Same goes for cars; yeah, you can buy a car based on specifications alone, but specifications don't tell you what the leather smells like, how the door shuts so quietly, and how the engine sounds when you turn it on and how fun it feels when you take a corner at 70 miles per hour while still feeling so safe. (These are just analogies so don't critique my driving habits, please!)
Right the specs can only tell so much. You have to test drive the car to know how it drives.