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time to unbox what some people are calling the new flagship Windows Phone the HTC 8x or as they are officially calling it the HTC Windows Phone 8x they are pretty fired up about this partnership now this is actually a pre-production unit so we don't get the whole SuperDuper unboxing I don't even need my cool box cutter which is kind of a bummer but nevertheless let's see what we've got oh it is taped up yay box cutter time the Windows Phone thing seems to be like make a really colorful pretty phone so this one comes in sort of a lime yellow and this blue one which I will never ever ever get out of this box look look how flush that is it's just gonna live in here forever sorry phone torture test starts early this year no really how do you that was not my summer to something better okay oh I know how about this you push it up boom I did it that's a little ridiculous also in our box congratulations you're one of the first in the world to experience the new Windows Phone 8x by HTC for AT&T you probably won't get that in your box but let's have a look at our power brick a nice curved design does it look just like the Apple one which is kind of a refreshing change and then of course what appears to be an extremely short little USB cable micro USB charging that is it let's have a look at the phone this is pretty this definitely gives the Lumias a run for its money in terms of looks it's kind of a curved back here not the hugest phone so it's nice for those people who are feeling like phones are getting a little too big these days let's turn it on now Microsoft is not letting OMS customize the operating system the way that Android or the way that Google is with Android so you should get a pretty consistent Windows Phone experience across the board this phone is also available on three US carriers the t-mobile Verizon and AT&T which is a change from the Lumia so the Lumia 920 I think is only available on ATT you have the now-familiar Windows Phone tile interface here which I like alright let's talk about the guts the 8x has a 4.3 inch touchscreen display it's Gorilla Glass 2 so it should be pretty tough and it's a really nice HD display 1280 by 720 resolution and it looks good with movies it comes in 16 gigs only it has an 8 megapixel camera on the back and a front-facing 2-megapixel front camera that's a pretty nice front facing camera it can also record a 1080p HD video there's a dual-core Qualcomm processor running at 1.5 gigahertz so it should be plenty powerful we don't know too much about battery life it does have NFC Bluetooth 3.1 and of course Wi-Fi one cool thing to note if you buy this phone on Verizon it has support for a wireless charging that's a pretty good feature one note about the camera we've heard that some of the photos can be a little disappointing read our full CNET review for more information on that one reason might be that even though the 8x has an 8 megapixel camera it defaults to 6 megapixels for some reason all in all the 8x is a really nice phone it has a great design if I saw someone using it I'd want to know what it was it's beautiful its lightweight and this operating system is very good and usable the biggest problem with Windows Phone of course there aren't really very many apps available if the only app you use is Microsoft Office 13 then you're in good shape but if you want something else you might be in trouble this phone starts at $1.99 on most carriers with a new contract of course you can find all the details in our full review over at cnet.com you