Hermes vs Kaiser... should i make the jump??

[molesaied88]

hey, hows everyone doing today. Im starting this thread to get all your opinions cuz i cant make one myself. i bought my hermes about a year and a half ago for around $200, at the time the kaiser was just hitting the market and was out of my price range. Me and the hermes have had lots of fun times together, but im lookin to move onwards and upwards. I know that the diamond just came out and the Raphael will be soon, but it will probably be out of my price range. The kasiers seem to be selling in the same 200 range now, so im thinking of picking one up. the reason i ask you all for your opinions (other than im sure you all know much more than i do on this subject) is that ive heard all of the problems the kaiser is having with the video driver, and that how the hermes out performs it due to this reason. so what do you all think, all opinions appreciated. if this is in the wrong place im sorry

[veyka]

hey, hows everyone doing today. Im starting this thread to get all your opinions cuz i cant make one myself. i bought my hermes about a year and a half ago for around $200, at the time the kaiser was just hitting the market and was out of my price range. Me and the hermes have had lots of fun times together, but im lookin to move onwards and upwards. I know that the diamond just came out and the Raphael will be soon, but it will probably be out of my price range. The kasiers seem to be selling in the same 200 range now, so im thinking of picking one up. the reason i ask you all for your opinions (other than im sure you all know much more than i do on this subject) is that ive heard all of the problems the kaiser is having with the video driver, and that how the hermes out performs it due to this reason. so what do you all think, all opinions appreciated. if this is in the wrong place im sorry

The D3D problems are mostly sorted, the Kaiser is a NICE phone, I played with one today, it feels a lot nicer than the Hermes, its got a nicer keyboard, its faster, and smoother (even on a stock WM6!)

I would say go for it, its better than the Hermes, and the GPS is a nice thing to have as well!

I will be jumping when I have the cash :)

[joshkoss]

The D3D problems are mostly sorted, the Kaiser is a NICE phone, I played with one today, it feels a lot nicer than the Hermes, its got a nicer keyboard, its faster, and smoother (even on a stock WM6!)

I would say go for it, its better than the Hermes, and the GPS is a nice thing to have as well!

I will be jumping when I have the cash :)

Yea, when i have cash i'll jump to kaiser also, so maybe 6 months or year.. Who knows, maybe i'll be cooking kaiser roms soon :)

[galaxys]

I'm skipping the tilt and looking at the touch Pro. But, I'll skip the Pro if the touch HD is released! Saving for it now :eek:

[molesaied88]

do you guys know how simple it is to cid and sim unlock the kaiser? the hermes was extremely simple. My sisters dash was a bit of a pain in the ass.

[ai6908]

do you guys know how simple it is to cid and sim unlock the kaiser? the hermes was extremely simple. My sisters dash was a bit of a pain in the ass.

Its not too bad, I had a kaiser for a while, and i did CID unlock it. I am not sure of the SIM unlock though. But if you follow the instructions I think it should be ok.

[molesaied88]

why did you go from the kaiser to the hermes?

[veyka]

do you guys know how simple it is to cid and sim unlock the kaiser? the hermes was extremely simple. My sisters dash was a bit of a pain in the ass.

The new SIM/CID/security lockers are easy as pie. Pretty much as easy as the hermes is.

BUT you can only run it from WM6, so downgrade or do it before you upgrade :)

The main thing about the Kaiser is you need to be careful to match your HardSPL/Radio/rom versions up or things get unstable.

[zocster]

I am skipping the kaiser, and definitely will be getting the HD like galaxys. It is out in november in oz ......., so ........... here I come with an HD, no touch pro, as I found the on screen keyboard not so bad after playing with my brother's polaris for a day. :D

[jjjjayd13]

GPS does not aquire a signal quickly!

(3-10+ mins)


Something to consider if you are thinking about using GPS often.:confused:

[molesaied88]

well im in the process of installing a carpc so im not worried about gps. kaiser unlocked will work on tmobile though right?? i know 3g probably wont, but voice would be fine. i dont see why there would be any problems, but i already bid on a kaiser and now i feel like a dummy for not being sure.

[galaxys]

well im in the process of installing a carpc so im not worried about gps. kaiser unlocked will work on tmobile though right?? i know 3g probably wont, but voice would be fine. i dont see why there would be any problems, but i already bid on a kaiser and now i feel like a dummy for not being sure.

You'll be fine unlocked on t-mobile usa...There are many tilt fans using t-mobile (but no 3G).

[veyka]

GPS does not aquire a signal quickly!

(3-10+ mins)


Something to consider if you are thinking about using GPS often.:confused:

I think you can use quickGPS to speed it up a lot? :)

And how you americans must suffer with no HSDPA or 3g :(

[rotaflex]

hey, hows everyone doing today. Im starting this thread to get all your opinions cuz i cant make one myself. i bought my hermes about a year and a half ago for around $200, at the time the kaiser was just hitting the market and was out of my price range. Me and the hermes have had lots of fun times together, but im lookin to move onwards and upwards. I know that the diamond just came out and the Raphael will be soon, but it will probably be out of my price range. The kasiers seem to be selling in the same 200 range now, so im thinking of picking one up. the reason i ask you all for your opinions (other than im sure you all know much more than i do on this subject) is that ive heard all of the problems the kaiser is having with the video driver, and that how the hermes out performs it due to this reason. so what do you all think, all opinions appreciated. if this is in the wrong place im sorry

Where do you find $200 kaiser? Checked through ebay and can't find any.