The competitively priced Kyocera Rise is fitting for texting enthusiasts looking for a starter smartphone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
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If you don't care all that much about the extras and really just want a solid smartphone that works well as a messaging device, the Rise is worth a look. It you want a smartphone that gets everything right, the Kyocera Rise doesn't fully rise to the occasion. quote
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The Kyocera Rise is a great starter smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard, but more-experienced smartphone users will be left wanting more.
Read the full review →The Kyocera Rise gets you a decent keyboard for a decent price on Sprint, but it has budget written all over it.
Read the full review →The Kyocera Rise offers Android 4.0 and a comfortable physical keyboard for just $20, but the low-res display and short battery life are turnoffs.
Read the full review →The Rise could have been a home run for Kyocera. Just a few failures keep it from being a really great phone.
Read the full review →The Rise offers some nice features, such as a decent slide out QWERTY and a mostly vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich build, but in the end it has too many shortcomings.
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alphapp
It's a budget phone, but for $100 and no contract, it's hard to beat this 1GHz Android 4.0 phone and it's IPS display.
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