Tag: leaderboard update

  • September 2020 leaderboard update

    September 2020 leaderboard update

    Following today’s announcement of next week’s event…and the release of no new products…here’s how the Apple source leaderboard got shaken up.

    September 8, 2020 updates

    🏀 Mark Gurman: 86.7 ⮕ 86.9% accurate

    • +3 accurate claims
      • No new Apple products coming week of 9/6
      • Announcement for September event week of 9/6
      • Apple will hold a special event later in September 2020

    🧻 Jon Prosser: 77.8 ⮕ 67.6% accurate

    • +2 accurate claims
      • Apple doing something on their website on September 8
      • Between 9-12EST
    • +5 inaccurate claims
      • Press release schedule for September 8 at 6am PST
      • New iPad Released through a press release
        • Week 37 (beginning September 7)
      • New Apple Watch Released through a press release
        • Week 37 (beginning September 7)

    Note: As you may have noticed, no source is perfect. That’s because even the best get some info right and some info wrong: do not harass anyone for their track record. The leaderboard functionality on AppleTrack is here only to help tech enthusiasts better understand how likely a rumor really is.

    As always, if you notice a discrepancy on someone’s record, let us know.

  • 2020 iMac: the biggest winners and losers

    2020 iMac: the biggest winners and losers

    Rumors of a new iMac were swirling for months prior to yesterday’s release. Here’s how the spec-bumped machine with no redesign shook things up on the leaderboard.

    Sources that improved

    🌙 L0vetodream: 88.6 ⮕ 89.2%

    📱 Jeff Pu: 60 ⮕ 71.4%

    🧻 Jon Prosser: 72.7 ⮕ 77.8%

    Sources that stayed the same

    🏀 Mark Gurman: 86.6 ⮕ 86.6%

    Sources the went down

    🖥 Sonny Dickson: 73.7 ⮕ 62.5%*

    Note: As you may have noticed, no source is 100% accurate. That’s because all sources get some info right and some info wrong: do not harass anyone for their track record. The leaderboard functionality on AppleTrack is here only to help average enthusiasts better understand how likely a rumor really is.

    As always, if you notice a discrepancy on someone’s record, let us know.

    *Sonny’s redesigned iMac rumors were likely a generation early…

  • The biggest winners and losers of WWDC 2020

    The biggest winners and losers of WWDC 2020

    Over the past year, the below sources made their fair share of predictions about what Apple would do at WWDC 2020. Following yesterday’s massive event, here’s how everything from iOS 14 to Apple silicon shook up the leaderboard.

    Sources that increased

    🌙 L0vetodream: 86.4 ⮕ 88.6% accurate (+2.2)

    🏀 Mark Gurman: 84.3 ⮕ 86.6% accurate (+2.3)

    ✅ The Verifier: 42.5 ⮕ 51.4% accurate (+8.9)

    👀 Max Weinbach: 37.5 ⮕ 39.1% accurate (+1.6)

    Sources that decreased

    🧻 Jon Prosser: 81.3 ⮕ 78.4% accurate (-2.9)

    🕘 9to5Mac: 85.8 ⮕ 75.1% accurate (-10.7)

    🖥 Sonny Dickson: 77.8 ⮕ 73.7% accurate (-4.1)

    ❓MacRumors: 83.3 ⮕ 63.6% accurate (-19.7)

    Note: As you may have noticed, no source is 100% accurate. That’s because all sources get some info right and some info wrong: do not harass anyone for their track record. The leaderboard functionality on AppleTrack is here only to help average enthusiasts better understand how likely a rumor really is.

    As always, if you notice a discrepancy on someone’s record, let us know.