If this is going to be your first windows mobile device I think you would love the vouge. The screen is nice and big and the design is slim and appealing. The cracked casing issue seems to have came and went I do not hear about it much lately anymore. I haven't had an issue with cracking or scratching at all but I usually keep it in the cheap case that came with the phone when its in my pocket. The phone is very customizible and there are tons of custom roms and support available for it here as well as on xda. For a first time rom flasher all the support and know how on this phone on the forums is a godsend. Free vouge sounds like a good deal to me LOL