of inappropriate shaping of collected data which can lead to invalid inference of their means. So there is a trade off...
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