Drive what you like . I have a Tiguan and a Miata both chick cars and don ' t give a fuck . <| sep |> It ' s a economy m 8 . Same EXACT internals and Screen . The only difference is polycarbonate vs aluminum . 13 mp camera vs dual 4 ultra pixel . Both have 5 mp front cams . The removal of the IR blaster . Same battery and quick charging feature . But yes , in essence it is an m 8 . Just watered down . But still kept the most important bits . I actually have this phone . So I know what I ' m talking about . It ' s a little beat up of course . Since my gf took off the case . But I googled it . And I can get a brand new housing for like $ 9 on eBay . Any color . The screen is still pretty decent . Very light chicken scratches . But that would only be like $ 25 if that to replace . Don ' t know how much longer over all it can hang on Sprint network . But it ' s doing ok for now .