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Motorola PHOTON 4G Review

(MB855) Score: 57.5 / 100

Motorola PHOTON 4G is an interesting phone released back in the year 2011, packing a medium 4.3" screen, a powerful Dual-Core processing unit clocking at 1 gigahertz, and two cameras, an 8 megapixels back camera and a 0.3 megapixels front camera.

Motorola appears to have forgotten about weight optimization in this 5.57 ounces cellphone.

The Motorola PHOTON 4G comes with a NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip, including a fast Dual-Core CPU running at 1000 megahertz with 1 GB RAM. A good point of the Motorola PHOTON 4G is its quite big 16 GB internal storage memory and a slot for an SD memory card, allowing the user to store a couple hundred apps and games without worrying about space.

Motorola equipped the Motorola PHOTON 4G with a good level 4.3" screen, and a 960 x 540 resolution, which makes everything look very good.

This cellphone features two cameras, an 8 mega-pixels back side camera and a 0.3 MP front side camera. It is capable of shooting videos up to 1920x1080 (Full HD) at 30 fps. This camera also counts with flash and auto-focus.

This cellphone includes Wi-Fi connection (but it can't be provided to other devices around, as a mobile hotspot) and fast 3G data connection, supported by HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A and EDGE technologies. The Motorola PHOTON 4G uses a SIM card for GSM connection and it can work with both CDMA and GSM.

The Motorola PHOTON 4G also includes a handful of useful characteristics as Bluetooth, GPS Navigation and FM Radio, and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

This cellphone comes with a medium capacity 1700 mAh Li-Ion battery that can keep this cellphone running for many hours, but you may need to charge it if you use it heavily. This phone has a reported 10 hours talk time and a 199 hs stand by time according to Motorola.

Motorola offers this phone for $ 200, which is not cheap for a cellphone this level. The Motorola PHOTON 4G is definitely the right one it doesn't matter whether you want this device to play lots of games or will use it mainly for social networks.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Motorola
Operating System (OS):Android 2.3
Also Known As:Motorola Electrify
Product code:MB855
Dimensions:5.00 x 2.63 x 0.48 inchesMetric12.7 x 6.68 x 1.22 cmImperial
Weight:5.57 ouncesMetric157.91 gImperial
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2011-06-09
Price:$ 200.00

Display

Size:4.3 inchesMetric10.9 cmImperial
Resolution:540 x 960 pixels
Pixel density:256 pixels per inchMetric100.79 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:NVIDIA Tegra 2
Processor: Dual-Core 1000 MHz
RAM Memory:1 GB
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:1700 mAh
Stand-by Time:199 hours
Talk Time:10 hours

Camera

Back camera:8 megapixels
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:0.3 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
SIM Card Type:SIM
UMTS Bands:850, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
CDMA Bands:800, 1900
Technologies:HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GSM and CDMA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 2.1, EDR
GPS:Yes
Radio:FM Radio
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor