三星年代tratosphere
It's not fair, really. The Samsung Stratosphere is a better-than-adequate smartphone that hit the market at the same time that people were first getting a look at theiPhone 4S,Droid Razr
, and Samsung's ownGalaxy Nexus, which featuresAndroid 4.0.To stand out in that crowd, a phone would have to include a feature like teleportation -- something the Samsung engineers just somehow didn't get around to for this release.
What the Stratosphere does include is a 4G LTE, a slide-out WYSIWYG keyboard and something rare: dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) Wi-Fi, the only such combination in Verizon Wireless's lineup. Most phones advertise 802.11n support, but that support is usually for the more crowded 2.4GHz band used by 802.11g networks. When I tried it out, the Stratosphere recognized a 5GHz-only network and operated on it smoothly and quickly.
The tradeoff to all this, of course, is battery life. Run all the radios all the time, and you will not get a full day's use out of this phone, despite the 1800mAh battery and single-core processor. Samsung lists a 3000mAh extended battery ($50) among its options. You will likely need it, especially if you use the phone's mobile hotspot feature.
Notwithstanding the 4-in. Super AMOLED screen -- which was, as expected, impressively sharp and clear -- this is a phone clearly built for connectivity speed, not for entertainment. The OS is Android Gingerbread 2.3.5. There's no HDMI output port, and the processor is a single-core 1GHz ARM chip. The camera is 5 megapixels and does video only at VGA resolution, not HD. Aside from the speedy network, the phone itself doesn't lag in operation, but neither does it fly.
Physically, the phone is a little tubby -- much more so than most phones built on Samsung's Galaxy S platform. That's because of the keyboard, of course. At 5 in. long, 2.5 in. wide and 0.5 in. thick, the Stratosphere is half an inch longer, a quarter-inch wider and a little more than one-eighth of an inch thicker than aniPhone4. At 5.8 oz., it's about 0.7 oz. lighter than the non-keyboarded HTC ThunderBolt and 0.7 oz. heavier than an iPhone 4S.
平流层的侧滑全键盘设计使得这款手机手感少得紧比它可能是。我认为有关于滑动有的玩和松动，虽然这可能是一个样品缺陷。背光键盘是第一次我已经看到了Android的专用按键 - 菜单，搜索，主页，后退 - 与启动短信和浏览应用程序专用钥匙一起。
The slightly domed keys are reasonably comfortable, though the keyboard felt uncomfortably wide to me. Maybe I have short thumbs, but it felt like I was stretching to reach keys at the center of the keyboard. This is a matter of personal preference, though; try before you buy.
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Price: $199.99 with two-year contract at Verizon Wireless ($149.99 with online discount)
Pros: Comfortable slide-out keyboard, dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, 4-in. Super AMOLED display
缺点：有限的电池寿命，单核处理器，英国媒体报道
If you don't like hard keyboards, the Stratosphere includes Swype and standard Android soft keyboards, as well as a very simple one from Samsung. The phone comes with a typical load of Verizon bloatware: the useful Quickoffice; the marginally entertaining Lets Golf 2, NFL Mobile and NFS Shift; four different VCast multimedia apps; plus VZ Navigator mapping and navigation.
Cost-wise, the phone is a comparative bargain: $150 online plus a two-year contract with data plan at Verizon Wireless.
Bottom line
There are people who will only consider a智能手机with a physical keyboard. There are people who demand the latest and fastest in network speeds. This is a phone for them; indeed, it's the only Verizon phone that has them both.
But if you're looking for a Verizon phone, and can compromise on a soft keyboard or 3G networks, there are better choices. If you want 4G and like soft keyboards, wait for the Razr, which currently is due to船舶不迟于11月10日。If you insist on a hard keyboard and can hold off on 4G, think about theDroid 3。如果你不关心Android的，像软键盘，更快的3G网络和大量花里胡哨的，有这个东西叫做iPhone 4S，你可能听说过。
换句话说，平流层是不是一个坏的手机通过任何手段。但它肯定没有帮助，平流层在巨人的阴影下投放市场。
Dan Rosenbaum, by day a search strategist and content maven, has been reviewing mobile technology since the 1990s. His MicroTAC and StarTAC phones are still in a box somewhere.
这个故事，“三星平流层”最初发表Computerworld 。
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