[http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/09/sami405a.jpg](http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/06/samsung-stratosphere-makes-its-obligatory-fcc-visit-confirms-me/)
We know, the image above is hardly as detailed as the ones we glanced at this morning, but it has its measure of significance nonetheless. It's a rough diagram of the Samsung SCH-i405 -- a phone known to us as the [Stratosphere](http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/06/samsung-stratosphere-aims-to-be-verizons-first-qwerty-packing-l/) -- as it appears in FCC filings approved today. The documents' mention of [LTE band 13](http://www.engadget.com/tag/lte+band+13/) (as well as CDMA / EVDO) seems to confirm rumors that suggest the aforementioned device will be coming to Verizon's 4G network, likely sooner rather than later. If you've been eager to see an Epic 4G-esque QWERTY slider on the largest carrier in the US, this will be your golden opportunity. Of course, this may prove to be a drop in the bucket when compared to an impending flood of [even more](http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/02/verizon-launching-droid-bionic-september-8th-giving-some/) [tempting](http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/18/samsung-nexus-prime-serving-up-ice-cream-sandwich-in-october/) [handsets](http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-not-coming-to-verizon-after-all/).
Samsung Stratosphere makes its obligatory FCC visit, confirms membership in Verizon’s LTE club originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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