Haha I remember seeing comparison of how The Verge covered release of Samsung Note 3 and iPhone 6 plus. This is what drives me mad nowdays.

Ok, I found a picture http://www.oneclickroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/the-v...

Let's be fair, maybe the reviewer's hands grew over the 12 months between those reviews.

Haven't seen that picture before. Not sure why you were downvoted for it; seemed relevant.

The Note 3 is wider.

was it the same reviewer?

What is the point of a review site if not to have an editor and some consistency between reviews?

Rule 1 of UI design: when Microsoft does it, it's shit. When Apple does it, it's innovative and superb.

Rule 0 of UI design: When Microsoft does it, it's garish and tasteless. When Apple does it, it's mostly well thought through and carefully applied.

This is a tired meme.

Apple's use of translucent elements was not well received when they first did it (and I'm not certain it is highly regarded now, either):

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2007/06/19/ntmb http://daringfireball.net/linked/2007/11/09/translucent

Or: Execution is everything.