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BEST CHOICES WITH A kEYBOARD
Samsung Stratosphere
(verizon)
The Samsung Stratosphere is a very good
smart phone with a large, brilliant display,
a topnotch keyboard, and G capability.
And it’s relatively inexpensive. It has a
display with excellent quality. The keypad
is easy to see in bright light. Count on
excellent email readability and attach
ment capabilities, including document
editing. Key A
COMPACT HIGH PERFORMER
HTC One S (T-Mobile)
The thin and lightweight One S is among
several HTC phones with cameras that
can shoot a series of photos in rapidfire
succession while in camera mode; they
can also snap a still picture at any mo
ment while shooting a video. The phone
itself has a .inch, highresolution,
touchscreen display that’s easy to see
in bright light. The phone’s fingerdriven
interface allows you to launch a favorite
app such as a camera, email, or a Web
browser directly from a locked screen
without the need to unlock it. You do that
by dragging any one of four always visible
app icons into a little circle at the bottom
of the locked screen. The default apps
are phone, mail, messages, and camera,
but you can use others on your phone
instead. Key C
BEST CHOICES WITH A kEYBOARD
Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE
(Sprint)
The Motorola Photon Q G LTE is a very
good smart phone that oers a bevy of
features and capabilities to go along with
its topnotch slideout keyboard. For
starters, it’s one of the few Sprint phones
that you can take abroad. Its .inch
highresolution display delivered excellent
performance, and it was easy to read in
bright light. And its Smart Actions feature
automatically changes phone settings
to maximize battery life or to suit other
personal preferences. The camera, which
produced very good pictures, can snap
a still image while recording a video.
The phone also supports wireless NFC
technology that allows you to pay at store
registers with your phone. Key B
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