Samsung Stratosphere hands-on

By on Oct 11, 2011 at 8:50 PM
mobile October 11, 2011

We briefly met up with Samsung in San Diego to check out the new Samsung Stratosphere, Verizon Wireless’ first 4G LTE device with a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard was comfortable to type on without adding too much bulk to the device. The back of the phone looks a bit plain — it is just matte plastic, and we think there’s definitely room for improvement in the style department. Samsung equipped the device with a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen that displays beautiful colors and very deep blacks. It is equipped with a feature set that is a bit below that of the current Galaxy S II devices, such as a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, a 5-megapixel camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. We’ll reserve our final judgement for the review but we’re already fawning over the 4G LTE capability, sturdy hardware and solid keyboard. Be sure to check out the gallery below.

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  • Anonymous

    How is that Verizon’s first 4G LTE device?

    • http://twitter.com/hijackerjack Rohil

      With a full slide out qwerty. Did you not finish reading the sentence..?

      • http://www.facebook.com/wade77 Wade Thomas

        lmao, haha.

      • http://twitter.com/majankajan majankajan

        Sorry! Wp7 has no apps and no games.GTA III and Duke Nukem coming to IOS and ANDROIDThanks to Dual Core

    • CB

      “…Verizon Wireless’ first 4G LTE device with a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard.”

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=25001493 Hank Godwin

       You and the two people that liked your comment should be smacked.

  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

    1.) Who still uses a physical QWERTY?  2.) Who still buys these crap android phones? 3.) When does iOS 5 actually become available to the general public? 

    • Anonymous

      I like a physical keyboard only on android because they are not user friendly when typing messages , on a iphone or ipad no issues, and i know i hate android as soon as the iphone 5 comes out with LTE i am kicking android out the door while driving, and as for IOS 5 Tomorrow 10/12/2011 but make sure your itunes is up to date with 10.5

      • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

        Thanks dood

      • Anonymous

        Im thinking 3AM EST?

      • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/VCBEBTYM2XLKT7WBH4OWJ5QUZ4 commonsenseplease

        Obviously you’ve never used Swype.  Or SlideIt.  Or any of the other billion keyboards available.

        You know, that’s called choice…on Android.

    • Anonymous

      The majority fo the world buys Android.  Crapple is only half as popular as Android.  Here is this months Comscore breakout:   Android’s market share increased 5.6 points to 43.7% during the three month period ending in August. iOS grew 0.7 points to a 27.3% share during the same period. Meanwhile, RIM dropped 5 percentage points to a 19.7%   As you can tell from the data that only 27.3% of the world is technologically inept.   Techies and consumers like are backing Android because of the better OS (Apple doesnt have a useful UI) and the more advanced phones.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=25001493 Hank Godwin

       1.) Pick up Springfield XD pistol with right hand.  2.) Point pistol at face.  3.) Pull trigger.

    • Anonymous

      Adults and professionals use QWERTY phones. So does EVERY PC and laptop. Go away troll.

  • Caz

    It’s the Verizon version of Sprint’s Samsung Epic…

    • Anonymous

      your wrong its a hybrid version of a touch screen of the samsung epic 4g and they keyboard of the samsung intercept from sprint

      • htatc

        No he is not. It is the Epic 4G..the same one in my pocket at this moment.

      • Ping

        yeah my girl friend has the epic, it’s literally the same phone just very very MINOR changes to the keyboard.

      • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/VCBEBTYM2XLKT7WBH4OWJ5QUZ4 commonsenseplease

        Wow.  Apparently you’re wrong very often.  Now I see why you’re buying an iPhone.

  • htatc

    Is it just me or does this look exactly like the Epic 4G from Sprint…the exact same phone…

    • Anonymous

      Yup! Samsung innovation for ya. 

      • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/VCBEBTYM2XLKT7WBH4OWJ5QUZ4 commonsenseplease

        Kind of like how the iPHone looks the same…ON EVERY CARRIER GLOBALLY.

        Even the ‘brand new one’ for 2011.  It looks the same…ON EVERY CARRIER GLOBALLY…FROM LAST YEAR.

        Wow.

    • homescrub

      It would be, but with a smaller screen.

  • Stephen

    1. Go away iPhone trolls.
    2. Some people like a physical keyboard including me.
    3. I would get this if it were slightly better then the crappy charge I have

    • Anonymous

      …huh?

  • ImNotReallyAJerk

    It’s a ritual.  Every LTE first has to be ugly and bulky looking.  Verizon’s first LTE USB modem, Thunderbolt etc.  Welcome to the ugly club you iPhone killer!  Great device for someone on Page Plus or something like that!

  • Bigfatsally

    Oh my God!  1GHz processor?  1.3 MP front camera?  Battery draining LTE and no world support?  I’m getting orgasmic just thinking about it.  

    • brandon holley

      My god its like NOBODY can tell your being sarcastic right now………..

  • homescrub

    Get rid of physical keyboards, shit they make phones look ugly.  

    • Anonymous

      QWERTY is for adults and professionals. Go away child.

  • Anonymous

    fawning over the LTE speeds?   LOL someone please bring BGR up to speed and tell them that VZW launched LTE in March with ThunderBolt.  

  • http://twitter.com/majankajan majankajan

    Sorry! Wp7 has no apps and no games.GTA III and Duke Nukem coming to IOS and ANDROIDThanks to Dual Core

  • http://twitter.com/majankajan majankajan

    Sorry! Wp7 has no apps and no games.GTA III and Duke Nukem coming to IOS and ANDROIDThanks to Dual Core

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