First up I did not buy this through Amazon but direct from Dracotek but I saw no reviews on here and thought I'd write one to try and help people. I asked some questions of Dracotek before purchase and they were prompt, clear and very helpful. I paid for 8 day delivery and it turned up bang on time. The box had a slight dent on one corner (despite being very well packed in a huge amount of bubble wrap!) the contents were undamaged.

Here's my review which is based on some tweets I did (lots of people were asking questions).

I got exactly what was described, including 2 batteries, a screen protector and English manual and a gel-type cover/case. Delivery was on time too. The phone has an untouched standard Android ICS install and it is unlocked (not tied to a service provider) but is is not rooted.

Screen: it's clear, bright and responsive. It came with additional screen protector fitted although on mine the screen protector is lifting slightly due to poor fitting so I might remove it. It has the usual brightness controls and on it's brightest it is easily visible in bright sunlight. In most other daylight situtations the half-brightness setting is also excellent (saves battery) and indoors/slight shade you can use the lowest setting very comfortably. I played an HD 720p video on this phone and it was excellent quality. The Gapaxy S3 does have a better screen but you have to run the video on both phones next to each other to see the difference.

Cameras: 0.3MP front camera is ok. I've not used it for Skype or anything but it is unobtrusive and gives pretty decent results. The rear 5MP camera has dual LED flash and gives excellent results. ICS comes with panorama features which work well on this unit.

CPUs:this is a very nifty unit. It responds well to commands, browsing is slick and pleasing. Prior to this I had a gain HTC Hero which I had upgraded to Android 2.3, it was very very slow. This is as fast as my wife's Samsung Galaxy S3

Body/build: plastic case but has a really solid feel with two grippy portions on the back. Overall the phone is 1.5 times as thick than say the Galaxy S3. The phone is lighter than my HEro but not as light as the S3, I'd say you notice it in your pocket but it won't pull your trousers down ;) Size-wise it fits well into my hand. I'm 6'3" with reasonably large hands but my wife has smaller hands and she had no problems holding or using this. The rear body fits around the screen and when you first remove it (to put in the SIM etc.) it can be a bit disconcerting as you think the screen is coming away, it's not and to be honest the wrap around bit makes the phone look and feel nicer in my opinion.

Dual SIM: This works brilliantly. I put in a GiffGaff and T-Mobile SIM and both were live and able to receive calls (obviously you can only speak through one at a time). You can disable either/both SIM slots and can select one as a default SIM. You can also assign certain contacts to a certain SIM so that you only ring clients from your work number and family from your person one. Also the dual SIM feature allows you to put in a cheap PAYG SIM if you are travelling and your normal provider has poor service. Great if you travel abroad too.

Apps: This didn't come with much, The Google apps - including Play/Market is installed. Youtube works fine as does flash and I installed BBC iPlayer which works fine. There are no games installed but this means you can put what you want on. By contrast my wife's Galaxy S3 comes with a host of "value added" stuff installed which you may or may not need but you most definitely have to wade through.

USB: The phone mounts via USB as a Mass-storage device - mounting both the internal memory and the SD card on your desktop/laptop. From there you can drag and drop files as if it were any other folder. The phone charges from USB as well and will charge when plugged into a computer. Tethering is available but I have not tried it as it's against the terms of my giffgaff account.

Battery: It came with 2 batteries which appear to be both fully charged. I have been running this on standby with Wifi always on and auto-polling (updating data apps like eMail) enabled. The screen was on the lowest brightness but for most of my usage that's fine. I sent about a dozen texts, made 6 or 7 phone calls and browsed/tweetd for around 3 hours in total. The battery has been running down for 15 hours so far and is at 52% capacity. It came with a 3-pin USB charger plug which you plug the USB cable into. This is the neatest charger plug I've seen it is the size of a household 3-pin plug and has good indents to help you remove it from the wall.

Sound: In phone mode the speaker is clear and can be heard easily even in light traffic. The mic picks me up well. The speaker does it's best for music/video but it's still just a phone speaker. I was quite impressed. The phone came with ear bud headphones which have a microphone with mute button and a clip on the wire. The mute button didn't work but the headphones themselves gave good sound. I mean they're not senhauser but they're pretty good for free headphones. The noiuse cancelling buds work well, stopping most in and out bound noise. The earphones have a mic too but I've not tried that.

Networking: Wifi works well with good range as does 3G/HSDPA on both SIMS. If you have a GiffGaff SIM you will need to apply the APN settings or 3G will fail. On older version of Android the GiffGaffAPN app in the market will do this for you. It's not possible on unrooted ICS units but the app does guide you through the manual process very well. Took me about 3 minutes to set it up. This is a giffgaff feature unrelated to the phone - the T-Mobile SIM the 3G worked straight away.

Overall I am impressed with this phone. It does fall slightly short of the Galaxy S3 but in my opinion it is not enough of a shortfall to warrant the price difference. My only real issue is the ill-fitted screen protector but I can resolve that.