The HTC Magic is a great Android phone, and yes, we’re guilty of favouritism here because there’s one sitting beside us on its second battery charge of the day and we’re locked into an 18-month Vodafone contract so can’t afford to “fall out” with it.
But what the Magic AKA myTouch 3G really lacked was a 3.5mm headphone jack, relying instead on a cumbersome proprietary adaptor that added unnecessary bulk to the slimline little touchscreen phone. But now it has one, courtesy of what appears to be an all-white version of the laughably silly Fender Edition myTouch 3G.
No idea why HTC and T-Mobile would bother refreshing the spec of an already quite old (in mobile phone years) Android phone, when there are numerous other newer and often cheaper models out there. But still – if the phone’s still considered “new” in the eyes of operators, hopefully it ups the chances of it getting an update to Android 2.0 or 2.1 or 2.0.1 or whatever in the future.
Pics via MobileCrunch and TMoNews.
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