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Keep or Sell my BNIB AT&T 8525?

I have a brand-new in box AT&T 8525 (HTC Hermes). I got it yesterday when my original Cingular 8525 stylus silo would no longer hold the stylus properly. AT&T sent me a crappy refurb (obvious cosmetic flaws) so I complained nicely and got a brand-new one instead!
I have been using a Blackjack in the meantime (Samsung SGH-i607) which has been meeting my needs and I am now eyeing the HTC Kaiser with lust and envy (deadly sins...)
I'm not dying to sell but if the right offer came along... PM me if you want to negotiate and I might be persuaded to part with it...

after all the difficulties you had getting it replaced, now you're going to get ride of it??? wow.

dkaye said:
after all the difficulties you had getting it replaced, now you're going to get ride of it??? wow.
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Its a smart decision, not many people have NEW 8525's. Also as soon as the Kaiser comes out the 8525 is gonna drop in price, which means he'll get less regardless of new or old. You should get rid of that a.s.a.p. But if I were you I would save up for the shift instead of the kaiser.

neptune said:
Its a smart decision, not many people have NEW 8525's. Also as soon as the Kaiser comes out the 8525 is gonna drop in price, which means he'll get less regardless of new or old. You should get rid of that a.s.a.p. But if I were you I would save up for the shift instead of the kaiser.
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@neptune:
You're right, this would be a smart decision if I was intent on wringing out every nickel for the 8525 but I am self-employed and my time is too valuable making money on a contract basis to spend it dickering over a few dollars. When I am going to upgrade a device, I typically undersell the market a few bucks to get the sale over with. I actually come out ahead this way all things considered.

I still have it new-in-box...
I have decided to sell my new-in-box AT&T 8525 to the first person who PayPals me $395 US plus shipping. No lowballers, please. This is a fair price and I'm not in a hurry to sell. PM me if you're interested. I'm only advertising it on xda-developers for now; I hate putting up with the herd over at HoFo.

I've had my HTC TyTN (same thing as an 8525/Hermes, etc) and it's been the best device I've ever owned!
For anyone considering purchasing one, you won't regret it.

If I didn't already have one I'd jump on the offer.

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$395 US (PayPal) takes it, buyer pays shipping. Still 100% virgin, new-in-box. C'mon, you know you want it... Reasonable offers now being entertained.

SOLD
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Kaiser worth getting over TyTN?

Hi all,
My T-Mobile upgrade has come around and I've just got off the phone with the upgrade dept having gone for the Vario II (TyTN). Of course after doing so I started looking around on here to see what the state of play is regarding firmware and unlocking etc, then I find out about the Kaiser!
So, is it worth phoning T-Mobile back and cancelling the Vario II in anticipation of this coming out? The site says "expected September" but do you think that's accurate? Also there's the cost involved... The Vario II is costing me £80, but I imagine the Kaiser will be more. Will it be worth the extra?
Any opinions gratefully received!

Check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=328501&highlight=worth+it
I would say no to selling a TyTN at a loss to buy a TyTN II, but for someone in your case I would say it's definitely worth going with the newest model, even if there is a small premium on the upgrade price.

Noiz said:
So, is it worth phoning T-Mobile back and cancelling the Vario II in anticipation of this coming out?
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Yep
The site says "expected September" but do you think that's accurate?
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Accurate-ish - check out the kaiser forum on www.modaco.com for more info
Also there's the cost involved... The Vario II is costing me £80, but I imagine the Kaiser will be more. Will it be worth the extra?
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Definitely! But haggle and speak to retentions - you might get it for same price as Vario II

So I phoned them back and spoke to the same guy from before. He said the Vario III is already available for upgrade customers and it'll cost an extra 30 quid! Consider it done. It'll be here next week.
Thanks for the advice.

Noiz, if you don't mind me asking, how much is your typical monthly spend? Just to give me an idea of an upgrade cost.
Can't decide between a Touch, for its size, or the Kaiser for its performance.
cheers.

I just got my Kaiser a day ago and I can say that the build quality alone is worth it. It's amazing how much better the physical build quality is compared to the TyTN. It seems like HTC really put alot of effort into making this unit.
JB

yea they should have added atleast a little more internal memory. Something like 2GB internal memory would have been awesome.

pjam said:
Noiz, if you don't mind me asking, how much is your typical monthly spend? Just to give me an idea of an upgrade cost.
Can't decide between a Touch, for its size, or the Kaiser for its performance.
cheers.
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Not at all! I'm on the FlexT 25 + Web n' Walk bundle. It originally cost me £26 a month because of a discount when I signed up. They said if I wanted to keep that price it would cost me more to upgrade, so he reset the contract price to its default, but then gave me a £5 discount on that. In the end it's now costing me £27.50 a month. I never actually use any more than my allowance each month.
I could've brought the price down a fair bit more by going for the FlexT 30 plan, but with the Web n' Walk on top it would've been £37.50 a month, so I decided against that.
If you're switching from another provider they seem to be offering discounts on FlexT plans on the website right now, although I didn't see the Vario III there.

Thanks for that. I'm on the exact same tariff as you but paying £24.38 due to getting 25% off. I would expect to pay a similar amount to you then, maybe a little more.
My brother get's his Touch today so after having a play with that i'll try to make my mind up which one to go for. The Touch should be free.
Thanks again.

I think they quoted me £20 for the Touch, but I'm sure you could haggle it down. Personally I wanted something with a full hardware keyboard so the Touch was out. I think you get the Touch interface with the Kaiser though if I'm not mistaken...

If anyone's watching this thread, waiting for my Kaiser to arrive, check my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1536226&postcount=31

How much is a Vodafone branded Kaiser worth?

Just wondering...
Picked up a new V1615 (Vodafone Kaiser) from a Vodafone store just now because that's all they could offer me.
I really, really want an Mwg Atom V (details) or Atom Life which has some amazing specs (details) instead though.
So I want to sell the Vodafone brand new boxed and unopened, SIM free and unlocked.
What kind of price can I expect for it?
Thanks

Its worth as much as a standard Kaiser probably, and a bit more than an AT&T Tilt. But the main place for selling phones is eBay; so prices vary widely. You can probably get upwards of $650 for it.
You do know that in some respects the Kaiser beats the pants off that Atom thingy? For one thing, it has a keyboard. It also has GPS and a 3.1MP camera instead of a 2.0MP. There is also a much larger ROM community for the HTC phones than for the Atom.

Jozer99 said:
Its worth as much as a standard Kaiser probably, and a bit more than an AT&T Tilt. But the main place for selling phones is eBay; so prices vary widely. You can probably get upwards of $650 for it.
You do know that in some respects the Kaiser beats the pants off that Atom thingy? For one thing, it has a keyboard. It also has GPS and a 3.1MP camera instead of a 2.0MP. There is also a much larger ROM community for the HTC phones than for the Atom.
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Hmmm...I agree with some of what you say about the Atoms now after doing some more research.
One thing that's struck me is the customer service feedback about the Atom's manufacturers. Very few have anything nice to say about the service they received if something went wrong with their device. I'd be in fear of ever needing them.
The main things that have attracted me to the Atom phones so far is the use of Intel Xscale chips, better video support and the use of Sirfstar III chipsets for GPS. I don't need a high spec camera so I'm not bothered by the lack of high pixel capture.
In my experience of using old HTC devices (Universal, Magician) and some new ones (Trinity / P3600 and Kaiser), the older ones seemed faster for some reason. I don't know for sure but the Intel architecture seems better than the Qualcomm.
Also, the Sirfstar III GPS hardware wipes the floor with Qualcomm's equivalents in my experience and doesn't need QuickGPS to get a very fast lock in a built up city like London where I live.
Why did HTC start using these dodgy Qualcomm chips?
I'm still undecided...I just hate waiting with computers / PDAs etc...They should just work, and work fast. Maybe I'm asking for too much.

Anymore opinions?

You in the UK? Is the V1615 on contract?
Not impressed by those Atoms...

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Just wondering...
Picked up a new V1615 (Vodafone Kaiser) from a Vodafone store just now because that's all they could offer me.
I really, really want an Mwg Atom V (details) or Atom Life which has some amazing specs (details) instead though.
So I want to sell the Vodafone brand new boxed and unopened, SIM free and unlocked.
What kind of price can I expect for it?
Thanks
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That's all they could offer? You have got to be kidding, there isnt a better phone on voda, and you must pay silly amounts monthly to get that offered to you.
also, note, the vodafone one is unlocked from factory.
Though i did manage to pick one up for £20 a month on my contract for an upgrade, free! but i have a hell of a business head when it comes to negotiating!

flashy said:
That's all they could offer? You have got to be kidding, there isnt a better phone on voda, and you must pay silly amounts monthly to get that offered to you.
also, note, the vodafone one is unlocked from factory.
Though i did manage to pick one up for £20 a month on my contract for an upgrade, free! but i have a hell of a business head when it comes to negotiating!
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heh heh
I meant that's all they could offer me in terms of high spec PDAs and I wasn't interested in Blackberrys.
I pay about £45 a month on my contract, but it is an 18 month one. Not bad, but then I've been with Voda for almost 10 years now.
Anyway....I've seen them go on ebay for around £350. Tempted to sell...Still not sure...Still haven't opened the box.
So noone really recommends the Mwgs? If that's the case then I don't really have any other options and I'll just use the Kaiser.
Maybe one day someone will find out how to enable all the great hardware inside the case

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heh heh
I meant that's all they could offer me in terms of high spec PDAs and I wasn't interested in Blackberrys.
I pay about £45 a month on my contract, but it is an 18 month one. Not bad, but then I've been with Voda for almost 10 years now.
Anyway....I've seen them go on ebay for around £350. Tempted to sell...Still not sure...Still haven't opened the box.
So noone really recommends the Mwgs? If that's the case then I don't really have any other options and I'll just use the Kaiser.
Maybe one day someone will find out how to enable all the great hardware inside the case
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I was gonna say! the kaiser isnt that bad mate, i havent come accross one issue with regards to graphics, plus, got a kiddies psp for games!!, sat nav works faultlessly, good quality phone, my battery life is fine. Keep it
If not, ebay mate, your best bet, but watch vodafone dont pick up on it, as it is "actually" theirs unitl youve paid your years contract off etc.

flashy said:
If not, ebay mate, your best bet, but watch vodafone dont pick up on it, as it is "actually" theirs unitl youve paid your years contract off etc.
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No it's not - it's 100% your property, and your problem. That's not conditional on anything. The contract debt is separate - you owe them the value of that regardless of what you do with the phone. Sell it, keep it, give it back to them, you still owe the contract sum whatever you do.

selling phone
sell htc
wait 4/5 months
go get sony xperia ..
simple
or
have a look at the glofish 800 series

Wtb: Htc touch pro or fuze $300 at&t

i've been looking everywhere for a good deal on this phone and havent been able to find it so if anyone is tired of theres id gladly take it. thanks in advance

nicthasneak said:
i've been looking everywhere for a good deal on this phone and havent been able to find it so if anyone is tired of theres id gladly take it. thanks in advance
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If you are a new customer to AT&T I suggest for you to buy it online with Amazon which has free 2 day shipping and with 2 year contract goes for about 175 (150 after rebate). I did this to obtain my fuze and I was very pleased with how smoothly I was able to save soo much money (Sales Rep at AT&T wanted 300).

DrzNight said:
If you are a new customer to AT&T I suggest for you to buy it online with Amazon which has free 2 day shipping and with 2 year contract goes for about 175 (150 after rebate). I did this to obtain my fuze and I was very pleased with how smoothly I was able to save soo much money (Sales Rep at AT&T wanted 300).
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im already locked in a contract i wish i could

Not too much you can do locked into a contract like that, esp if you aren't willing to break into a new seperate contract with the full data plan, I had to buy mine new from ebay for $400. I sold my Tilt for $255 and that made up for most of it.
(Viva la $15 Unlimited Media.net!)
I am not eligable for an upgrade until next December and with HTC releasing a new device of my style (Wizard, TyTN, TyTN II...touch screen with slide out keyboard) usually halfway through the year and then finally getting to the US near the end of the year, that should work out just fine.
I will just have to sell off my Fuze by then, so if you are still looking to buy one for $300 by next December... hit me up.

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Not too much you can do locked into a contract like that, esp if you aren't willing to break into a new seperate contract with the full data plan, I had to buy mine new from ebay for $400. I sold my Tilt for $255 and that made up for most of it.
(Viva la $15 Unlimited Media.net!)
I am not eligable for an upgrade until next December and with HTC releasing a new device of my style (Wizard, TyTN, TyTN II...touch screen with slide out keyboard) usually halfway through the year and then finally getting to the US near the end of the year, that should work out just fine.
I will just have to sell off my Fuze by then, so if you are still looking to buy one for $300 by next December... hit me up.
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hopefully ill find one by then thanks anyways

When I bought mine about a week ago, Amazon had up an option for existing AT&T customers. Not sure whether the offer was the same, because as a new customer I didn't follow the link, but it might be worth giving the Fuze page on Amazon a look and seeing what it says...

I was only 11 months into my 2 year contract with my discounted Tilt. if you ask real nice most store managers can still sell you a Fuze at the discount (299??). they can punch in an exception on your account right at the store. I got my Fuze for that price , but did have to extend back to 24 months under contract again. If one store wont do it, try another. You will come across a store with a manager that will do it.

I just odered it for $150 with a $150 mail in rebate from htc and LetsTalk.com. It came with a 2 yr contract with At&t. I went to http://www.htc.com/us/where_to_buy.aspx and selected usa then HTC Online Store. I then selected HTC FUZE™ (AT&T). FREE Touch pro!

shep211 said:
I just odered it for $150 with a $150 mail in rebate from htc and LetsTalk.com. It came with a 2 yr contract with At&t. I went to http://www.htc.com/us/where_to_buy.aspx and selected usa then HTC Online Store. I then selected HTC FUZE™ (AT&T). FREE Touch pro!
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Was that a new plan or an upgrade/extension? I went to the site and it does appear to be for either but when I went to letstalk.com directly the deal was only being offered for new service and upgrades were at $249. What was your experience? Thank you.

First time at&t customer. I hope they offer this to both.

hey, i'm in need of cash and selling my FUZE, let me know if your still interested

[Q] HD7S Question

I wanted to know what is the price for the HD7S without a contract for both its 8 and 16GB models...considering the fact that they may have both model to begin with
i would go to the store and check myself but considering that im currently 300 miles and will in a short while be indefinitely 8363 miles away from any store that currently sells the HD7S i ask all of u the answer to this very simple question.
Thanks in advance!
ive tried google if anyone is wondering and i have to say that i was very dissappointed (a sarcastic smile for my hopes and dreams have been destroyed due to this predicament) for i did not get any conclusive results

AT&T only offers a 16GB version of the HD7S and without a contract the phone will run you $499.99. Got the info from their website.
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...276&source=ECh7370050000000L#fbid=Rnv0KMbu9nq
Hope this helps. =]

Thanks man thought the prices might have gone done since it release cause the websites are usually out of date with the prices

Youre welcome. Glad I was able to help. If Im not mistake the "no commitment" pricing always stays the sames no matter who your provider is. The HD7 on T-Mobile is still priced at $499.99 without contract. The only price that drops is the contract price. Im sure AT&T will start rolling out with promotions on smartphones pretty soon. After all the new school year is right around the corner and there are always discounts during that time but of course that only if your signing up for a new contract. =/

cant get anythin on contract cause i dont live in the US just wished the HD7S was not exclusively available to ATT..............
THE HORROR
Now i have to settle for the HD7 cause there's no way im paying $500 for the phone
Over here the HD7 is worth $350 and there is no contract crap so thats atleast a relief

Have you tried ebay at all? I did a quick search and this is what I found. I hope it helps you out.
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R...l1313&_nkw=htc+hd7s&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Dude thanks so much! totaly frgt about Ebay! So gonna bid on somthin hopefully gonna get a good price