Motorola Photon 4G (Sprint)

Our latest Editors' Choice touch-screen smartphone for Sprint, the Motorola Photon 4G is powerful, fast, feature-packed, and, in a pinch, it can double as a nettop PC.

Angle

The Motorola Photon 4G is a high-speed, dual-core Android smartphone for Sprint which gains extra powers when you plug it into an HDTV. 

 

Horizontal

The Photon 4G runs Android 2.3.4 with Motorola's social networking extensions and Webtop, a way to boot into a desktop version of Linux with the Firefox browser. 

Left

When you pop out the kickstand, the top of the Photon 4G becomes its left side. The power button and 3.5-mm headset jack are on the top. 

Left

The real left side of the Photon 4G (held vertically) has the USB and HDMI ports onit. 

Right

The volume and camera buttons are on the right side of the Photon 4G. They're textured and grooved, making them grippy. 

Vertical

The Motorola Photon 4G has a 960-by-540 screen, one of the highest resolution in the business.

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Spec Data

Service Provider Sprint

Operating System Android OS

Screen Size 4.3 inches

Screen Details 960-by-540 LCD capacitive touch screen

Camera Yes

Megapixels 8 MP

Camera Flash Yes

802.11x Yes

Bluetooth Yes

Web Browser Yes

Form Factor Candy Bar

Network GSM, CDMA, UMTS

Bands 850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100

High-Speed Data GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, EVDO Rev A

Storage Capacity (as Tested) 9 GB

Processor Speed 1 GHz

Keyboard No

Continuous Talk Time 8:20 minutes

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