Verizon Unveils Samsung Stratosphere: First QWERTY LTE Phone

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There's been no real shortage of recent Samsung Stratosphere leaks going from pictures to manuals, specs and Verizon documents. The carrier finally made the phone official as its first QWERTY-enabled 4G LTE smartphone.

It packs a four-inch Super AMOLED display, 1GHz Hummingbird Application Processor, five-row QWERTY keyboard, 1.3-megapixel front-facer, five-megapixel main camera with autofocus and flash (720p HD playback and 480p recording), WiFi a/b/g/n, Mobile Hotspot, Bluetooth 3.0 and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

The Samsung Stratosphere will be available starting October 13 in Verizon Stores as well as online for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

Source: Verizon

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Samsung Galaxy S Glide 1.2GHz QWERTY Slider Coming To Canada

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This past summer, while we awaited news form US carriers on their Samsung Galaxy S II offerings, images of a QWERTY slider surfaced alongside rumors that AT&T would introduce the model as its keyboard-enabled GS2. Clearly, that has not come to pass, but the hardware is still kicking around, and now looks like it will be arriving in Canada as the Galaxy S Glide.

The Glide's hardware is up there at a comparable level to the GS2's, including a dual-core 1.2GHz processor and eight-megapixel camera (1.2MP front-facer). The screen is a smidge smaller on the Glide, measuring-in at only 4 inches, and we're told it will be a Super AMOLED display. We would have expected it to use Super AMOLED Plus technology, as the GS2, but the source's failure to mention "plus" may have just been an oversight.

Of course, to have a hardware keyboard, the Glide doesn't end up looking as slender as the GS2. That trade-off's hardly exclusive to this device line, though, and it's nice for users to at least have the option open. Look for the Galaxy S Glide to find a home at Rogers near the end of 2011.

Source: Mobile Syrup
Via: Electronista

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Boost Announces Samsung Transform Ultra QWERTY Slider For Oct. 7

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Up until the beginning of the month, we had known Samsung's Transform Ultra for Boost Mobile as the SPH-M930 QWERTY slider. That all changed thanks to a tipster, hooking us up with some pics of the phone and a few specs. What we didn't know at the time was when Boost would end up releasing the phone; now Boost has officially announced the Transform Ultra, revealing it will arrive on October 7.

The specs we heard for the Transform Ultra are largely confirmed by Boost; the phone will have a 1GHz processor, main three-megapixel camera, and a VGA front-facer. There's no mention of internal storage here, just the inclusion of a 2GB microSD card, but we were told the phone should have 1GB of flash for itself. The handset's price also check-out, going for about $230 when it arrives. That's going to end making it one pretty darn decent deal for no-contract hardware, and maybe the best option going on Boost.

There is one downside to the Transform Ultra's release, though. One day before it comes out, Boost is hiking its data plans for Androids by five bucks a month. Existing customers can grandfather-in, but you'll be a day too late to get the old price on this phone.

Source: Sprint
Via: Engadget

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Sprint Gets Kyocera Milano QWERTY Slider Android Tomorrow

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Kyocera's Oblique first garnered our attention when some pics of the QWERTY slider showed up in early August, foretelling the smartphone's eventual arrival on Sprint. Late in the month, a leaked Sprint document showed the phone again, but this time after undergoing a name-change to the Kyocera Milano. We had been expecting the phone to launch on September 9, and right on schedule, Sprint has officially announced the Milano's addition to its line-up starting tomorrow.

The Milano will fill the role of a budget-priced, non-WiMAX messaging smartphone for Sprint. Hardware-wise, the phone features an an 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and a 3-inch QVGA display. That petite, low-res screen may turn off some potential buyers, but Sprint's got plenty of other options for them.

To help make the most out of the phone's battery, Kyocera includes its Eco Mode app that lets you specify a battery level, dropping below which will put the phone into a low-power mode to help keep things functional until you can get to a charger.

Alongside the Milano, Kyocera is also bringing its Brio to Sprint, a free-on-contract dumbphone. Seeing as the Milano is only $50 on-contract, though, we think it's a well-worth-it upgrade.

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