Manufacturer | Motorola |
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First released | August 2012 |
Predecessor | Motorola Photon Motorola Atrix HD |
Successor | Droid MAXX/Ultra |
Related | Motorola Atrix 4G Motorola Photon Motorola Droid 4 |
Form factor | Slate, slider |
Operating system | Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean upgradable to Android 7.1 Nougat via LineageOS 14.1[1] |
Storage | 8 GB on board and MicroSD slot |
The Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE[2] (XT897) is a smartphone manufactured by Motorola which runs on Sprint's 4G LTE network.[3] The "Photon Q" has a 4.3-inch touchscreen and a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. It runs the Android operating system and includes a built-in, sliding keyboard similar to the one on the Motorola Droid 4.
As of 2018 it is still the most modern Android phone with a landscape slide-out QWERTY keyboard. As such, there is still demand for this phone, including those in the Android developer community. Enthusiasts and free developers have shown that it is possible to desolder the on-board SIM IC and connect a SIM socket/card to use this phone in other networks or countries.[4]
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