Verizon Wireless newest 4G LTE smartphone, the Samsung Stratosphere with a QWERTY keyboard just went on sale and it already back0rdered and discounted to the amazingly low price of 1¢ during Amazon's Verizon Penny Pincher sale that ends October 17 at 11:59 PDT. You'll have to wait because the Samsung Stratosphere is backordered and will ship in one to two weeks.
Meanwhile, Wirefly is selling the Samsung Stratosphere at the lowest price for new customers with contract.
The Samsung Stratosphere's most coveted aspects are the QWERTY keyboard and business features. The video announcer says that it offers all the features of a Galaxy S phone and voice-to-text. A demonstration video follows.
The Samsung Stratosphere has a 4" Super AMOLED touchscreen, 5MP camera, front-facing camera, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Touchwiz, 1GHz processor, 4GB storage onboard, 4GB microSD installed, 4G LTE, DLNA, Media Hub, mobile hotspots, Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi. The Samsung Stratosphere has "enhanced enterprise features" including Cisco, Microsoft Exchange and Sybase Afari as well as VPN, encryption and EAS. QuickOffice is preloaded.
Dedicated keys on the keyboard include "new message", "browser" and "search" keys.
The Samsung Stratosphere will sell $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Instant Phone Rebate Only Available with Online Purchase. Buy the Samsung Stratosphere from Amazon Wireless or Wirefly.
The specs of the Samsung Stratosphere are closest to the Samsung Droid Charge with the addition of a slide-out five-row landscape keyboard and business features.