Do you actually test the hardware yourselves?

We are a desk-verification operation and we say so plainly: our verdicts aggregate manufacturer spec sheets, published benchmark and endurance data from established outlets cited by name, firmware changelogs, and broad owner consensus labeled as consensus. We do not run our own benchmark rig, and no review here will ever claim a number we measured ourselves that we did not. That framing is deliberate — it is more honest than a fabricated "we tested it," and it means every performance and battery claim traces back to a source you can check.