Whatd’ya know! I didn’t expect to find a Kin 2 box laying around right after we did our Kin 1 unboxing, but sure enough: there it was, prepped and ready to be torn apart.
This one’s more or less the same deal, with a recyclable egg-carton-esque packaging wrapped around the goods. But this one’s black!
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