MOTOROLA PHOTON™ Q 4G LTE Review and specs

Calling

 

Speakerphone

Caller ID ¹

Ringer ID , Picture ID , On main display

Speech recognition

Call waiting

Mute

Speed dial

Camera

 

Megapixels

8 MP

Digital zoom

Front-Facing Camera

Yes, dual cameras, with front-facing HD web cam plus a high quality 8 MP camera with 1080p video capture on back

Flash

LED

Focus

Automatic

Web cam

Yes, 1.3 MP HD web cam

Connectivity

 

Wi-Fi

802.11 b,g,n

Bluetooth® technology ²

Bluetooth® Class 2, Version 4.0 LE+EDR

4G Mobile Hotspot

Be a mobile hot spot for up to 8 other Wi-Fi-enabled devices

Connector type

Micro USB, micro HDMI

Data transmission rate ³

USB 2.0 (High Speed, 480 Mbps)

GPS and location services ⁴

eCompass, Standalone GPS, aGPS (assisted) with Google Maps™, Google Latitude™, Google Maps Street View

Headset jack

3.5 mm

Web browser

HTML 5 / Android Webkit; Google Chrome

Google Mobile Services

 

Gmail™

Google Calendar™

Google Contact Sync™

Google Latitude™

Google Street View™

Google Maps™ Navigation

Google Talk™

YouTube™

Google Play™

Access to hundreds of thousands of books, movies, apps and games in the Google Play store — many of them free.

Google +™

Google Play™ Apps and Games

Google Play™ Books

Google Play™ Movies

Google Play™ Music

Google + Hangout™

Interface

 

Operating system

Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

QWERTY keyboard

Light-responsive display

Backlight

Text to speech

Readout of caller identification , Readout of dialed digits , Readout of new SMS messages , Readout of new email messages , Readout of phone book contacts , Voicemail alerts , Missed / received calls

Pinch to Zoom

Touch screen

Virtual Keyboard

Voice commands

Clock/Alarm

Google Clock

Calendar

Messaging

 

Email ⁵

Corporate Sync, Gmail, POP3/IMAP (embedded), Push Email

Multimedia messaging (MMS) ⁶

Text messaging (SMS) ⁷

Instant messaging (IM) ⁸

Google Talk™, embedded

Voice mail ⁹

Visual Voice Mail

Music & Video

 

Music enabled ¹⁰

Google Play Music

Playable formats

AAC , AAC+ , H.264 , MIDI , MP3 , MPEG-4 , Real Audio , WAV , WMA v10 , WMV v10

Streaming media

Audio , Video , Internet Radio

Video capture rate

30 fps

Video playback

Yes, 1080p capture and playback at 30 frames per second

Video resolution

1080p HD rear camera and 720p HD front camera

Physical

 

Size

66.00mm (x), 126.40mm (y), 13.70mm (z)

Weight

170 grams

Form factor

QWERTY Slider

Materials and finish

UL Environment Platinum Certified

Display type

ColorBoost™ (540x960 ppi) TFT LCD

Display size

4.3-inch

Power

 

Talk time (continuous) ¹¹

Up to 7.5 hrs.

battery type

Embedded 1785 mAh

Standby time ¹²

Up to 220 hrs.

SmartActions™

 

SmartActions enabled

SMARTACTIONS extends your battery life, automate everyday tasks and make suggestions to improve and personalize your smartphone.

Technology

 

Memory ¹³

1GB RAM x 8GB ROM

Networks ¹⁴

WCDMA 1900/850/2100; CDMA 1900/800; GSM 850/1900/1800/900 LTE 1900, HSDPA 21.1 Mbps (Category 14) HSUPA 5.76 Mbps

Processor

1.5GHz Dual-Core

Accelerometer

Removable memory ¹⁵

Up to 32 GB MicroSD

Sensors

Accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor