Lumia 630 review: A Windows Phone on Android hardware

The first Windows Phone with on-screen buttons enters the battle for the low end.

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lonewolfe2015[/url]":wa7gi2sc]Physical buttons and I have grown apart, much like physical keyboards and I did awhile back.

I want to feel that way, but I've accidentally quit too many apps from slightly missing the spacebar. Either give me a hardware home button, or some gesture that can't be accidentally triggered.

Edit: or maybe don't put the home button under the most-used keyboard button.

I'm fine with the on-screen keyboard (I have a Lumia 820 for reference), but what I'm not fine with is when that keyboard layout suddenly changes. It does things like swap buttons for a ".com" option in URL bars. By the time I realize the keyboard layout has changed underneath me, I've already typed half of it and made a mess of what I was trying to type.

Oh, also I have to warn people that you can't export your SMS messages from Windows Phone. I've been trapped with a pile of these for a long time now because there's no way to get my messages off the device. (You can back up for restore to a new phone, you can't actually get your own messages). This last thing is the biggest failing of Windows Phone by far, imo. Makes it unsuitable for many legal and business purposes.