The Butterfly makes you sit up and take notice of the little things, and the big things. The biggest change over the Japanese version is the switch from the plastic to the soft touch polycarbonate at the back. We appreciate this change, because the rubberized finish at the back is immensely helpful when trying to deploy single hand operation on big screen phones. We have seen how well HTC deploys the polycarbonate finish on the phones, particularly with the One X and the One X+, and the soft touch has been picked up from the HTC WP8X.
The camera on the Butterfly sits flush with the rest of the back cover. This is a good change, after we had pointed out that the raised camera position on the One X made it prone to scratches when kept on a table.
HTC Butterfly (3G) has been available in Australia since late 2012 for $709. It features similar screen size and resolution as Z and S4, except its display is enhanced by S-LCD 3. Its 16GB storage is expandable up to 32GB. Phone enthusiasts will also be able to take decent pictures with the Butterfly's 8MP camera. It is only 140 g with 2020 mAh battery.