Editorial standards

These are the rules every Pocket Fidelity story follows.

Accuracy

• Every fact in a story comes from a source, and every story lists its sources.
• Primary sources come first: the brand’s own announcement, spec sheet or store listing.
• Claims a brand makes about its own product are attributed to the brand.
• If something important isn’t known yet, such as a price or release date, the story says so rather than leaving it out.
• Prices are given as announced. US dollars are written US$ and Australian dollars A$, so there’s no confusing the two. Prices in Chinese yuan or Japanese yen also get an approximate US dollar figure.

Leaks and rumours

Leaks are labelled as leaks until a brand confirms them. The story says where a leak came from and, where possible, how reliable that source has been. Leaks that can’t be traced to a source aren’t published.

Credit

When someone else reported a story first, it says so and links to them, however much it adds. Product images are taken from the brand’s own website or press materials and credited to the brand.

Independence

• No brand, retailer, distributor or PR agency can pay for coverage, see a story before it’s published, or ask for changes to it.
• There are no sponsored posts or articles written by brands.
• Press releases are welcome, but they’re used as a source and rewritten, never published as they are.
• If I’m ever sent a product, any story about it will say so. See the affiliate disclosure.

Corrections

When I get something wrong, I fix it, add a dated note to the story saying what changed, and list it on the corrections page. Mistakes don’t get quietly edited away.

Sound

I won’t describe how a product sounds unless I’ve listened to it myself, and the story will say so. The focus here is objective: specs, measurements and test results, and using those numbers to work out what’s actually good.

Contact

Questions or complaints about a story: hello@pocketfidelity.com.