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Who still wants the stratosphere?

I don't care about the specs, they're still better than my current phone (Motorola Devour). Sure it'd be nice to have a dual core processor, or 1GiB of RAM, but is it 100% necessary? Not really. The Devour has a 600MHz processor and probably around 128MiB of RAM (not to mention being stuck on Android 1.6), so the Stratosphere would be a fantastic upgrade. I absolutely require that physical keyboard for my phone, I've tried using the touch screen keyboard on the Thunderbolt and I get maybe 8 words per minute with it. And since LTE is where things are going on Verizon I require that too for my upgrade. This phone is my only choice, and I think I'll like it.

As long as we can convince Samsung to update it to Ice Cream Sandwich when it gets released.
 
p_025 said:
I don't care about the specs, they're still better than my current phone (Motorola Devour). Sure it'd be nice to have a dual core processor, or 1GiB of RAM, but is it 100% necessary? Not really. The Devour has a 600MHz processor and probably around 128MiB of RAM (not to mention being stuck on Android 1.6), so the Stratosphere would be a fantastic upgrade. I absolutely require that physical keyboard for my phone, I've tried using the touch screen keyboard on the Thunderbolt and I get maybe 8 words per minute with it. And since LTE is where things are going on Verizon I require that too for my upgrade. This phone is my only choice, and I think I'll like it.

As long as we can convince Samsung to update it to Ice Cream Sandwich when it gets released.
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I hear you.. I'm rockin an LG Ally and its terrible in every way except for the keyboard, which is awesome. I'm very reluctant to give it up..

I was just about ready to jump on the Droid 3, but I just couldn't spend the next two years without LTE, which is extremely fast and just rolled out in my market.
 
rrhartjr said:
I was just about ready to jump on the Droid 3, but I just couldn't spend the next two years without LTE, which is extremely fast and just rolled out in my market.
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That was the one thing keeping me from grabbing the Droid 3. No LTE at this point in the Verizon game is a bad idea. You kinda have to laugh at Apple for that.

My area (Denver) was one of the 38 original LTE cities so I want to take advantage of that. So I'm gonna demand that from my next phone.
 
If this phone came out back when it was time for my upgrade i would have chosen it over the Charge. Honestly i just can't stand not having a QWERTY keyboard. While the touch screen keyboard is nice i can't type anywhere near as fast as with a qwerty.

Also i know phones keep going for bigger screens and more power but in all honesty how much do you really need in a phone? Not to mention it seems like all the dual core phones coming out eat through battery life twice as fast as the single ones.

For people with a busy life style, need a qwerty and that can't be near a charger all day i think this is a great 4G option that isn't getting enough credit.
 
I'm just a little peeved we didnt even get thrown a bone with any spec bumps..

No camera, no memory, no cpu clock, nothing!?

Hopefully the price is a reflective of how old this model is..
 
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