Motorola Photon
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The Motorola Photon 4G at rest
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| Manufacturer | Motorola |
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| Compatible networks | WiMAX 2.5 GHz, CDMA 800/1900 MHz (EV-DO Rev. A), GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS/WCDMA 850/1900/2100 MHz (HSPA+ at 14.4 Mbit/s) |
| First released | US: July 31, 2011 |
| Availability by country | US: Q3-2011 |
| Related | Motorola Atrix 4G Motorola Photon Q |
| Form factor | Touchscreen smartphone |
| Dimensions | 126.9 mm (5.00 in) H 66.9 mm (2.63 in) W 12.2 mm (0.48 in) D |
| Weight | 158 grams (5.6 oz) |
| Operating system | Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread |
| CPU |
NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core 1 GHz |
| GPU | GeForce ULP |
| Memory | 1 GB LP DDR2 RAM |
| Storage | 16 GB on board, supports up to 32 GB microSDHC, total 48 GB |
| Battery |
1700 mAh Standby time
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| Data inputs | Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display, accelerometer, magnetometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, fingerprint reader |
| Display | 4.3-inch 960×540 px qHD TFT LCD at 275 ppi, 16 M colors, Gorilla Glass |
| Rear camera | 8 MP AF, digital zoom with LED Flash Capture – 720p MPEG4 and H.264 at 30 frame/s (full 1080p may be supported via software upgrade post-launch) |
| Front camera | VGA imager for video chat, self image capture |
| Connectivity | audio jack 3.5 mm, Micro USB 2.0 HS, corporate sync, BOTA, Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz 802.11 , Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Micro-HDMI |
| Other | Android WebKit with Adobe Flash Player, Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1 in Motorola Webtop mode, eCompass, aGPS with Google Maps, Google Street View, Google Latitude, Android Market |
| Hearing aid compatibility | M4/T4 |
| Website | [2] |
NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core 1 GHz
1700 mAh
Talk time
Standby time
The Motorola Photon 4G is a high end Android-based mobile smartphone that is distributed exclusively by Sprint. A very similar model is available as the Motorola Electrify from U.S. Cellular.
The Photon runs a customized interface similar to the standard Android interface with several additions. Motorola provides custom widgets to toggle settings for airplane mode, bluetooth, wireless 4G access (WiMAX 2.5 GHz), and WiFi access as well as resizable widgets for functions such as the calendar, social networking, a world clock and more. The Photon's customized interface has seven home screens and four main onscreen buttons at the bottom of the screen. Of the bottom buttons the left three buttons may be customized to run a program of the user's choosing, while the right-most button opens the app drawer.
Capacitive touch buttons at the bottom of the screen are Menu, Home, Back and Search. Pressing and holding on the Home button brings up a "Recent Apps" view, while double tapping the Home button will either show a thumbnailed view of all seven home screens (default) or, at the user's preference, quick launch a specific function.
The Photon is an international capable phone ("world phone"), meaning that besides using Sprint's CDMA/EV-DO network and other CDMA networks accessible internationally and through domestic roaming; it accepts a GSM SIM card with quadband GSM and triband UMTS/WCDMA/HSPA+ capabilities. The phone also, like most Android phones, features WiFi access, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, and a micro-USB port for charging and data sync with a PC. An HDMI port allows for access to HDMI-mirroring and separate functions.
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