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Vendor-Funded Benchmarks

Performance and accuracy comparisons designed, run and published by the maker of one of the products being compared, and the questions that raises for anyone citing the result.

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Apple backs its heart rate accuracy claim with a 1,400-person study it ran and published

Apple's evidence for calling the Ultra 4's new optical sensor the most accurate in a wearable is a white paper Apple published, drawn from a study where most participants wore competitor watches on the other wrist. DC Rainmaker is testing it outdoors.

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Builder 35%
Operator
Operator 45%
Investor
Investor 20%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption45
Hype gap+28
Incentives72
Confidence74