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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