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I think he meant that though the redesign is comprehensive an it's basically a different phone from the inside, reviewers still considered it an exact same design externally.

Correct. Tech reviewers don't open phones for a living, and the vast, vast majority of cell phone buyers literally could not care less.

Maybe it is an oblique criticism or maybe it isn't.

It also implies this question: Best reviewers? Or most popular?