Like the iPhone back in the day, Windows Phone doesn’t allows you to change the background on the Start Screen. It creates a more elegant look, but one that lacks customization. In Windows 8 Microsoft has given users a little more control by allowing them to choose from a list of colors and subtle patterns. Will this functionality come to Windows Phone 8?

In their presentation of the new Start Screen for WP8 the background was still black, but we also know that this was no where near a finished product. Microsoft made sure to mention numerous times that WP8 and Windows 8 share a lot, so it’s not too crazy to believe they could share this too.

How do you think the image above looks? Is this something you would want?