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Today my HTC Windows Phone 8X finally arrived; bringing dual 1.5Ghz processors, 720p screen, NFC, 8MP camera and LTE speeds. AT&T managed to lock down my first choice of the Nokia Lumia 920 (for now), but Verizon did manage to get wireless charging added to the 8X as an apology. The 8X benchmark claims the new phone has a CPU over 5x faster and storage memory over 3x faster than the ancient HTC Trophy it's replacing. It's also nice to finally have LTE speed, but after months of waiting for this upgrade I'm not as excited as I thought I'd be. The WP8 OS has a few new features, but surprisingly lost group SMS and bluetooth SMS support. Verizon also managed to cripple the new wallet by not providing a secure SIM, which means NFC payments are on hold until they decide to stop being jerks. Hopefully the next update fixes some of my disappointment, as WP is still my phone OS of choice, but I fear I'll never be that excited teenage girl again when it comes to new phones.