Vodafone's HTC Magic gets unboxed on video

While white seems to have been the color of choice for most official demos of the HTC Magic, there's also a black version headed to Vodafone (and other carriers, eventually), and the folks at Netbooknews.de got their hands on one of those once mythical handsets for a video unboxing. As you can see above (and in the video after the break), the packaging is a pretty sparse affair, as are the bundled accessories, which includes only a USB cable, a power adapter, a basic wired headset, and a case that apparently "feels a little cheap." And, if by some chance you still haven't seen the Magic in action, you can get a glimpse of that in the video as well.

[Via Android Community]

[gyung @ Apr 28th 2009 12:39PM]

that looks pretty sweet... except the cheap plastics...

[Nevett @ Apr 28th 2009 12:41PM]

Presented by Bruno!

[pixeleater @ Apr 28th 2009 12:51PM]

Presented by Bondo!

[STINK @ Apr 28th 2009 1:01PM]

Plus a USB cables to get my datas!

[cxp3 @ Apr 28th 2009 2:32PM]

He's got the right voice for Bruno but not the hair!

This guy is a legend in his own right though.

"The Vodafone guys might get pissed a little bit"

[Guru @ Apr 28th 2009 12:44PM]

definitely no iphonekiller,
Concentrate on quality not quantity htc!

[Adam @ Apr 28th 2009 12:52PM]

They would cost twice as much as they do now if they did that.

[HalfJoey @ Apr 28th 2009 12:49PM]

Good impressions, much better than the Samsung Android phone guys. I like the shape a lot more than the G1 and he said performance increased a lot.

Seems like they could use the touch screen more. I wish more people would discuss what text entering is like on the touch screen.

[dfi @ Apr 28th 2009 12:50PM]

The performance increase is completely due to cupcake since the hardware specs between the magic and g1 are almost identical. The g1 running cupcake will see the same performance increases.

[Adam @ Apr 28th 2009 12:54PM]

All this mentioning of cupcakes is making me hungry.

[undigital @ Apr 28th 2009 3:25PM]

Where is this guy unboxing this? It sounds like he's in a lumber yard.

[L @ Apr 28th 2009 1:02PM]

Yeah, as seen here and in pretty much all other articles, you're a tool that has nothing more to do with his precious time than to post nonsense here. I almost feel sorry for your obviously lacking life...

[Hotrod @ Apr 28th 2009 1:07PM]

I was waiting for him to show us the on screen keyboard. Maybe I missed it?

[Whitetooth @ Apr 28th 2009 1:07PM]

He did not show it.

[Whitetooth @ Apr 28th 2009 1:07PM]

I think the G1 keyboard is really good.. too bad it would be missing from the Magic and the Samsung one. I know I will get flame.. but so far... I think WinMo 6.5 looks like the best looking and most flexible OS. Android is cool for Google-centric people. The integration of Live Services is better, if not unique, on WinMo. On other platforms you only have Live Messenger and that is it.

[matt @ Apr 28th 2009 3:39PM]

Yeh, but the live services are bollocks.

[TheSuburbanWhiteBoy @ Apr 28th 2009 1:11PM]

@ L

what does that say about you for commenting on it?

[L @ Apr 28th 2009 5:03PM]

Contrary to you, I don't just post here to annoy people - it's really not that hard to see or understand.

[a ham sandwich @ Apr 28th 2009 1:16PM]

dude this guy is nuts! he reminds me of the the nerd version of...well...i wont dare say it's name but...this thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yavx9yxTrsw

[v4nqu1sh @ Apr 28th 2009 1:20PM]

looks nice.

[Richard Glitter @ Apr 28th 2009 1:26PM]

Sweet another unboxing from this dude! He is so funny. saw a few netbooks a while back and man he is one enthusiastic fellow.

[XoXo @ Apr 28th 2009 1:41PM]

Sweet. But in other news.... there's a GSM Palm Pre on sale..!!!!!1!!1!. holy crap! Can anyone confirm this? ??!
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=24551&view=1

Okthnxbai.

[JustMe @ Apr 28th 2009 1:48PM]

Well, there is no ETA for sale date, first of all
and when you go into detailed specs, it says EVDO Rev. A, so not sure if this is really GSM...

[Paul @ Apr 28th 2009 1:52PM]

Just a pre-order dude

[XoXo @ Apr 28th 2009 1:53PM]

True there's no ETA but it's on sale anyway in the product info it mentioned "AT&T (GSM based) "

[XoXo @ Apr 28th 2009 2:03PM]

so I guess what I wanted someone to confirm should be the price. 899.99 bananas (retail)... really?

[Aaron @ Apr 28th 2009 2:01PM]

Looks very bland. I'm sure Android will one day be a great OS but currently it's all a bit meh.

[paezbak @ Apr 28th 2009 2:14PM]

unacceptably cheap plastic.

[Jonathan @ Apr 28th 2009 2:22PM]

Wow it's beautiful in black. Do want.

SPRINT WTF I still feel pain :/

[morsch @ Apr 28th 2009 2:34PM]

Obviously he's from Germany, but i really want to know, where he got it from. (I really feal his excitement, probably he knows about a much bigger audience this time). Or has he stolen it? Can u see the selfmade tape name-sign on his lumberjack-chemise?

There seem to be bystanders, because u can see camera flashes.

Wonder when it will be launched (no word about htc magic on vodafone.de)

[Lundmark @ Apr 28th 2009 2:36PM]

iPhone KIRF no. ???

[justin @ Apr 28th 2009 3:23PM]

how is it an Iphone Kirf? becuase it has 6 buttons and a trackball? huh does the iphone have that? hmmm so i guess every phone with an all touch screen is an iphone kirf?: ok i guess i see your logic..... Android tries to be the opposite of iphone, open.... DUMB

[dudi @ Apr 28th 2009 2:40PM]

This thing makes me hurl man! Compared to the sleek shite HTC comes out with, this looks plain nasty. (In the bad sense)

[Suomaa @ Apr 28th 2009 3:51PM]

Android looks a bit cheap and limited in my opinion. Also I get the impression that whole OS is just a bad excuse to market Google's products.

[iDavey @ Apr 28th 2009 5:53PM]

Limited how? And compared to what?

[gsmd @ Apr 28th 2009 3:58PM]

The guy must be on drugs.

[Lare2 @ Apr 28th 2009 4:29PM]

So he basically wasted seven minutes without showing the feature most people would like to see. ...... The freaking Onscreen Keyboard.

[John @ Apr 28th 2009 4:31PM]

Imagine that! Bruno likes balls on his chin...

[newjaruz @ Apr 28th 2009 7:26PM]

Well... I believe this phone looks good. But the phone being developed for the last qtr of this year will be an adroid hit .. hopefully huweai makes the sexy ass phone a vga led display ... if they come out with that this will be a must buy for me...

[glenskey @ Apr 29th 2009 12:36AM]

i dont think i like the black

[kleinenbroicher @ May 2nd 2009 2:44PM]

Hi all,

most of your questions about the guy, the location and how he got the phone are covered in his blog
http://www.netbooknews.de/4737/video-vodafone-htc-magic-unboxing/
which, however, is German.

The facts: he attended the "mobile barcamp" in Dresden, Germany. Check out http://barcampdresden.mixxt.de/ for more information.
That event was sponsored by Vodafone Germany and Vodafone people where there and gave the attendees the chance to test the phone.

[kleinenbroicher @ May 2nd 2009 3:05PM]

BTW, did anyone find sample pictures and/or vids taken with the HTC Magic so far?