> In language uncharacteristic of the normally objective-sounding *Consumer Reports* advice, even when concerning products like cars and cameras where buyers might have strong affiliations with a given brand, the posting described potential Verizon iPhone 4 adopters as “breathless” fanatics who were spendthrift and ignorant “addicts.”
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> “You may want snap up this new offering if you’ve been waiting breathlessly for the iPhone to come to Verizon and don’t much care about 4G speed, a bigger screen, or other features found on current cutting-edge phones,” wrote Reynolds and Gikas. “Or if you’re prepared to pay an early termination fee to trade in the Verizon iPhone 4 for its successor when it appears.
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> “The less iPhone-addicted consumer, on the other hand, may want to hold off for a newer version of the iPhone before even considering whether to buy one,” the report concluded.
via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/14/consumer_reports_offers_scathing_critique_on_verizon_iphone_4.html)
Consumer Reports can no longer be considered an objective source of information about anything. They made their money on the Antennagate linkbait, and they’ve made a clear choice to continue.
The Verizon iPhone isn’t out yet; they’ve had no opportunity to test the device at all. Yet here they are slamming it for a number of completely bogus reasons.
There might be a new one in six months? How many Android phones are going to come out in the next two months? Do you not recommend any of those?
Count Consumer Reports out of your decision-making process at this point. They are finished as a company.
