Comments on: Samsung Godiva “Stratosphere 3″ Outed in Pics, R.I.P. Keyboarded Phones

By: bigdav1178

bigdav1178 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:12:00 +0000

Apparently, no one got that my post was intentionally bad; illustrating how insulting, immature and lacking in actual humor Damon’s orignial comment was. Oh well…

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:28:00 +0000

Would love to see a case that has a built in keyboard that you could slide out for regular phones via bluetooth. After my D1 I just learned to use speak to text which is a lot faster than a keyboard anyways

By: RoninX

RoninX — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:52:00 +0000

I’ve contributed to the Kickstarter for this:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1703567677/icontrolpad-2-the-open-source-controller

Physical keyboard plus physical game controls.

It would also be cool if someone would make a QWERTY-only version, but slightly smaller and with larger keys.

By: RoninX

RoninX — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:48:00 +0000

Is there even a Nokia Windows Phone with a physical keyboard?

By: Nerdy Desi

Nerdy Desi — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:08:00 +0000

RIP keyboarded phones. I don’t know why some people get up in arms over these phones. I thought Android was about form factor choice? There’s plenty of slabs out there anyways, why not some sliders too to liven up things a bit?

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:04:00 +0000

I agree, they provide pretty much the same functionality. There are only a few apps Windows doesn’t have yet for me. By this Winter if there is no Droid 5 or equivalent then I may just go for a Nokia Windows phone

By: smwandrie93

smwandrie93 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:39:00 +0000

i wouldnt say this shows any signs of the end of physical keyboard phones. more than likely this is a second generation model to the samsung galaxy stellar…

By: JetBlue

JetBlue — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:56:00 +0000

Note 2 on Verizon has NFC in back cover not in battery.

By: Philip A. Kaiser

Philip A. Kaiser — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:40:00 +0000

The ideal answer would be to make a removable slideout keyboard. Something that the
keyboard could be attached to the phone for those who want it, but removed for those who don’t. Give me a phone with the thickness of a RAZR but double in size to make a giant Droid 1 with the keyboard attached and I would be pretty happy. I could see myself keeping the keyboard on while at work but then removing it while on my days off. I do the same with extended batteries.

By: Philip A. Kaiser

Philip A. Kaiser — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:31:00 +0000

How is it that this piece of junk get’s a micro SD card slot yet some of our premium phones these days have removed them?

By: Philip A. Kaiser

Philip A. Kaiser — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:28:00 +0000

Actually nope. Samsung marks the NFC batteries with the “Near Field Communication” right below the Samsung logo. This battery is not labeled as such and also, Samsung uses a “two pin” connection for their wireless charging covers, not 4.

By: Sam_K

Sam_K — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:28:00 +0000

I agree. One of my best friends wanted a keyboard phone a month ago and the Stratosphere 2 was the best available with a replaceable battery but the specs were barely mid range. They didn’t bother improving the screen resolution or camera resolution between the original Stratosphere and the 2. The 4″ 800 x 480 pixel screen is a joke by today’s standards. They could have bumped it up to 4.3″ qHD or HD resolution. And the 5mp camera could have been bumped up to 8mp so that it could record video in 1080p. I was hoping the SCH-i425 would have a keyboard so I could tell my friend to buy it for full price and then sell his Stratosphere 2 on eBay.

By: Cowboydroid

Cowboydroid — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:19:00 +0000

You must be blind. Not even the lack of a keyboarded Android could get me to use that trash called windows phone.

By: Ben Rollier

Ben Rollier — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:17:00 +0000

Whew. Well as someone that JUST purchased a Stratosphere 2 (because I need a physical keyboard), I’m actually pretty relieved to hear this.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:53:00 +0000

If there isn’t a high end slider Android phone on Verizon by this Fall and I’m forced to go keyboardless anyway then I’m jumping on a Windows phone. To me, the differences in Android, iOS and Windows are minor nitpicky things anyway.