IMHO.
I bought 8X in 2012 December. Selected it instead of Lumia 920 because 8X is lighter, has smaller screen. I really hate idea to make screen bigger and bigger! That is awful. I do not need a shovel to dig the car out of the snow!
But, now I think I made bad choice. HTC doesn't care about WP eco system as much as Nokia does. HTC thinks in "Bugdroid" way, but only Samsung succeeded there
What I like in 8X:
- Design is excellent!
- Screen excellent! (More DPI that retina)
- Good sound processing. ( I don't care about Beats soft equalizer. Same things you can archive on any other phones without pathetic pathos around Beats)
- Loud speakers
- Excellent vibro
What I really heat in 8X:
- What idiot put power button on the top of phone? If I could find him, I would force him to lock/unlock phone for whole day using his right hand.
- Quality of camera is very bad, comparing to my old iPhone 4S. Yet you have plenty of settings to make better picture, but this is phone, not DSLR! You take it from pocket, point and shoot. You should not spend time in settings or you can lose the precious moment you want to capture. Have no idea about 920, but reading forum can say that 920 has better camera.
- No intersecting apps from HTC. Except may be HTC hub, where I use only Weather on lock screen. Where is black list for example?
- Only 16 GB of storage. What stops you HTC, to release 32 or even 64 GB version? Or at least add SD card support.
Overall this is very good phone. I can recommend it over any phones (WP8) except Lumia 920. But if you like stylish phones, 8X looks much better than 920.