Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've used three iPhones, latest iPod touch and 4+ Windows Phones since 2008, and now I got BLU Win HD to replace a bricked Lumia 920. Pros: - Price - for 1/3-rd of an iPhone you get a *no-contract*, *unlocked* phone! - Build quality is top-notch. Rear panel is easy to take off, and to put back, it's tight. - 2 SIMs are a must in some markets (I briefly used with AT&T and T-Mobile) - Five-inch screen is really nice, the size is right in the sweet spot!! - Battery life seems better than average (almost 2 days with moderate-to-heavy usage) - It feels nice in your hand, with enough grip, and little weight. - I wasn't going to use the provided case (I rarely do with phones), but when I put it on, I almost fell for it :) Neutral: - There is no dedicated camera button. As a workaround, I added camera to the notification center - now it's a click, swipe and tap away. - The touch buttons at the bottom do not light up.. which is tricky in the dark, but you can get used to finding them. - Latest OS version (8.10.12400.899) doesn't support start-screen folders for some reason. - The neon-yellow color is nice, but a bit too flashy, I'd prefer plain white. - The screen surface (with the factory-installed protector) attracts fingerprints and smudges easily, which can be seen in reflections. Cons: - No Full-HD video recording as promised by specs! - Camera is lackluster -- colors are *very* bleak, the image appears very blurry and washed out (don't mind the 8 megapixels) - Video recording is unusable as is, due to terrible macro-blocking, stuttering, and horrible color reproduction. - Video playback in Bing/MSN apps (News, Health&Fitness) stutters.. sound plays normally, but video is 5-10 times slower - not possible to watch. - The new Netflix app (released on Dec 15, 2014) stutters while playing video - making it pretty much unusable. Annoyances: - While on USB cable, touchscreen loses sensitivity and interprets attempts to swipe/scroll as taps. - While scrolling with finger touching, the image jumps in large increments, making reading experience very uncomfortable. - Even with 1 SIM disabled, there are reminders throughout the UI that there are two SIM slots. - Automatic brightness doesn't work for outdoors. Even in direct sunlight, the automatic setting raises brightness to medium only. When set manually to High - the screen is perfectly readable. This is a major usability FAIL, in my opinion. - Music (e.g. Pandora) over my car's Bluetooth stutters/hiccups every few seconds, making it un-listenable. Non-music podcasts seem to be playing fine. As a result, I stopped playing music :( - When changing audio apps (over Bluetooth) the phone frequently crashes (i.e reboots). I suspect that this is a general OS problem, not specific to the device, as I remember having some glitches like that with Lumia 920 as well. - While pressing Power button to lock the phone, I frequently press Volume Up (it's on the opposite side) at the same time, which takes a screenshot instead of locking the phone.. I wish there was a way to disable Power+VolumeUp combination, because I lock the phone all the time, but never needed a screenshot. Overall, I think I'm going to return this phone, for its shortcomings (unusable camera and other annoyances).