We're running a paid study on what it's actually like to set up and live with a brand-new Android phone. We want to understand where the first month goes smoothly and where it gets confusing — from unboxing and data migration to discovering features weeks later. This research feeds directly into how mobile operating systems guide people through setup.
This study asks more of you than a typical survey. We would rather you know everything up front than discover it halfway through.
You buy the phone yourself, and we reimburse you in full. You will purchase either a Google Pixel 11 or a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 between 28 September and 4 October 2026, in person at a Telekom, Vodafone or O2 store in Germany. You pay at the time of purchase. We reimburse the full device price in two payments. The $368 study compensation is separate and on top of that reimbursement.
The phone becomes your main phone for a month. You will transfer your SIM to the new device and use it as your primary phone for the duration of the study.
The study needs some data from the device. You will install an app that provides the device identifiers, and keep "Usage & Diagnostics" switched on in settings for the length of the study.
If any of that does not work for you, this is not the right study — and that is completely fine.
We are looking for everyday consumers in Germany, 18 or older, who were already thinking about buying a new phone. You should be the person who decides which phone you buy. You do not need to be technical — in fact, we specifically want people who are not.
$368 for full participation, plus full reimbursement of the phone's purchase price.
$368 one-time
Terac is building the world's largest pool of vetted human experts for AI. Researchers, AI labs, and product teams use Terac to recruit, screen, and pay study participants across industries, languages, and skill sets.
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Terac is building the infrastructure layer that connects AI systems with on-demand human expertise.
We believe the future of work is shifting: instead of humans using AI to do most tasks, AI will increasingly do most work with the help of humans. In that world, companies won’t need traditional employees - but they will still need people. Terac powers that future by making high-quality human labor accessible through a single API.
Today, Terac operates as an expert network for frontier research. We handle sourcing, verification, screening, and payouts so partners can instantly access specialized talent for research, evaluation, and data generation. Our platform enables companies to tap into niche expertise on demand while focusing on building their core products.
Backed by $9M from Emergence, SignalFire, Audacious, and Z Fellows, we’re scaling from research tooling into a broader marketplace for the human data economy - building systems for expert matching, pricing, routing, and trust that will define how AI and humans collaborate at scale.
