Affiliate Disclosure
GadgetShowdown (https://gadgetshowdown.com) is published by Stealth Launch, LLC. The site is free to read. It’s paid for by affiliate commissions and advertising. This page explains both, and what they don’t change.
Affiliate links
Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you follow one and buy something, we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. That gives us a financial interest in your purchase, which the U.S. Federal Trade Commission asks us to tell you about.
Every product guide and comparison also shows a short notice near the top of the page, before any buying advice:
“As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.”
Amazon Associates
GadgetShowdown is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated stores. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
Our “Check price on Amazon” buttons are affiliate links. They’re marked as sponsored and open in a new tab. Product photos credited to Amazon are shown from the Amazon listing and link to it.
Advertising
We use Google AdSense to show ads. Google chooses the ads, not us, and they’re kept separate from our recommendations: advertisers don’t decide what we write or which product we recommend. How ad cookies work, and how to turn off personalized ads, is explained in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Notice.
How we pick winners
Commission rates don’t decide verdicts. Every “Get X if…” recommendation has to stand on the facts on the page: which phones or platforms a product works with, the makers’ published specs, battery and charging figures as the makers state them, ports, software support and price. See Methodology.
Different stores and products pay different amounts. A higher commission is never a reason to recommend a product, and if we couldn’t defend a pick without looking at the payout, we wouldn’t publish it.
What we don’t do
- We don’t say a product was tested in a lab unless the page says we had it and describes what we did.
- We don’t make up measurements, such as noise-cancelling decibels, battery rundown charts or camera scores.
- We don’t accept payment from a brand for a recommendation. If a page ever involves a sponsored or free product, that page will say so as well as this one.
- We can’t promise the price or stock you see after you click; the store sets them.
Prices, stock and specs
Prices, deals and specs change. Guides and comparisons show a Last verified date: when a person last checked the makers’ figures and any prices on the page. Check the store and the maker’s page before you buy; your purchase is with the seller.
Contact
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