iDevice research
See what was reported before launch, and what held up
We trace important pre-launch reporting to its credited origin and compare checkable details with what companies later announce or ship.
Company records
Each record shows the pre-launch reporting we researched, what we could check later, and what is still waiting for an answer.
Apple
Every detail reported about an unreleased Apple product before Apple confirmed it.
Not part of that number · 588
2 moving target · 124 never settled · 51 not comparable · 411 no outcome yet
Pixel phones, watches and buds, traced from the first report to what Google announced.
Not part of that number · 71
11 moving target · 25 never settled · 16 not comparable · 19 no outcome yet
Samsung
Galaxy wearables and foldables, checked against what Samsung eventually showed.
Not part of that number · 390
14 moving target · 82 never settled · 37 not comparable · 257 no outcome yet
Meta
Glasses and headsets, from the earliest reporting to the Connect keynote.
Not part of that number · 63
5 moving target · 16 never settled · 14 not comparable · 28 no outcome yet
Garmin
Watches and bands, and how much of the reporting held up at launch.
Not part of that number · 43
1 never settled · 8 not comparable · 34 no outcome yet
Snap
Spectacles, a small record and labeled as one.
Not part of that number · 13
4 never settled · 7 not comparable · 2 no outcome yet
Oura
Rings, and how much of the reporting before each one held up.
Not part of that number · 18
17 not comparable · 1 no outcome yet
Events, graded
Meta Connect 2026Every detail reported about Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, the camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio, Meta VR Glasses and Muse on glasses, checked against what Meta announced on the day.Open the scorecard →
Apple September Event 2026Every detail reported about the iPhone 18, the foldable, Apple Watch and AirPods, checked against what Apple announced on the day.Open the scorecard →
Made by Google 2026Every detail reported about the Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5 and Pixel Tag, checked against what Google announced on the day.Open the scorecard →What this helps you understand
The point is not to turn reporting into a leaderboard. It is to make the history behind a product easier to read. A detail is one checkable statement from a report, such as a price, a size or a date. A checked detail is one the company has since answered.
Who actually reported it first?
Later coverage does not get credit for originating a detail it picked up from someone else.
Did the detail hold up?
Once a company gives us an answer, we mark the detail Right, Partly right or Wrong. A detail that measures something the company did not publish is marked Not comparable, and one the company never answered is marked Never settled. Neither is counted as a miss.
What is not counted?
Reports about products that have not launched read No outcome yet. They, the Moving target, Not comparable and Never settled details are listed beside each count as not part of that number, and none of them is counted as a miss.