Well, we discussed the rumors of a Photon Q earlier:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-photon/186136-photon-q.html
And now it's moved from rumor to true.
As suspected, it's Motorola's implementation of the Qualcomm Krait reference platform, with the same innards as the HTC EVO LTE and Samsung Galaxy S 3, plus GSM. Expect similar benchmark results. Very different outards, though.
It's a real brick compared to the EVO and the Sammy. Someone needs to hand Motorola's prototype sculptors a piece of sandpaper, for crying out loud.
For all it's shortcomings, I'm still going to grab one and try it for 14 days. I'm really tired of having to grab a cheap GSM phone from an airport kiosk when I travel. Although, with the epoxied-in SIM card, if the rates aren't good I may still do the burn-this-SIM-in-the-bathroom-before-I-go-thru-customs shuffle for a while longer.
It's just a shame that Sprint/Motorola had two take the two small market segments of people who want a GSM radio + people who want a keyboard and combine them into one hefty slice of brick. I'd much rather have something like VZW's global Galaxy S3.
--Qfg
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-photon/186136-photon-q.html
And now it's moved from rumor to true.
As suspected, it's Motorola's implementation of the Qualcomm Krait reference platform, with the same innards as the HTC EVO LTE and Samsung Galaxy S 3, plus GSM. Expect similar benchmark results. Very different outards, though.
It's a real brick compared to the EVO and the Sammy. Someone needs to hand Motorola's prototype sculptors a piece of sandpaper, for crying out loud.
For all it's shortcomings, I'm still going to grab one and try it for 14 days. I'm really tired of having to grab a cheap GSM phone from an airport kiosk when I travel. Although, with the epoxied-in SIM card, if the rates aren't good I may still do the burn-this-SIM-in-the-bathroom-before-I-go-thru-customs shuffle for a while longer.
It's just a shame that Sprint/Motorola had two take the two small market segments of people who want a GSM radio + people who want a keyboard and combine them into one hefty slice of brick. I'd much rather have something like VZW's global Galaxy S3.
--Qfg