ire less ▁network . ▁ ▁Additionally , ▁" Data ▁S ense ," ▁a ▁new ▁feature ▁of ▁Windows ▁Phone ▁ 8 ▁that ▁helps ▁users ▁keep ▁track ▁of ▁their ▁cell ular ▁data ▁usage , ▁was ▁initially ▁only ▁available ▁on ▁Windows ▁Ph ones ▁connected ▁with ▁the ▁Ver izon ▁W ire less ▁network . ▁ ▁Data ▁S ense ▁later ▁became ▁available ▁with ▁other ▁carri ers . ▁ ▁Europe ▁ ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁V od af one ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁HT C ▁Windows ▁Phone ▁ 8 X ▁would ▁be ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁starting ▁ 6 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Ch u ong ▁N gu yen ▁from ▁G otta ▁Be ▁Mobile ▁in ▁his ▁review ▁wrote : ▁" From ▁a ▁hardware ▁perspective , ▁HT C ▁has ▁done ▁a ▁great ▁job ▁creating ▁a ▁minimal ist ▁and ▁modern ▁design . ▁It ’ s ▁the ▁software ▁still ▁that ▁may ▁be ▁the ▁big ▁bar rier ▁for ▁Windows ▁Phone ▁ad option ▁as ▁the ▁platform ▁still ▁tra ils ▁behind ▁popular ▁riv als ▁iOS ▁and ▁Android ▁in ▁some ▁key ▁areas , ▁including ▁search , ▁voice ▁commands , ▁and ▁voice - gu ided ▁navigation ." ▁and ▁" And ▁while ▁the ▁software ▁is ▁more ▁ref ined , ▁it ▁just ▁seems ▁that ▁Microsoft ▁is ▁just ▁catch ing ▁up ▁to ▁riv als , ▁but ▁with ▁Windows ▁Phone ▁ 8 , ▁it ’ s ▁still ▁clear ▁that ▁the ▁platform ▁still ▁hasn ’ t ▁fully ▁caught ▁up ▁quite ▁just ▁yet ." ▁ ▁Phil ▁Lav elle ▁from ▁Te ch Rad ar ▁wrote : ▁" The ▁HT