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| get_guide_summary The buying summary of one product's Guide: its one-line summary and bottom line, the at-a-glance facts, price and dates, where it sits in i… | Effect: Write | |
| release_odds For one product not yet released: the expected release window, how it is known (announced by the company, a reported window, an iDevice est… | Effect: Write | |
| source_track_record For one reporter or outlet, by name: its pre-release reports graded against what the company later announced (Right, Partly right, Wrong), … | Effect: Write | |
| whats_moved The week's changes in iDevice's records: retailer price moves of at least 7% that held on at least two days (store, was and now, percent, t… | Effect: Write | |
| check_deal Whether a price offered for one product is a good deal: GOOD DEAL, NOT A GOOD DEAL or NOT ENOUGH DATA, by the same written rules as should_… | Effect: Read | |
| compare_products Side-by-side specs for 2 or 3 products, from the same engine as idevice.com/compare. Each cell carries Confirmed/Reported/Our read and its … | Effect: Read | |
| find_best_device A short ranked list of on-sale products in one category for a shopper: optionally the phone platform they use, a budget, and up to three pr… | Effect: Read | |
| find_products What is on sale in one category (glasses, rings, watches, earbuds, phones, headsets, fitness trackers), optionally at or under a price or f… | Effect: Read | |
| get_best_for What a product is best for, from its Guide's Best For: up to three uses, each with a one-line reason and how it is known (the official page… | Effect: Read | |
| get_company_profile A company as iDevice's public directory lists it: its name, homepage and a short description, the categories iDevice covers for it, and eac… | Effect: Read | |
| get_compatibility Whether a product works with a given phone or device, from its Guide's Works with tab: iPhone, Android, apps, other devices and standards. … | Effect: Read | |
| get_detailed_facts Every individual fact for one product, grouped by topic: water and durability, temperature, battery and charging, display, camera, audio, c… | Effect: Read | |
| get_guide_extras Three parts of the Guide: section 'timeline' gives a product's Timeline tab events, oldest first, with their sources, plus the official lif… | Effect: Read | |
| get_in_the_box What ships in the box for one product, per model or configuration, as the official product page states it: each item, its quantity, whether… | Effect: Read | |
| get_ownership_facts What owning one product involves, each fact with its source page and date: the official return window, who pays return shipping and any res… | Effect: Read | |
| get_price_history Dated prices for one product: today's verified price for this exact model (price_verified; when it is not verified the price is null and pr… | Effect: Read | |
| get_product Lifecycle, official or estimated price, key dates, availability (on sale or not, release date and its basis, where to buy), report count an… | Effect: Read | |
| get_product_facts Official price (only when it was officially announced or is sold officially; otherwise labelled as an estimate), announcement and availabil… | Effect: Read | |
| get_product_news Latest iDevice news about one product, each story with the sources it rests on. Newest first: the title, the date, the story page on idevic… | Effect: Read | |
| get_release_calendar Products not yet on sale, in date order: a release date, an announcement event, or a window shown as written (for example Fall 2026), each … | Effect: Read | |
| get_release_history Every generation of a product's line with its announcement and release dates, sources and launch price, plus the gaps between releases: mea… | Effect: Read | |
| get_report_card A roll-up of one product's pre-release reports by how they turned out (Right, Partly right, Wrong, Never settled, Not comparable, Not check… | Effect: Read | |
| get_reports Every well-sourced pre-release report for one product, each with its status (Right, Partly right, Wrong, Never settled, Not comparable, Not… | Effect: Read | |
| get_reviews What other outlets scored one product: the Review Consensus (a normalized average, shown only from two scored reviews by two different publ… | Effect: Read | |
| get_variants_and_offers The configurations of one product with their launch prices, to answer '$399 for which one?': storage, size, colour and material, each with … | Effect: Read | |
| is_good_price For one product: today's verified retailer price with the day it was read, compared with iDevice's own daily price record of this exact mod… | Effect: Read | |
| list_products Every product iDevice covers, with its lifecycle (reported, announced, preorder, shipping, previous) and how many well-sourced reports it h… | Effect: Read | |
| pick_between For two or three products, which one the written buy-or-wait rules put ahead, or that neither is ahead, optionally for a shopper who owns a… | Effect: Read | |
| search_reports Find well-sourced pre-release reports by keyword across every covered product, e.g. 'battery', 'display', 'price'. Each result carries its … | Effect: Read | |
| should_i_buyChanged For one product: buy now, wait, skip or check fit first, optionally for a shopper who already owns a device or uses iPhone or Android, with… | Effect: Read | |
| whats_coming For one product: its stage, the release window with who stated it (the company, a company event, pre-release reports, or iDevice's own esti… | Effect: Read |