HTC black Magic (Sapphire) hands-on: a Vodafone exclusive

Make no mistake, the all-black HTC Magic is for real. Separated here at CeBIT from its glistening white counterpart by an equally white G1, this near-final Magic looked just stellar in its glossy dark coat. We chatted it up with an on-hand representative who confirmed that the handsets on display weren't absolutely finalized, and that when launched exclusively on Vodafone in Europe (you read that correctly), the Voda logo would be proudly plastered on. He stated that there were no immediate plans for selling an unlocked one in Europe or abroad, but that's just the standard line given when a carrier has yet to get their special toy. He also affirmed that HTC "believed deeply" in Android, and that the world at large would be seeing a lot more where this came from in the near future. Have a look at what these lucky Europeans will soon have access to in the gallery below.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:56PM]

PLEASE Come to T-MOBILE USA.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 3:43PM]

No I won't!

[htowngator Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:20PM]

No video? I hope it doesn't get exclusive for T-Mobile here in the USA like the old G1 was.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2009 11:11AM]

Yeah, let one of the other carriers have an exclusive. Maybe US Cellular or Cellular One. ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 4:58PM]

Man, that theft-deterrent device looks like something out of Terminator. Is that Skynet attached to that phone?

[PeterFnet Posted Mar 5th 2009 5:12PM]

Ohh it's a security device that is attached. I thought it was a Skynet device coming online....

[PeterFnet Posted Mar 5th 2009 5:13PM]

Sorry, didn't see your post Beanie. Guess great minds think alike ;-)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2009 4:08AM]

Well if the black one doesn't come to T-Mobile US, I guess I could always take the white one and a Sharpie... :-)