HTC Kaiser = AT&T Tilt; Coming Soon

The Kaiser is coming, and maybe sooner than we thought. An avid CrunchGear reader and commenter was in his local AT&T store and asked about the AT&T 8925 smartphone. The phone monkeys said that yes, the 8925 would be replacing the 8525 soon, either at the end of August or the beginning of September.

If you’ve been waiting to take the plunge on a Windows Mobile high-end smartphone, this is your window (heh). The phone’s feature-packed and sets the bar higher as far as the amount of crap you can pack into a handset.

But the big news from our awesome tipster is the name of the unit. In America, the Kaiser for AT&T will be known as “The Tilt.” Take a look, you’ll see why. Expect it in two versions, one with the cameras removed, as AT&T does for many of its business-focused phones.

Thanks, J!

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16 Comments so far

 
Johnal

Just you guys wait…I’ll be posting a picture on the facebook group with me and this phone as soon as it comes out. Oh…and let’s not forget the “tilt” is also being called the “HTC TyTN II” — it’s got too many names — but the AT&T reps seem to like calling it “The Tilt.”

 
Loli

Sweet….

 
xxdesmus

Super sexy phone. This phone might get me to switch over from Verizon.

 
Goodman

I think this’ll likely be an exciting phone, but in my experience the reps in the stores aren’t necessarily more informed than the rest of us (often far less). “Tips” like this often mean they’re either following the same rumors as the rest of us, or pulling info out of their butt to look more informed.

 
prealphageek

@ Goodman -I couldn’t agree with you more; I find that generally these folks are just as the story says phone monkeys with a stack’em high watch’em fly attitude. They don’t know and don’t care about what’s what when it comes to handsets (Sell mode will make you say anything sometimes).

Although, I do think that there may be some truth to this story because AT&T quietly cut a deal with Broadcom. See link to WSJ report after the jump.

http://prealphageek.blogspot.com/2007/08/broadcom-to-at-show-me-
money.html

 
Dandancast

Why Verizon it taking to long to have any WM6? Why no blog talk much about Verizon anyway? I am waiting to get a WM6 on Verizon.

 
murph

it’s a race! Samsung i760 on VZW or the Kaiser on AT&T…whoever can get their phone out the door gets my $$ and next 2-year contract.

 
Matt Hickey

@ Dandancast: Verizon really hasn’t done anything newsworthing since the Reagan administration.

 
Kevin C. Tofel

The FCC filing showed three different versions last month. One was camera-less, one had the regular cam on the back and one had the back cam and the front cam shown in your pic. I’m hoping AT&T offers all three…

 
Daniel Burke

This phone is set to come out Sept. 11 after the Moto qh9 and the new v9…I can’t wait!

 
Kevin

Check that link out…it shows pics

 
Kevin
 
Moe

Hey Guys, ready for some great news, I just bought my at&t tilt at the at&t store at soho, it costed me $399, the other one was $350 but had no front camara. The phone is great, I sign up for two years contract with a $19.99 for unlimited internet, oh the phone is great, also the GPS work great too…oh by the way I got a $50 dollar rebate form, so the phone will cost me only $350, it is a lock phone and can’t be used with any other service provider but I am sure you can unlock it. also the sale person showed me and actually talked to me via using it front camara, so the picture quality was good, don’t know if I could talk to anyone with the front camara yet caz not anyone that I know has a front camara. The software is what I saw up on the review, the phone is great a bit heavy but feel great holding in hand, I could actually use it using one hand since it has a greater touch techonogy…..so guys where is your tilt, oh I have to set up my blackberry email thing but once I am done with that I will update, the Internet is super speed, I am loving it, have a good luck… bye (SP..up edam was lla it. ….fi ouy daer siht pu, ouy lliw teg eht rewsna. won t’nod llet em i ma gniyl zac uoy syug eb gnikam pu esoht eslaf setad. if you can’t read the upside down just read it in a mirror…bye

 
kelly

Moe-

er’ouy na gni-f toidi.

 
jacl22000

Moe,

ohw saw os diputs ekil uoy taht dluoc ton rehpiced siht?

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