The original post is getting a pile of comments, so I've kicked this topic off in case anyone wants to discuss the general issue and any side thoughts that might be going on. I'll also add any updates I have to this thread.
Vodafone HTC Magic Stoush
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Posted 8 months ago #
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I have a new theory which may explain pulling of all advertising, I've read on the HTC website the VF model comes with less RAM. What if VF didn't advertise this before and someone with a new phone has complained to commerce commission, explains who would have the power to pull a product from sale nationwide and why all historical advertising's been pulled and VF don't want it publicized because existing owners who haven't noticed would want money back. It also means the Google girl pictures are a helpful distraction.....Just an idea.....
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P-J :)Posted 8 months ago # -
rob-nz
MemberNo, I don't think so.
The specs of the Vodafone vs' vanilla HTC magics have been available on HTC sites offshore for a couple of months, not to mention that the HTC Magic has a different software load, with Exchange sync etc.
The hardware differences seem to be that the VF Magic has Qualcomm MSM7201a proc and 192 Mb RAM, compared to the MSM7200a and 288Mb in the HTC version.
These both have the same ARM11 and ARM9 chips in the core but the difference between the two actually seems to be in the video compression technology, apparently the MSM7200a (which can handle 30fps VGA video) is subject to a lawsuit that it infringes some Broadcom patents in the US, so the MSM7201a (24fps QVGA) is used in that market.
Interestingly the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 (also built by HTC) uses the same chipset and comes with both procs for different markets.
It's possible that the VF build is actually the same as the T-Mobile MyTouch build, so it could be sold into all markets and get through FCC cert without fuss.
A disassembly of the X1 shows about 384Mb of physical ram of which 256Mb is available to the system. After boot about 152Mb is available to the system (Winmo).
The remaining 128 megabytes of RAM memory is used for both the video graphics and CPU.
From all this I would infer that the actual build of the Magic is the same and it is the amount of RAM siphoned off for CPU and graphics that differs.
It's also possible that the figures quoted on the website are post-boot available memory, which could vary depending on software load.
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