Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Wonderful phone. Switched from a Nexus 4 to this because I was fed up with poor battery life. The screen is absolutely gorgeous. Its vivid and bright and puts my nexus 4 screen to shame. The phone has a premium feel with a nice weight and soft touch back. Certainly doesn't feel like a sub $200 phone and in my opinion feels better than some plasticy flagship phones. Battery life so far has been excellent easily lasting a full day with average usage and screen set to 75% brightness. The performance is snappy with no noticeable lag whatsoever. Front speakers are nice upgrade- youtube videos and calls on speaker sound crisp and clear. I threw in an micro SD and transferred pictures, videos, and music to it quickly in the storage settings. I am not sure how installing apps to the SD card will work but I am not sure I will need to do that if I keep all my media on the SD card. The only hesitation I had about buying this phone was lack of LTE. HSPA+ speeds on Tmobile have been around 5 Mbs down which is more than adequate for browsing mobile sites, youtube videos, streaming music, and navigation. I am able to do all of these things without noticeable delay so I personally don't mind the lack of LTE. I contemplated this model vs the 2013 Moto G with LTE and decided to go with this for the larger display and better camera. In all, if you are on a cell phone plan that does not offer phone subsidy or use a prepaid service, this really is an incredible value. It does not feel like a cheap phone. Sure there are some deficiencies like lack of LTE and 1 GB of ram, but if those things aren't crucial to you, then there is little to differentiate this $180 phone from phones that are priced over $600 in terms of user experience.