Editorial Policy — How Trendy Tech Reviews Works
How products are chosen, tested and scored, where the facts come from, how the site earns money, and what happens when something published here turns out to be wrong.
Trendy Tech Reviews exists to help people buy budget wireless earbuds and headphones without wasting money. That only works if you can trust what you read here. This editorial policy sets out the rules every page on the site is held to, in plain language, so you can check my work against them.
The Short Version
A product is called "tested" only if I have used it myself. Anything else is labelled as not tested.
Review products are bought at retail. I do not accept free review units.
No brand can pay for a review, a ranking position or a kinder verdict.
Specifications, prices and launch claims link to where they came from, with a date.
A maker's claim, a third-party measurement and my own result are never passed off as one another.
Factual corrections get a dated note on the page. No silent edits.
Who Is Responsible for This Site
Trendy Tech Reviews is run by one person. I am M. Maksudur Rahman Titu, the founder, and I do the testing, the writing and the editing. There is no outside ownership and no guest or contributed content at the moment. If that changes, contributors will be named on their work and held to this policy.
Because one person does everything, there is no separate editor to catch my mistakes. The safeguards are the ones on this page: linked sources, dated claims and public corrections. You can read more about my background on the about the reviewer page.
What I Cover and How Topics Are Chosen
The site covers budget wireless earbuds and headphones, mostly under $100, along with the guides that help you choose, set up and fix them. Prices and availability are for the US market unless a page says otherwise.
Topics come from reader questions, from what people search for, and from gaps I notice while testing. Brands do not choose topics, suggest products for lists or see anything before it is published.
Types of Content and What Each One Is Based On
Not every page on the site is a hands-on review, and it should always be clear which kind you are reading.
| Type of page | What it is based on | What it will tell you |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews | My own use of the product over at least two weeks | A score out of 10, what I liked, and at least one real flaw I found |
| Head-to-head comparisons | My own use of both products | Which one wins for which kind of buyer, and why |
| Best lists and use-case guides | Products I have tested, ranked against each other | A ranked recommendation. Any product mentioned that I have not tested is labelled as such |
| How-to and fix guides | Steps I have tried, plus manufacturer support documents | What to do, in order, and when to stop and claim warranty |
| Buying guides and explainers | Published standards, manufacturer documentation and my testing experience | How a feature works and whether it matters at this price |
| Release, deal and community trackers | Manufacturer announcements, dated coverage from named publications, and dated retail prices | What has been announced or reported. These pages say plainly that the products are not tested |
How Products Are Obtained and Tested
Products reviewed on this site are bought at retail price. I do not accept free review units, loan units or early-access samples from manufacturers or PR agencies. If that ever changes for a specific product, the review will say so at the top.
A product is used for a minimum of two weeks before its review is written, across commuting, exercise, calls and desk work. The full method, including the devices and environments I test with, is on the how we test earbuds page.
The word "tested" has one meaning here: I have used the product myself. A page that mentions a product I have not used will say so next to that product. Specifications alone are never presented as a test.
Scores and Rankings
- One scale. Reviews use a 10-point score. Products that score below 7 are not recommended in buying guides.
- One score per product. The score on a product's own review page is the score of record. Lists and comparisons use that score.
- Rankings reflect use, not specs. A longer feature list does not move a product up a ranking unless it made a difference in testing.
- Changes are dated. When a score or a ranking changes, because of a firmware update, a price shift or a better rival, the page says what changed and when.
- Every review names a flaw. No product is perfect at this price, and a review that finds nothing wrong has not looked hard enough.
Independence and How the Site Makes Money
The site earns money through affiliate links. If you buy something after following one, the retailer pays a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
- Affiliate links are added after a verdict and ranking are finished, not before.
- Commission rates do not affect which products are recommended or where they rank.
- An affiliate button always goes to the product named on it. Where a button leads to a different model, such as a tested alternative, the label says so.
- I do not publish sponsored posts or paid reviews, and I do not sell ranking positions.
- Brands do not get to preview, approve or request changes to coverage. Negative findings are not removed at a brand's request.
- I hold no shares in, and take no payment from, any company whose products are covered here. If a conflict of interest ever arises, it will be disclosed on the affected pages.
Every page that carries affiliate links says so near the top. The details are on the affiliate disclosure page.
Sourcing and Fact-Checking
Before a factual claim is published, it is checked against a source I can link to.
- Specifications come from the manufacturer's own product page or announcement first. Dated coverage from established audio and technology publications is the second choice.
- Prices always carry the date they were checked and the store they came from. A price without a date is not published. Forecasts are labelled as forecasts and kept apart from real prices.
- Three kinds of number are kept apart: what the maker claims, what an independent lab measured, and what I found. Each is labelled.
- Launches are reported as confirmed only when the maker has announced them. Leaks and rumors are labelled, and they stay out of comparison tables.
- Other people's words are quoted only from a source that can be linked. I do not publish invented quotes, usernames or reviews, and I do not summarise a community's opinion without showing how I gathered it.
- What I could not confirm is marked as unconfirmed or left out. A dash in a table means the detail was not stated in my sources.
Updates and Dates
An "Updated" date on a page means the content was re-checked on that date. I do not change the date without re-checking the page.
Pages are revisited when a price moves substantially, a product is discontinued or replaced, a firmware update changes how a product performs, or a reader reports a problem. Price-led pages are re-checked before major sales periods. Discontinued products are removed from recommendations or clearly marked.
Corrections Policy
I get things wrong sometimes. When that happens, this is what you can expect:
- Factual errors are fixed as soon as they are confirmed, and a dated correction note is added to the page saying what was wrong.
- No silent edits. A wrong specification, price, date or product claim is never quietly swapped out. Typos and formatting fixes are made without a note.
- Serious errors get a serious fix. If a page rests on claims that cannot be supported, it is rewritten from verified sources, and the correction note lists what was removed.
- Corrections stay visible. The note remains on the page after the fix.
Use of AI Tools
I use AI tools as writing and research assistants. They help me draft and edit text, build page layouts, organise specifications and check claims against sources.
They do not replace testing. Hands-on impressions, test results and scores come from my own use of a product, and AI tools are never the source of a measurement, a quote or a price. Facts gathered with AI help are checked against a manufacturer's page or a named, dated source before publication, and that source is linked.
I review and approve every page, and I am responsible for everything published under my name. An AI-assisted page that turns out to be wrong is corrected under the same corrections policy as any other.
Report an Error or Ask a Question
If you spot a mistake, a broken link, an out-of-date price or a claim you think is unfair, please tell me through the contact page. It helps to include the page address and what you believe is wrong. A link to a source makes it faster to check.
I read every report. Brands and manufacturers are welcome to send factual corrections through the same route. They are checked the same way as a reader's, and they do not change an opinion or a score.
Changes to this policy
This page is reviewed whenever the way the site works changes. The date at the top shows the last review. First published October 9, 2026.