No skype on my phone.  I went into settings ->  Application Manager -> at top of the screen swiped over to "all" -> scrolled down to where skype would be in the alphabetical listing -> no Skype.

Phone loses 4% battery life immediately after the power cord is pulled. Loses 15% within 30 minutes.   I have auto rotate issues, text flags that are wrong, text screen, won't respond unless you open and close it, lock screen time wrong, response time issues, and others.   What a freakin' fiasco! 

This update is the mother of all screw ups.