Yes. I am of the opinion that it is.

If that were the case, then there would be more than one review pulled out of the list. Instead, only one was targeted? More likely, it contained language or wording that was deemed inappropriate, flagged for violation, and pulled off the site - simple as that.

Generally speaking, PhoneScoop is one of the least biased sites I frequent, fair and honest in their own reporting and reviews, and they rarely take a stance against the comments and opinions of visitors.

With over 36,000 published user reviews, I would hope you could come up with more than one example to establish an actual pattern before making such a serious accusation.

And to suggest that we accept payment for something like that? What kind of scum do you think we are?

The entire point of our site is to provide independent, unbiased information. It's a responsibility we take very seriously.

But I didn't answer your question directly, so now I will:

With regard to the review in question... it couldn't possibly have been more clear that the "reviewer" was making things up in order the skew the average rating of the phone. Sometimes we're not sure, and in that case we do err on the side of not censoring, but in this case, it was ...
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I absolutely relied on phone scoop for real evaluations of phones in preparation to purchase one.
PHONE SCOOP YOU MUST GIVE US HONEST REAL APPRAISALS ! PLEASE DO NOT STOP DOING THAT.

I spent hours on Phone Scoop (2) weeks ago researching phones to update and purchase from Verizon.
Say it ain't so JOE, say it ain't so.

Thanks Rich Brome for restoring my faith. 😎

spinster said:
There was a negative HTC Thunderbolt review dated around March 18th that was titled G A R B A G E, and I noticed around 3 days ago that it was deleted. What the f*** phonescoop, how much is VZW paying you to keep honest reviews about their phones off of this site???? That REALLY sucks. You call this a reputable, honest site????

If any of that were true, I wouldn't of stayed on this site for the last 7.5 years. (actually, I've been using it far longer but it was usenet before a forum).

Face it, you broke a rule somehow and got caught, end of story.

I wrote a negative review on the (GSM) iPhone 4, it's still there. I waited through 2 software updates and 3 calls to AT&T about it before I posted anything. There is a long list or rules when you post and one is that you have to have both Pros and cons. No matter how much you hate the phone, there has to be something that draws you to the phone in the first place.