If you happen to have Sprint for your wireless provider of choice and are having difficulty in looking for a very capable device that comes with a physical QWERTY keyboard in its chassis, we have great news for you. It has been confirmed that the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE, the latest addition to Sprint’s stable, will hit the shelves of the carrier on August 19 – which is just a couple of days from now. And the best part is that the handset brings to the table a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for you messaging fiends out there.
Looking back, most of the Android devices that recently got released in the market are full touchscreen devices. If you happen to prefer doing your messaging chores on a physical keyboard or you just happen to have big thumbs that you often end up sending out messages with a lot of typos, the chance of you finding a very capable smartphone with a physical keyboard is very slim.
However, with the announcement that the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE will be making its debut on August 19 in the shelves of Sprint, you shouldn’t look very far for your next mobile weapon of choice.
On the outside, the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE looks like your typical Android smartphone with its black colorway and design aesthetic that makes it look like a slab of black plastic. As to be expected, the handset is a bit bulky because of the QWERTY keyboard in its chassis and its full dimensions come up to 126.5 x 66 x 13.7 mm. It is also a given that the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE is hefty at its catch weight of 170.1 grams but this is the price you pay in exchange for the wonderful typing experience on its physical keyboard.
When talking about the components lurking under the hood of the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE, we can’t help but compare it with the original Motorola Photon 4G that came out last year. Like its predecessor, the handset also has an impressive resume and even more impressive capabilities that it brings to the table.
The Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE comes with a dual-core processor that runs on a clock speed of 1.5 GHz and works in conjunction with a full gigabyte of RAM. With this combination, a user of the handset can be assured of a very snappy and buttery smooth performance on the handset. Not only that, this combination can also ensure that the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE can plow through any task you throw at it with relative ease. In terms of its storage space, the handset has an internal memory of 8GB but this is still expandable using the microSD slot of the handset. Display-wise, it has a TFT panel that has a diagonal of 4.3 inches and resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. It also comes with a rear 8MP shooter and a front HD video call camera.
