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I upgraded to this from my Xperia Arc, based on numerous online reviews comparing it favorably to the Xperia T, Galaxy SIII and/or iphone 5. So far it's all good; the phone feels more solid in the hand than the Arc, and clearly bigger - about as big as a 'phone' can practically get. The OS is very smooth and stable, installing a dozen apps as fast as I could find and select them, obviously the extra power helping out here. Battery wise, with some of the power saving options selected, I'm getting around two days on a charge with medium usage, much the same as the Arc. You'd need to have everything turned on and cranked up then use it non-stop for hours for flatten the battery in the way some people have suggested. The infamous socket flaps are a mild inconvenience, but that's the price you pay for water resistance, and their presence is hardly a secret so I fail to see why some people are acting so shocked and horrified by them; is it not normal to do a bit of research before buying a £500 product? On the whole, I'm very pleased; it's pretty much exactly what I expected from the majority of professional online reviews.

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To tell you the truth when I got the package I was shocked at how light it was and I taught it can't be the phone but it was. Brand new. I am in love with the phone's physical appearance, a beautiful device. Back cover tends to get dirty easily unfortunately but I have bought a hard cover for it (HTC HC C800 Hard Shell for Desire X) which doesn't make it much thicker, still slim and elegant with it on.

Well the performance is great. It's my first smartphone so can't really compare but I am happy with it. A 1GHz dual-core processor does it justice. I was not going to buy anything less with than 1GHz for sure. For a mid-ranged phone it is perfect. Camera quality is good. The fact that it does not have a front camera does not bug me that much. The key rockers are reachable and not hard to press as I have heard on online reviews, at least when you get used to them.

I do recommend this smartphone, I think it is a great price for the specs. Oh, and when I first plugged it I was shocked it did not start up, haha... a few minutes later it got to me though, the battery was still in it's plastic cover, hehe hope you learn from my mistakes. Good luck! HTC, surely quietly brilliant :)