I wanted to upgrade a new phone for the temporary crappy replacement phone that I got after my Panache phone went dead, but this one is not that far from my crappy HUAWEI replacement.Yes windows did it again, trying to look pretty but that''s all about.No functionality or easy, good feats.The design of HTC android was perfect, easy and sophisticatedly simple.-Windows no needs to know your identity when you are on the phone, so why are they asking you sign with user@hotmail.com, user@live.com so, once you sign with you @hotmail, @live account they want to know everything about you.-For text messages they removed the options for more characters ( _ , [] , = , +  etc) on the keyboard, bye bye to typing optionso n eb yo n e letter vs slide through the keyboard which I loved in my previous HTC panache) now you have only one option,t y p i n go n el e t t e ra tt h et i m e...On the keyboard the "send" icon (and so tiny) is so close to the space bar that you will be sending messages every time you supposed to hit "space", brilliant!!-When you are typing a txt message and if you exit the txt msgs application by accident; there''s not drafts folder, the message is lost is that happens (or at least I haven''t been able to find a "drafts folder") a lengthy reply was lost but some others were saved in a thread.-Saving a new phone number or contact is just confusing and so illogical (not to say stupid) you have to go page after page to do so, instead to put all the necessary contact info in just one page (name, phone edit, home phone, work phone, email, address, birthday, etc.) or a single step.The most complicated as Windows loves to do it at every time.-You CAN NOT access to the apps store unless you sign with hotmail.com/live.com.-Not front camera on this one; so, no Skype!-Battery drains very quickly, in less than one hour is at 87% when was at 98% in the morning and spend all night connected to charger.-"Beats audio IS NOT available for phone speaker" that what it says on "system applications".-Many of the options from old version (which were way better, are not available in this phone anymore).-So, if you like HTC android system stay together, but if you are trying to upgrade to a newer phone to something new and never had a windows phone, run away... avoid frustrations and deceptions.-One more thing, you CAN NOT REPLACE THE BATTERY (at least by yourself), the blue part of the back (same size as the blue side in the front) is there where the sliding cover is, it has only space so you can slide in a Micro SD memory card, and a MICRO SIM CARD, (if you are upgrading to a new phone, most likely you will be ending up paying $15 - $25 EXTRA, for a new MICRO SIM CARD which is of course smaller than a conventional sim card.-The music player won''t do anything when you tap twice, (some other player will give you more options other than"Play smart dj mix, Share (Not even bluetooth option), "Save as playlist") kinda useless options in comparison to some other phone music players (artist/song info, share, look for similar music, etc).June 24 Update-I tried to send via BlueTooth some pictures I took with the camera and of course they can be sent to my Mac, not compatibility issues here is just that the "smart" phone won''t connect, the other way around it works (Mac sending stuff to Phone yes it works).Five minutes and stupid phone still "waiting" trying to send three pictures, (which by the way you have to go back to settings, then pair it first and the turn it on, my old Sony Ericsson just will allow a temporary BT turn on to send whatever to wherever right on the spot without much complication).The BT MUST be turned on first in order to make it work, otherwise it just will not.More than five minutes and still a color bar on the top of the screen, it says "waiting" to what? I wonder.It won''t go away, you have to shut down the phone to make it away or turn off the BT.And when you turn off the BT it comes the next message"The device you''re trying to send to doesn''t support sharing over BT"So the "smart" system doesn''t realize that before, no until you turn it off, despite I send music and pictures FROM my MAC TO the crappy phone, that is exactly what you can expect from a Windows product, not a standard working compatibility at least in BT connection.+On the bride side the camera (5mp) includes "Bing vision" the QR scan and photo translator of a image/pictured picture-taken text. Kinda crappy automatized translator but, oh well!Have you used/owned a Windows PC in the past before? Good!So I dont have to tell you what to expect from a windows phone or try to convince you otherwise of anything.ANDROID is brilliant (with some less flaws than this thing), Windows phone not that much.I can say... Windows phone definitely "WAS (NOT) MY IDEA"Save your hard earned money and get something else.