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iDevice Buyer's Guide

com.idevice/wearables · v2.7.0

Measured by MCP Station

Description written by the publisher, not verified

Independent buyer's guide for wearables and phones: buy now or wait, compatibility, prices. Sourced.

Connect

claude mcp add --transport http wearables https://idevice.com/api/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wearables": {
      "url": "https://idevice.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools as reported by the server

• should_i_buy
  For one product: buy now, wait, skip or check fit first, optionally for a shopper who already owns a device or uses iPhone or Android, with a budget or a use. Returns a verdict (buy_now, wait, skip, check_fit or not_enough_data) and the rule behind it, reasons that each carry a source link and how s
• check_deal
  Whether a price offered for one product is a good deal: GOOD DEAL, NOT A GOOD DEAL or NOT ENOUGH DATA, by the same written rules as should_i_buy. Compares the price with the lowest current retailer price iDevice read today, the lowest verified price of this exact model (over low_period_days, said as
• pick_between
  For two or three products, which one the written buy-or-wait rules put ahead, or that neither is ahead, optionally for a shopper who owns a device or uses iPhone or Android, with a budget. Each product comes with its verdict (buy_now, wait, skip, check_fit or not_enough_data), its fit with the phone
• find_best_device
  A short ranked list of on-sale products in one category for a shopper: optionally the phone platform they use, a budget, and up to three priorities from the uses iDevice's Guides assign (for example sleep, running, battery-life, photos-video). Each product comes with its verdict (buy_now or wait), i
• whats_coming
  For one product: its stage, the release window with who stated it (the company, a company event, pre-release reports, or iDevice's own estimate), and the pre-release reports its Guide lists, each with its status (Confirmed, Reported, Expected or Our estimate), the track record of reporting like it w
• get_product_news
  Latest iDevice news about one product, each story with the sources it rests on. Newest first: the title, the date, the story page on idevice.com, a one-line summary, the kind of story (standalone or cluster) and the outlets and links it is based on (outlet, URL, date). The same stories as the News t
• list_products
  Every product iDevice covers, with its lifecycle (reported, announced, preorder, shipping, previous) and how many well-sourced reports it has (can be 0). Each entry includes its product_slug. Optional query filters by name, e.g. 'iphone 18 pro'. A line slug such as 'samsung-galaxy-ring' names the li
• get_product
  Lifecycle, official or estimated price, key dates, availability (on sale or not, release date and its basis, where to buy), report count and how well-sourced the reports are. Works for products with no reports yet.
• get_product_facts
  Official price (only when it was officially announced or is sold officially; otherwise labelled as an estimate), announcement and availability dates with their source, availability (is it on sale, and where to buy with the last price we read), a short compatibility summary, and specs. Every spec is
• compare_products
  Side-by-side specs for 2 or 3 products, from the same engine as idevice.com/compare. Each cell carries Confirmed/Reported/Our read and its source outlet and date. Products in different categories are compared on shared structured facts only. Optional specs filters rows by keyword, e.g. ['battery','s
• get_compatibility
  Whether a product works with a given phone or device, from its Guide's Works with tab: iPhone, Android, apps, other devices and standards. Each answer says Works, Works with limits (to a person, say "Some features missing" and name what is missing), Needs extra hardware, Does not work or Not confirm
• get_reports
  Every well-sourced pre-release report for one product, each with its status (Right, Partly right, Wrong, Never settled, Not comparable, Not checked yet, No outcome yet), how many outlets reported it, who reported it first, and a link to the evidence on idevice.com.
• search_reports
  Find well-sourced pre-release reports by keyword across every covered product, e.g. 'battery', 'display', 'price'. Each result carries its status and product lifecycle.
• get_in_the_box
  What ships in the box for one product, per model or configuration, as the official product page states it: each item, its quantity, whether it is included (false means the official page says it is not), and the page it came from. Optional variant narrows to one configuration.
• get_release_history
  Every generation of a product's line with its announcement and release dates, sources and launch price, plus the gaps between releases: mean, median, shortest and longest, in days and months.
• get_reviews
  What other outlets scored one product: the Review Consensus (a normalized average, shown only from two scored reviews by two different publishers), the themes reviewers agree on, and each review with its outlet, published rating and link. The scores are the outlets' work; iDevice did not test these
• get_price_history
  Dated prices for one product: today's verified price for this exact model (price_verified; when it is not verified the price is null and price_unverified_reason says Price not confirmed and why), when iDevice began checking it (tracking_since) and on how many days (history_days). Lows come only from
• get_detailed_facts
  Every individual fact for one product, grouped by topic: water and durability, temperature, battery and charging, display, camera, audio, connectivity, health sensors, lenses and sun, size and weight, chip and software. Each carries its value, unit, who stated it (Confirmed is an official first-part
• get_release_calendar
  Products not yet on sale, in date order: a release date, an announcement event, or a window shown as written (for example Fall 2026), each with who stated it (Announced by the company, Company event, Reported date, Reported window, iDevice estimate) and how many pre-release reports it has. Defaults
• find_products
  What is on sale in one category (glasses, rings, watches, earbuds, phones, headsets, fitness trackers), optionally at or under a price or from one company, cheapest first. Each carries its current retailer price with the retailer and date, its list price, iDevice's published verdict and the Guide li
• get_guide_summary
  The buying summary of one product's Guide: its one-line summary and bottom line, the at-a-glance facts, price and dates, where it sits in its line (the newest released model), and the facts that bear on buying now or waiting: whether a newer model is out or announced, the expected window with who st
• get_report_card
  A roll-up of one product's pre-release reports by how they turned out (Right, Partly right, Wrong, Never settled, Not comparable, Not checked yet, No outcome yet), and the reports themselves, newest first: the date, a one-sentence summary, who reported it, the outlet that carried it, its status and
• get_ownership_facts
  What owning one product involves, each fact with its source page and date: the official return window, who pays return shipping and any restocking fee; the warranty length and what it covers; whether a subscription is needed, its price and the first-year cost where the price and billing period are b
• get_best_for
  What a product is best for, from its Guide's Best For: up to three uses, each with a one-line reason and how it is known (the official page, the specification, a reported detail, or iDevice's own judgement). Or pass use_case (for example 'sleep', 'running', 'gaming', 'travel', 'photos and video') wi
• get_variants_and_offers
  The configurations of one product with their launch prices, to answer '$399 for which one?': storage, size, colour and material, each with its source; the retailer listings that are this exact model; and the conditions retailers attach to a member price, coupon, bundle, refurbished or trade-in offer
• get_company_profile
  A company as iDevice's public directory lists it: its name, homepage and a short description, the categories iDevice covers for it, and each of its products that has a Guide, with lifecycle, price and the Guide link. Pass the company's name or key, for example 'oura' or 'Samsung'.
• get_guide_extras
  Three parts of the Guide: section 'timeline' gives a product's Timeline tab events, oldest first, with their sources, plus the official lifecycle dates; section 'faq' gives the Guide's questions and answers (optional query narrows them); section 'glossary' defines one term, the same text as the Guid

Tool changes

• 2026-10-23: should_i_buy, check_deal, pick_between, find_best_device, whats_coming, get_product_news, list_products, get_product, get_product_facts, compare_products, get_compatibility, get_reports
• 2026-10-16: should_i_buy, check_deal, pick_between, find_best_device, whats_coming, get_product_news, list_products, get_product, get_product_facts, compare_products, get_compatibility, get_reports

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