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[Mitchell Reese <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How did you get a new device? My phone has packed it in after a recent trip 
to Borneo - can't find a bq for sale anywhere! Thoughts?

Mitchell

On Wednesday, 15 June 2016 5:31:16 AM AEST, Gareth France 
<gareth.france@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks to the amazing service provided by BQ and also the users of this 
> list I found myself with a replacement for my broken phone and a 
> discount code for the BQ store. I opted to buy a phone to replace that 
> unbearable android monstrosity my partner has. Knowing she would never 
> get along with Ubuntu as it's different to what she's used to I opted 
> for the Android model and thought nothing of it as it's the same phone.
>
> I was mildly surprised by what turned up in the post. There is no doubt 
> it is the same phone as mine yet it is quite different. The first thing 
> I noted is that the little pin for removing the sim cards only has one 
> spike on it, the one for opening the SD card slot is missing. So I 
> looked at the SD slot and was greeted by blank plastic, no cover there 
> at all! 2 sim slots just the same but the power button is in the wrong 
> place. Where the power button should be is what looks like another sim 
> slot, but this time for housing the SD card. The notification light is 
> in the wrong place and blinks in an entirely different manner to mine.
>
> All in all it kind of felt like returning home to find someone had 
> rearranged all the furniture! It will be very interesting to see how 
> this new handset compares to mine from a usability standpoint (crashing, 
> hanging, overall speed, etc).



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