Try the Tech: New Phase! - 10/6/14

[Toby]

Hi guys,

Its that magical time again

A chance for you to test out a device on loan from O2 and then to write a little review about it for others to learn from!

We have the same batch of devices this month and I've listed them below. Its going to be first-come-first-serve, so please send me a private message with your first choice, as well as a 2nd (and 3rd if you have one). I'll then do my best to allocate devices to those who have chosen them.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 MINI 

SONY XPERIA Z BLACK 

SONY Z1  

NOKIA 1020

SONY XPERIA Z ULTRA

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB3 10.1 4G

HTC ONE MINI SILVER

MOTOROLA MOTO X

BLACKBERRY Z10

BLACKBERRYZ30

Any others you'd like to see? List them below and we'll try to obtain some

[Toby]

---

@Anonymous wrote:
Mmmm Not seen a delivery yet. Was waiting for the lumia 1020 but guess not to be this time round. Oh well 😢

---

Well one is on its way Piper, so if you dont want it, let me know

[Anonymous]

Oooh @Toby 

I can promise you I DO WANT IT!!!!! I am looking forward to trialling this one especially after BoB's review.

[viridis]

Well that was a nice knock on the door today, 🙂

Play time.....

[jonsie]

I got the same knock!

[viridis]

I wouldn't want to read my "review" on a payg mobile data plan lmao.

[Anonymous]

I missed my knock yesterday 😞 so I'll be knocking on the sorting office door at 7am this morning.


Edit ; Journey made and new toy set up and charging.

[Toby]

Sory you missded your knock BoB!

Get testing guys

[viridis]

Did you just actually say "missded"?

[viridis]

I shall be very open and honest.
I "was" going to attempt a in depth camera comparison between the xperia z2 and the lumia 1020.
I say "was" because I am finding it very very veeeeerrrryyy difficult to not make the Sony camera look absolute pants in comparison.
The lumias camera is just too damn good, seriously, it's crazy how good the camera is.
I will instead focus on one thing and one thing only, a feature that they both have and is fairer to compare.
The quick shot buttons, the buttons that 9/10 is how people will boot up the cams and take a quick shot.

[Anonymous]

Hi guys, I was fortunate enough to get the Nokia 1020 in this batch of tech testers. So far I have been using in place of my Galaxy S4 over the weekend and so far I agree with the posts above, the camera is really day and night compared to any phone camera I have used (since Nokia 6500 Carl Zeiss lens). The pictures are awesome. All other features work well and the Microsoft store seems packed with great apps and really good free games including Modern Warfare, asphalt, fifa 14.
I did have some issue with contacts syncing from both my Google account and hotmail account, did a bit of research and it seems to be a common problem.
Anyway, I just wanted to advise that I am happy to answer any queries anyone has and wanted to ask if they were considering this phone and had not yet had the opportunity to test this phone.
I have been used to android and apple office systems and wanted to test the windows phones and this is really an excellent process to allow customers to do so, other than playing with the phone in the shop, which doesn't allow you to fully experience a phone.
happy to chat.
G.