Plenty of people are concerned about specifics when buying any tech product without buying the most expensive product. I'm concerned about specifications and benchmarks when I buy a graphics card, it doesn't mean I want the best possible, it just means I can judge quality vs. cost.

They could be - lots of monitors, and especially IPS panels, do well when calibrated. The review is somewhat akin to saying a computer "boots Windows quickly" without ever mentioning the CPU clock speed or hard drive, but complaining the glossy front picks up finger prints and it doesn't fit under your desk nicely. Those may be important, but they aren't quantitative. This review falls into the same trap: adjusting color via on monitor controls and saying the color is "good" is not in any way a reasonable way to do a monitor review.