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Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere II User Reviews

9 Based on 1 Reviews

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Internet10/10
Call quality9/10

Battery8/10
Reception10/10

Display8/10
Build quality9/10

Text input10/10
Everyday usage10/10

UI speed10/10
Camera6/10

Multimedia10/10


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joefresco posted on 17 Feb 2013, 08:16

9

It rocks

joefresco has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

I'm a QWERTY side slider user. I assume if you are reading this, you are too. I upgraded from a Samsung Stratosphere (the first), before that a OG Droid, and before that, an iPhone 3G.

This is the phone I always wanted. It's very fast (slightly faster than a Galaxy Nexus according to benchmarks), smooth, has reasonable battery life, has a good keyboard (5 rows even), a notification LED, and LTE. It also throws in NFC though I haven't used that yet, and it has a removable battery, which many phones are now eschewing in order to get 1mm thinner (Droid 4).

My only quibble is the shiny plastic back. I really miss the textured plastic that the original Strat and Captivate Glide uses. The shiny one is kind of slippery, and I feel like it's going to slide out of my hand. The camera also is nothing special at all.

I think I'm going to have this phone a long, long time. It's just sad that it probably will never get an OS update and Verizon had the poorest possible launch with it (no marketing, no date, it just appeared, but only 1 or 2 handsets per store). This is a phone that should get a lot of love

Build quality 9/10 Everything but that shiny back
Reception 10/10 Better reception than the Stratosphere
Call quality 9/10 No complaints, but not amazing
Internet 10/10 VZ LTE. You have to ask?
Multimedia 10/10
Camera 6/10 Probably the same camera as the Stratosphere. Too bad they didn't throw the Galaxy SIII camera in there
UI speed 10/10
Everyday usage 10/10
Text input 10/10 QWERTY keyboard!
Display 8/10 Nice but slightly low on the res. Doesn't really matter to me, but I guess some people have to max this out.
Battery 8/10 Good but not outstanding. MUCH better than the original Strat

Pros

  • Speed - Snapdragon S4
  • QWERTY
  • LTE
  • Android 4.0

Cons

  • Average camera
  • Shiny/slippery battery cover

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