Motorola Photon Q Pre-Orders Begin at Sprint

[Guest]

Sprint has announced the official availability of its first LTE-enabled smartphone with a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

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[freggo]

I like the idea but am wondering how much thicker this makes the phone.

 

[wintermint]

[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]I like the idea but am wondering how much thicker this makes the phone.[/citation]

Already forgot the feeling of a bulky phone?

 

[tapnick]

I like the idea but am wondering how much thicker this makes the phone.

According too http://www.gsmarena.com its "12.2 mm".

For comparison
Samsung GS3- 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
Photon- 126.9 x 66.9 x 12.2 mm

 

[Max Collodi]

[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]I like the idea but am wondering how much thicker this makes the phone.[/citation]
Thickness = 0.54 inches - 13.7mm

 

[tapnick]

According too http://www.gsmarena.com its "12.2 mm".

For comparison
Samsung GS3- 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
Photon- 126.9 x 66.9 x 12.2 mm

I stand corrected, was looking at wrong Photon

Samsung GS3- 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
Photon Q 4G LTE -126.5 x 66 x 13.7 mm

 

[house70]

They should have inserted a battery in each half; get an insane battery life for a keyboard phone, that would compel a few sales.

 

[mp562]

Looks like the Droid 4 with a faster CPU. Why didn't they go with the OLED screen?

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]mp562[/nom]Looks like the Droid 4 with a faster CPU. Why didn't they go with the OLED screen?[/citation]

Does it say that they didn't? I don't see where it gives info about the display other than its size.

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

It would be cool if Motorola made all it's future phones compatible with the laptop dock.

 

[eddieroolz]

That slide out keyboard looks a bit "busy". Would it have killed Motorola to simplify the design a bit?

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]That slide out keyboard looks a bit "busy". Would it have killed Motorola to simplify the design a bit?[/citation]

I like it the way that it is. It's more similar to a full-size keyboard than many simplified keyboard designs on some other phones are.