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Did Apple ever claim to be the "best"? Of course, superlatives without qualification are legally vacuous in the English speak world, but I would be surprised if they actually used this in an ad without qualification, where qualification is something like "the best battery life as determined by ..."

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Nothing from Apple.

Sure, if you ignore things like - as just one example of the plethora of marketing statements propagated by their senior staff - apple routinely referring to OSX as the "most advanced operating system" simply because it doesn't use the word 'best' (and even then ignore several statements which do use the exact word because their phrasing or origin disagree with your bias), which would be missing the whole point for the minutiae.

I see. You know, when you make an argument, you should (a) present the exact phrase said, and provide a link to where it was said. It is obvious with the right search term ("most advanced" site:apple.com), but not with the one you gave me previously. Just spell it out.

I provided you with a google search that presented plenty of confirming results, quit being a pedantic jackass.

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