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what's in the box what's in the box what's in the box you read the title you know what's what's in the box just go ahead and yes if you read the video title you know exactly what we're unboxing today and if you are any kind of mobile geek you know why that is important and awesome this is the HTC hd2 one of the most versatile smartphones ever constructed and while we're not publishing it's throwback review until Monday we thought we'd give you a taste in this throwback unboxing it should be obvious from the Android logo on the box that this is repurposed packaging this is not the original retail packaging for the hd2 but we'll overlook that if the device is in good shape well I take the cover off this t-mobile variant a mobile u.s. variant of the world's most versatile smartphone boom there it is and with the t-mobile branding above the screen as we've come to expect I'm gonna put it down I'm not gonna spend too much time on the materials here because I don't think that they are gonna be worth looking at too much actually there might be hold on let's pop these out get this box out of the way so the power adapter seems to have been constructed to fall more in line with the touch diamond you have these really sharp you know angular construction it's very interesting kind of trapezoid I don't know what you call this and it didn't even look like an HTC contract but no boom there it is there's the HTC branding you guys who owned the hd2 I'm gonna call on you to leave your remembrances in the comments anyway but I'll ask you to to tell me whether that charger is original I'm sure other guys in the pocket now team I couldn't tell me but I would like you guys to let me know here's the battery it is a 1230 milliamp power pack seems pretty diminutive compared to what we're used to in the modern world here is the here's an extended battery door it looks like for the back of the device take the device out of the pouch itself this was advertised as new when we bought it from our from a dealer so this is pretty cool look at the back panel here so we have a soft touch construction on the bottom and the top as well as a metal mid plate here now I personally never owned one of these so this is all new to me and that's with HTC Sense called out specifically back in the days when you didn't necessarily want to advertise that you were running Windows Mobile because it was fast falling out of favor with the common focus pull off the screen protector quite please and there she is as we pop off this battery door to get the battery installed I want to repeat my urging that you folks leave some comments down below let us know what you want to see from the forthcoming throwback review which will go live on Monday with some added context as well I swear I'm not like a sweaty guy that's just it's just yeah you know the thing is the device was cold it was sitting on the on the truck for a while okay boom stick together there's our t-mobile splash screen bright as day using the old branding from I believe 2009 possibly 2008 there's the traditional info down below the boot info from windows mobile 6.1 I believe is what the shipped with don't out worry we're going to have man I remember that branding we're gonna have very detailed analysis but please leave your comments down below let us know what you want us to retreads share some of your best stories from the hd2 from its hackery and even if you just ran it stock we want to hear about it we will be putting a SIM card in there thankfully we do have a demo sim from t-mobile USA don't worry about that we will skip it for now we have a little tutorial on using the on-screen keyboard and there's the Terms of Service we have to agree to to proceed we will go ahead and agree typing on this device not all that different from what I remember we'll set all these up later let's just see if we can get to the home screen right now skip it please thank you and yes it's yes next and finish boom there's that homescreen with thee Blockbuster Video pre-installed transformers this device truly a sign of the times pretty pretty awesome there's our Start menu with its honeycomb layout this is going to be a lot of fun and one last time I'll ask you to share your stories down below so that we can include them if possible pocket now is throwback review of the HTC hd2 will go live on Monday March 10th and until then you can find us on social media and at pocketnow.com