Samsung Stratosphere Verizon Blog

Check Samsung Stratosphere Verizon Price

2011-11-08T00:45:00.001-08:00

Samsung Stratosphere Verizon, the first QWERTY phone on Verizon's 4G LTE network with Super AMOLED display and Android 2.3 Gingerbread now available in Verizon Wireless store and other third party sellers like AmazonWireless, Costco, BestBuy and more. For grab the best Samsung Stratosphere Verizon deal, check price in below.

VerizonWireless.com - Official carrier for Samsung Stratosphere Verizon offer $409 for non-contract phone and $149 after $50 online discount. You have to pay $39.99 per month for 450 mins and $20 per month for 300MB data as minimum service plan. Verizon also offer free overnight shipping and one time activation fee.
Wirefly.com - Samsung Stratosphere Verizon available for free with 2-year contact. Minimum monthly cost begin at about $39.99 for 450 mins per month.
LetsTalk.com - Offer free phone like Wirefly.com but you have to pay $89 per month - $59 for 450 mins to talk minimum service plan and $30 for 2GB data package.
BestBuy.com - $99 for Samsung Stratosphere Verizon with $59 per month for 450 mins minimum plan.
Costco.com - $49 for Samsung Stratosphere Verizon after $50 online discount. Pay only $39 per month for 450 mins minimum service plan like other sellers.
AmazonWireless - Offer $0.01 for Samsung Stratosphere Verizon. You can choose between 2 $59 minimum plans for 400 mins or 900 mins. Get this deal click this link.

Samsung Stratosphere User Manual

2011-11-07T21:44:00.000-08:00

For full detail specification and phone instructions of the first Verizon's mid-tier QWERTY phones.This is the official Samsung Stratosphere User Manual. Download PDF file click link in below

Samsung Stratosphere User Manual

Samsung Stratosphere VS iPhone 4S

2011-11-07T09:30:00.000-08:00

The first QWERTY Android phone with Verizon 4G LTE network compare with the world's most advanced mobile OS, Samsung Stratosphere vs iPhone 4S. Not a fair fight, Samsung Stratosphere Verizon is a mid-tier phone while iPhone 4S is a high-end phone from Apple is coming with new awesome feature like Siri, 8 Megapixel upgraded camera and iCould service for share your content,contacts on all your iOS devices. However if you want a couple reason why you should buy the Stratosphere - we will show you. First, Samsung Stratosphere is a mid-tier phone so you can grab this phone with cheap price. Verizon Wireless offer the Stratosphere for $149 with 2-year contract while iPhone 4S 32GB is $299. Still expensive ? AmazonWireless now offer special deal for us, Samsung Stratosphere is only $0.01 with 2-year contract. Second, Android OS experience and larger display - the Stratosphere run Android 2.3 Gingerbread with Samsung TouchWiz UI. I didn't say that Android is better than iOS but for users who want to customize their UI - may Samsung Stratosphere be your choice. For the day that high-end phone has up to 4-inch display, iPhone 4S is up coming with 3.5 inch so 4-inch Super AMOLED is better in our opinion.

Standby	Samsung Stratosphere	iPhone 4S 32GB
4G	Yes	No
Dimensions	4.96" x 2.54" x 0.55"	4.5" x 2.3" x 0.37"
Weight	5.8 oz	4.9 oz
OS	Android 2.3	iOS 5
CPU	1 GHz Hummingbird CPU	Dual-core A5 Chipset
Display	4" 480x800 Super AMOLED	3.5" 540x960 Retina Display
Memory	4GB on board with 4GB pre-installed card	32GB
Camera	5 Megapixel with front-facing camera	8 Megapixel with front-facing camera
Video Capture	480p	1080p
Video Playback	720p	1080p
Standby Time	up to 212 hours	up to 200 hours
Usage Time	up to 480 mins	up to 480 mins
Keyboard	5-row QWERTY and virtual keyboard	Virtual keyboard
Price	$149	$299

Samsung Stratosphere Verizon - larger display, Android 2.3 with Samsung TouchWiz UI, 1800 mAh battery, cheaper price

iPhone 4S 32GB - Siri, 8 Megapixel Camera and 1080p HD video recording, iOS 5, iCloud

Samsung Stratosphere VS Droid Bionic

2011-11-07T06:58:00.000-08:00

Comparison between Samsung Stratosphere Verizon with other Droid series phone after compare with Droid 3, Here is head to head fight between a candy bar phone and slide-out QWERTY, Samsung Stratosphere vs Droid Bionic by Motorola. Both phone are Verizone's 4G LTE phone and runs on Android 2.3 but there are many differences between these 2 Android phone and we will see in below specs by specs

CPU And Memory - Samsung Stratosphere Verizon comes with 1 GHz Hummingbird CPU and 512 MB of RAM while Droid Bionic has 1 GHz dual-core CPU and 1 GB of RAM, as high-end smartphones should have these days.

Display - The Samsung Stratosphere display is 4-inch Super AMOLED 480x800 pixels which is the standard in most mobile phone. The Droid Bionic is up coming with a 4.3-inch qHD 540x960 pixels. Super AMOLED on Samsung Stratosphere are very high saturated colors and excellent black levels while the qHD on Droid Bionic is the most efficient mobile display with 540x960 pixels

Camera - Not the camera phone, there are only 5 Megapixel camera and 1.3 Megapixel front-facing camera with auto-focus and single LED flash on Samsung Stratosphere. As many high-end phones in market, the Droid Bionic comes with 8 Megapixel camera and VGA quality front-facing camera with auto focus and dual LED flash. Talk about HD video recording and playback, a camera on the Droid Bionic can give you 1080p capture and play back experience while Samsung Stratosphere can play 720p videos and record 420p videos.

Battery - With high performance CPU and all day social network connecting, we need large battery for support all work. The Droid Bionic has a 1735 mAh battery and the Samsung Stratosphere has a quite better 1800 mAh.

Price - Verizon offer $249 for the Droid Bionic and $149 for Samsung Stratosphere Verizon with 2-year contract. However if you looking for other special deal, AmazonWireless also list these 2 phones on their store. $119 for new customers who want to get the Droid Bionic, $219 and $249 for upgraded existing customers in individual and family account and $149 for exchange your phone to the Droid Bionic. For keyboard lovers, there's special price for you - $0.01 for Samsung Stratosphere Verizon for both new and existing customers. To grab this special offer click on these links :

Samsung Stratosphere Amazon Deal
Droid Bionic Amazon Deal

Samsung Stratosphere VS 4G QWERTY Phones

2011-11-07T00:10:00.000-08:00

We've seen Samsung Stratosphere compare with 3 high-end 4G LTE Android phones and this time we will compare this first Verizon 4G QWERTY phones with other 4G QWERTY phones from Sprint and T-mobile ; Sidekick 4G from T-mobile, HTC EVO Shift 4G and Samsung Epic 4G from Sprint. The advantages of Samsung Stratosphere are newer version of OS, the Stratosphere runs Android 2.3 while other phones runs Android 2.2, 4G Verizon LTE network is the fastest 4G network, Samsung Stratosphere have better front-facing camera and on-board memory. Talk about price - HTC EVO Shift 4G is $19.99, Samsung Epic 4G and Samsung Stratosphere are $0.01 with 2-year contract on Amazon Wireless. While T-mobile Sidekick 4G is $69.99.For Verizon's customers there is no doubt if you want to get new 4G QWERTY phone, their answer should be Samsung Stratosphere Verizon, but for Sprint and T-mobile users there is a question that do you want to move to another carrier or just want to wait for another best QWERTY phone.

Get Special deal for these QWERTY phones click link in below :
Samsung Stratosphere
T-mobile Sidekick 4G
HTC EVO Shift 4G
Samsung Epic 4G

Samsung Stratosphere VS Droid 3

2011-11-05T07:31:00.000-07:00

Comparison between 2 Verizon's Android phone - Both Samsung Stratosphere and Droid 3 have a 5-row physical keyboard and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Main differences between Stratosphere and Droid 3 are, The Samsung Stratosphere Verizon supports Verizon's 4G LTE network and using old CPU version, single core 1 GHz Hummingbird CPU while The Droid 3 has 1 GHz dual core CPU like other high end smartphones in the market. So, you have to choose between the faster data network or faster phone.

Standby	Samsung Stratosphere	Droid 3 by Motorola
4G	Yes	No
Dimensions	4.96" x 2.54" x 0.55"	4.9" x 2.5" x 0.5"
Weight	5.8 oz	5.9 oz
OS	Android 2.3	Android 2.3
CPU	1 GHz Hummingbird CPU	1 GHz dual core CPU
Display	4" 480x800 Super AMOLED	4" 540x960 qHD
Memory	4GB on board with 4GB pre-installed card	16GB on board
Camera	5 Megapixel with front-facing camera	8 Megapixel with front-facing camera
Video Capture	480p	1080p
Video Playback	720p	1080p
Standby Time	up to 212 hours	up to 300 hours
Usage Time	up to 480 mins	up to 550 mins
Keyboard	5-row QWERTY and virtual keyboard	5-row QWERTY and virtual keyboard
Price	$0.01	$59

Get $0.01 for Samsung Stratosphere and $59 for Droid 3 click link in below :

Samsung Stratosphere

Droid 3

Samsung Stratosphere Compare With 4G LTE Phone

2011-11-05T05:12:00.000-07:00

Samsung Stratosphere Verizon compares with 3 Android phone on Verizon's 4G LTE network; LG Revolution, Droid Charge and HTC Thunderbolt. For large size image you can click on a picture fore see all detail. If we look at comparison chart and find an answer that why we should get the first QWERTY phone on Verizon's LTE network. For keyboard lovers, Samsung Stratosphere Verizon is only choice but for others the only one season that they should buy this phone maybe a price. In these 4 Android phones Samsung Stratosphere and HTC ThunderBolt available for $149 while others is $199. There are 2 reasons why we should get the Stratosphere instead of the ThunderBolt - Samsung Stratosphere has Super AMOLED display and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with new version of TouchWiz. So, Samsung Stratosphere is the phone for users who loves physical keyboard and want to get 4G LTE experience. With nice Super AMOLED display and excellent design QWERTY keyboard - Samsung Stratosphere Verizon may be good enough for you.

Want another compare ? Here is Samsung Stratosphere Verizon vs 3 other 4G QWERTY phones. There are more deals for these 4 phones on third party seller like AmazonWireless. They offer these 4G Android phones for $0.01 with 2-year contract. Wanna grab these special deals click link in below

Samsung Stratosphere
LG Revolution
Droid Charge
HTC Thunderbolt

Get $0.01 Samsung Stratosphere On AmazonWireless

2011-11-05T04:04:00.000-07:00

Samsung Stratosphere Verizon available for $0.01 if you are new Verizon Wireless customer and $39.99 for existing customers who want to upgrade their phone to Samsung Stratosphere Verizon. However,if 2-year contact is not your option you can pay $439 for phone only. All deal offer available with free 2-day shipping.

Samsung Stratosphere Verizon comes with 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 5 Megapixel camera with autofocus, single LED flash and front facing camera, new version of Samsung's TouchWiz UI, 1GHz Hummingbird CPU and running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Grab this deal head to AmazonWireless

Samsung Stratosphere Specs

2011-11-05T03:52:00.000-07:00

Dimensions - 4.96" x 2.54" x 0.55"
OS - Android 2.3 Gingerbread + Samsung's TouchWiz UI
Display - 4" 800 x 480 pixels WVGA Super AMOLED
CPU - 1 GHz Hummingbird Processor
RAM - 512 MB
Keyboard - 5-Row slide-out QWERTY keyboard with Android keys and dedicate number keys
Battery - 1800 mAh
Standby time - up to 212 hours
Usage time - up to 480 mins
Internal Memory - 4GB plus 4GB microSD card pre-installed and can expand up to 32 GB
Camera - 5 Megapixel with autofocus and single LED flash, 1.3 Megapixel front-facing camera support 720p video playback
Video Formats - H.263, H.264, MPEG4 VCAST Videos, Blockbuster Mobile
Headset - 3.5 mm Audio Jack
Audio Formats - WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, AMR–NB, AMR–WB, MIDI, Enhanced–MIDI V CAST Music
Bluetooth - Bluetooth 3.0 Profiles Supported : Headset, Hands-free, Stereo, Serial Port, Object Push,Phone Book Access, Human Interface Device Profiles, AVRCP, GAVDP, AVDTP, AVCTP
Mobile Hotspot - Supports up to 8 device on 4G and up to 5 devices on 3G
Wi-Fi - 802.11 a/b/g/n
Web - HTML Browser with Adobe Flash, Backup Assistant and VZ Navigator Capable, NFL mobile, V CAST Media Manager desktop client & mobile app, City ID capable, Amazon Kindle Reader, YouTube, Gmail, Google Talk, YouTube™, Google Search, Google Maps, Latitude, Places, Navigation, Android Market, Books
Communication - Quickoffice, Integrated Google Mobile Services, contacts & calendar, contacts & birthdays, Visual Voice Mail Capable, DLNA via AllShare–share photos, videos and music with other DLNA compatible devices, Text, Picture & Video Messaging with threaded messaging feature, Speech to Text Feature

Compare Samsung Stratosphere Verizon with others phone check link in below :

Samsung Stratosphere vs iPhone 4S
Samsung Stratosphere vs Droid 3
Samsung Stratosphere vs Droid Bionic

Samsung Stratosphere Verizon Review

2011-11-04T23:08:00.000-07:00

In the past couple of months, we have seen many 4G LTE Android phones released from Verizon Wireless. HTC Thunderbolt and Motorola Droid Bionic became the high-end phones in the market but there is one missing feature that both phones have been missing - a physical QWERTY keyboard. So, now we get Samsung Stratosphere Verizon - like the Samsung Galaxy S but this new android phone comes with handy slide-out keyboard, new version of Samsung's TouchWiz and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Design :

Like others Samsung's phones - even though Samsung Stratosphere's shell is made out of plastic, it feels durable. On the back is soft touch coating texture which cuts down on fingerprints and slippery battery cover so you can feel more secure when hold Samsung Stratosphere in your hand.

On the front - there are an LED notification light and 4-inch 480x800 pixels WVGA Super AMOLED (without "Plus") display which is the middle size between too small and too big, although it's not Super AMOLED Plus but Samsung Stratosphere Verizon still have some of the best quality display on the market. Images and text look good and clear on it. Colors are vibrant and saturated, the contrast in dark colors is amazing. At the bottom of display are the 4 touch-sensitive control buttons and 1.3 Megapixel front-facing camera above the display. Volume rocker and microUSB port on the left side. Power Button and 3.5mm headphone jack on the right side.

The phone dimension 4.96 inches tall, 2.54 wide, 0.55 inches thick and weighs 5.8 ounces. The Samsung Stratosphere Verizon feels quite slim for a phone with slide-out keyboard. It's easy to slide out the QWERTY keyboard although it requires more pressure than most other QWERTY phones like Motorola Droid 3. When you sliding a phone you will find 5-row keyboard with dedicate number key on the top. With nice size and large spacing QWERTY keyboard on Samsung Stratosphere ,you will get an excellent typing experience. Homescreen and 4 control keys below the display are being to be use when the keyboard is slide out. Overall, the slide out QWERTY keyboard on Samsung Stratosphere is quite hard to slide open and close but still excellent.

Interface :

The Samsung Stratosphere Verizon running Android 2..3.5 Gingerbread out of the box, that's great but with a new version, Ice Cream Sandwich which will be available soon, update schedule for Samsung Stratosphere still can't find and confirm. Newer version of Samsung's TouchWiz UI also included, bring more visual improvements and ordinary 4 shortcuts on the bottom of display screen for accessing phone, contacts, messaging and applications menu. You can move though application side-by-side or change it to a single scrolling view with the app drawer but on Samsung Stratosphere there are only 5 home-screens instead of the standard 7 and the amount of widgets are limited.

Camera :

Samsung Stratosphere Verizon has 5 Megapixel back rear camera with autofocus, single LED flash and other camera features like Panorama, Action Shot, Continuous. Samsung Stratosphere 's camera supoorts 720p HD video and integrated with nice camera software which you can set and adjust image resolution, scene modes, ISO, effects, shooting modes and GPS tagging. In the day that phones come with 8 Megapixel camera and 1280p HD video support , only 5 Megapixel and 720p HD playback seems to be not enough. Pictures taken with Samsung Stratosphere's camera outside in a sunny day have a nice detail to them, though the colors are a bit oversaturated and bright areas have the tendency to be overexposed. Inside images aren't great, as they look grainy and occasionally had trouble focusing in low-light.Another trouble is the images are occasionally hardly focused in low-light places.

Software :

With Android 2.3 on Samsung Stratosphere, the Phonebook can groups all of your contact list in phone, Facebook and Google into one list. You can also add the contacts from your Twitter, AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo! Messenger, Microsoft Exchange accounts and import or export contacts to the 4G SIM card. On the Phonebook there are also call log, favorites and contacts tabs. You can tab on one of your contacts then you are taken to their info screen which you can view message history and their Facebook, Twitter activities.

Messaging - Samsung Stratosphere Verizon supports SMS, MMS and Email and comes with pre-loaded Verizon's Mobile IM app which allows you to connect your phone with AIM, Windows Live and Yahoo! buddy lists. Including POP3, IMAP, Gmail, AOL, Windows Live, Yahoo! Mail, Verizon.net and Microsoft Exchange

Calendar - working with Microsoft Outlook/Exchange account and pulls events from Facebook and Google, can also sync with Google Calendar.

Music Player - On the top of app, there are all, playlists, albums and artists tab for sorting your songs. When the screen is locked, the current song keeps playing in the background for displays the controls you just pull down the notification area.

The Standard Android Gallery - manage your pictures and videos into each category folder for easy viewing. It works probably great with Super AMOLED display while playing YouTube videos or ripped videos with H.264, MPEG-4, DivX and Xvid.

Performance :

Samsung Stratosphere is powered by 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird CPU which making the phone feel super fast and responsive. With 1800 mAh battery A full-charge battery will last you enough to a full day use, even on a standby mood with background updates still turned on. Remember; the battery life is personal which is up to the user's usage time. About web browsing, the another main feature of Samsung Stratosphere Verizon is that the phone use Verizon's 4G LTE network. They advertise average data speeds of 6-12 Mbps and after test on the Stratosphere, the majority of speed test result are 20-27 Mbps.

Conclusion :

Super AMOLED display, excellent QWERTY keyboard are the main point. If you are waiting for Verizon's 4G LTE Android phone with a physical keyboard, Samsung Stratosphere Verizon is your best choice.

PROS : nice Super AMOLED display, 5-row with nice spacing QWERTY keyboard, new version of Samsung's TouchWiz UI, 1800 mAh battery and Verizon's 4G LTE data network

CONS : only 720p HD video playback and 5 homescreens with limited widgets, keyboard doesn't open and close smoothly.

Samsung Stratosphere Unboxing Video

2011-11-04T11:36:00.000-07:00

Samsung Stratosphere Verizon Video Review By WireFly

2011-11-04T04:53:00.000-07:00

The first physical keyboard phone on Verizon's 4G LTE network reviewed by wirefly.com