Comments on: Rogers HTC Magic rebranded as HTC “Magic+” http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/ Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews - Cell phones and Accessories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:28:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Puleen Patel http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41751 Puleen Patel Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:14:02 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41751 BJ, you are spot on. If Rogers had the faintest of care for customer experience and service they would've opted to go with the truly "NEW" Magic with 3.5mm headphone jack. If I had to take a wild guess, Rogers must've sent back the original Magic devices left in their inventory back to HTC to get rebranded and have the new update applied. This is most likely to sell as many of the devices and lock as many customers into a 3-year contract. These are typical things Rogers does to "care" for their customers. BJ, you are spot on. If Rogers had the faintest of care for customer experience and service they would’ve opted to go with the truly “NEW” Magic with 3.5mm headphone jack.

If I had to take a wild guess, Rogers must’ve sent back the original Magic devices left in their inventory back to HTC to get rebranded and have the new update applied. This is most likely to sell as many of the devices and lock as many customers into a 3-year contract.

These are typical things Rogers does to “care” for their customers.

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]]> By: bj http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41626 bj Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:58:56 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41626 Also, if Rogers really cared they would have gone with the new Magic with the 3.5mm headphone jack as opposed to just rebranding their supply of Magics, that they mostly updated the firmware on. There have been some reports of people getting "new" Magics that are still running the old 1.5 release with the 911 bug.... oppps. Also, if Rogers really cared they would have gone with the new Magic with the 3.5mm headphone jack as opposed to just rebranding their supply of Magics, that they mostly updated the firmware on.

There have been some reports of people getting “new” Magics that are still running the old 1.5 release with the 911 bug…. oppps.

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]]> By: bj http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41625 bj Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:56:42 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41625 The update also included a new radio (that is not supported by many custom ROMs) and a perfected SPL that currently is not rootable. Strangely enough the new radio and SPL have absolutely nothing to do with the 911 fix, added significant time and complexity to the 911 bugfix, and remove the ability to root and run custom ROMs. Of course those were just side effects of the 911 bugfix... You certainly can get Sense UI on the Magic. You also can get rock solid, bug free 1.6 builds and 1.6 is the minimum OS level for some of the newer Google functionality. The update also included a new radio (that is not supported by many custom ROMs) and a perfected SPL that currently is not rootable. Strangely enough the new radio and SPL have absolutely nothing to do with the 911 fix, added significant time and complexity to the 911 bugfix, and remove the ability to root and run custom ROMs.

Of course those were just side effects of the 911 bugfix…

You certainly can get Sense UI on the Magic. You also can get rock solid, bug free 1.6 builds and 1.6 is the minimum OS level for some of the newer Google functionality.

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]]> By: mkm87 http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41605 mkm87 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:19:01 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41605 Typical Robbers move. They should have at least added 3.5mm headphone jack to the Magic as T-Mobile did in US. But raising price of the same phone with the new software update provided by HTC is just plain greedy. Imagine if price of Blackberry smartphones increased each time new version of Blackberry OS is released. Typical Robbers move. They should have at least added 3.5mm headphone jack to the Magic as T-Mobile did in US. But raising price of the same phone with the new software update provided by HTC is just plain greedy. Imagine if price of Blackberry smartphones increased each time new version of Blackberry OS is released.

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]]> By: RogersMary http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41557 RogersMary Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:15:02 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41557 Hi vkos - The Magic was rebranded Magic+ because of the new OS that includes Sense UI. The distinction did need to be clarified for new customers purchasing the device. Yes, all previous Magic customers should download the 1.5 update that has an important bug fix to ensure 911 calls complete. This is available at http://www.rogers.com/magicsoftwareupdate. Previous reviews are attached to the previous SKU, which is why they are not showing up under the new brand name. Anyone is invited to write a review and we would love to hear your thoughts. To read or write reviews, go to the "Review" tab within the device specs. Hope that helps :) Thanks! Mary Hi vkos – The Magic was rebranded Magic+ because of the new OS that includes Sense UI. The distinction did need to be clarified for new customers purchasing the device. Yes, all previous Magic customers should download the 1.5 update that has an important bug fix to ensure 911 calls complete. This is available at http://www.rogers.com/magicsoftwareupdate.

Previous reviews are attached to the previous SKU, which is why they are not showing up under the new brand name. Anyone is invited to write a review and we would love to hear your thoughts. To read or write reviews, go to the “Review” tab within the device specs.

Hope that helps :)
Thanks!
Mary

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]]> By: vkos http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41508 vkos Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:55:26 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41508 I'm liking Sense UI as well Hugo. However, we already have this on our Magics. It came at the same time as our 911 fix. So all consumers are really getting extra is the + although I remember magic hovering around this price before anyways so I don't think it's intended to sell for more. But, I checked the Rogers website and all the old magic reviews seem to be gone. I think this was more an attempt to get rid of bad press over this required 911 fix stuff. I’m liking Sense UI as well Hugo. However, we already have this on our Magics. It came at the same time as our 911 fix. So all consumers are really getting extra is the + although I remember magic hovering around this price before anyways so I don’t think it’s intended to sell for more. But, I checked the Rogers website and all the old magic reviews seem to be gone. I think this was more an attempt to get rid of bad press over this required 911 fix stuff.

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]]> By: Jr Bishop http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41501 Jr Bishop Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:37:06 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41501 is there an update for current magic owners?? is there an update for current magic owners??

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]]> By: Hugo B. http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41434 Hugo B. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:53:35 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41434 Being a Hero User, Sense UI works really well, and is in many ways superior UI-wise than standard Android... And I haven't come accross 1 instance where Sense actually cause issues with any App. This'll definatly big a big upgrade for magic owners! Being a Hero User, Sense UI works really well, and is in many ways superior UI-wise than standard Android… And I haven’t come accross 1 instance where Sense actually cause issues with any App.

This’ll definatly big a big upgrade for magic owners!

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]]> By: Hub http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41421 Hub Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:06:23 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41421 No ONE point SIX? No ONE point SIX?

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]]> By: xau http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/02/24/rogers-htc-magic-rebranded-as-htc-magic/#comment-41416 xau Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:15:56 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18481#comment-41416 Liars. Robbers. Rebadged the same phone for a higher price, when the phone is actually more crippled than before since it is unrootable. Liars. Robbers.

Rebadged the same phone for a higher price, when the phone is actually more crippled than before since it is unrootable.

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