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[Phil Nickinson]

Part 1 of our review is up. We'll have more once we've used the thing for more than 16 hours. (Actually use a phone before reviewing it? Madness!)

Have questions? Ask me here.

 

[ZDriver]

Heard the rear speaker is awesome what do you think?? And how is reception vs. Evo3d. Thanks

 

[dr_hfuhuhurr]

What does the bloatware situation look like on this phone in a post bloatware happy Sprint?

Please tell me the Nascar app is gone? I was embarrassed to have that on my phone.

 

[k425]

Part 1 of our review is up. We'll have more once we've used the thing for more than 16 hours. (Actually use a phone before reviewing it? Madness!)

Have questions? Ask me here.

Phil!

Thanks for having your initial review up so quickly!! Great job!

#1 How does the pentile screen look to you?
#2 Are those holes in the back cover at the top and bottom for microphones (ala the original Droid X)?
#3 Is the speakerphone loud?
#4 How is the call quality?
#5 My biggest concern about getting the Photon was the drop in resolution of the front camera (VGA on Photon) from 1.3MP on the EVO 4G. How does the FFC quality look?


Thanks... Android Central Rocks!

 

[srkmagnus]

Have you attempted to root the phone via Gingerbreak, or any other known root method?

 

[Phil Nickinson]

Heard the rear speaker is awesome what do you think?? And how is reception vs. Evo3d. Thanks

Speaker's pretty good -- this is Motorola, after all. I've heard louder, though.

 

[Phil Nickinson]

What does the bloatware situation look like on this phone in a post bloatware happy Sprint?

Please tell me the Nascar app is gone? I was embarrassed to have that on my phone.

lol. NASCAR's still there.

Along with Sprint ID, Quickoffice, Sprint Mobile Wallet, Sprint Music Plus, Sprint Radio, Sprint TV and Movies, TeleNav, a Task Manager and other stuff.

Look -- Hesse made that statement ... when ... last week? You're gonna have to wait a little while to see if they really do tone down the bloat.

 

[Phil Nickinson]

Phil!

Thanks for having your initial review up so quickly!! Great job!

#1 How does the pentile screen look to you?
#2 Are those holes in the back cover at the top and bottom for microphones (ala the original Droid X)?
#3 Is the speakerphone loud?
#4 How is the call quality?
#5 My biggest concern about getting the Photon was the drop in resolution of the front camera (VGA on Photon) from 1.3MP on the EVO 4G. How does the FFC quality look!

Screen looks like a pentile screen. I'd prefer it not be, but it's also not going to keep me from buying the phone.

Yeah. The holes are for mics.

See speakerphone answer above.

 

[k425]

Screen looks like a pentile screen. I'd prefer it not be, but it's also not going to keep me from buying the phone.

Yeah. The holes are for mics.

See speakerphone answer above.

Phil

Once again thanks man! FFC looks good enough for profile pics or Gtalk video chat!! Woohoo!

-k425
P.S. Did you get my email on the info on Pentile Screens from PenTile Blog ? Lots of great into there. Would make a great AC article...

 

[stercast]

Evo3D display or Photon display with one is better in your opinion and why

 

[kingjah2gz]

Have you checked to see if the bloatware could be deleted yet?

 

[Phil Nickinson]

Have you checked to see if the bloatware could be deleted yet?

"uninstalled" insofar as you can remove it from your lists, yeah.

 

[BillCase]

Can the font size on the Photon be set and adjusted? I'm currently using a Blackberry. I can set my font size for text and emails at a certain size(10, 12, 14, 16, etc.). Is this possible on the Photon? I don't want to have to "pinch" to increase the text size in text and emails, or any other app/function. I want to set the font to a certain size and not have to worry about it. My vision is going on me in my old age! Haha!

Thanks for your help!

 

[dr_hfuhuhurr]

The home screens. I've only had HTC Android phones and a 7" galaxy tab thus far. There are 7 home screens. Can you add more?

The Galaxy Tab allowed me to add as many home screens as I wanted. HTC was locked at 7.

 

[k425]

The home screens. I've only had HTC Android phones and a 7" galaxy tab thus far. There are 7 home screens. Can you add more?

The Galaxy Tab allowed me to add as many home screens as I wanted. HTC was locked at 7.

Phil

In Shawheim's "early preview" he stated that Gtalk Video Chat works on the Photon. In PC World's Photon review, they said GTalk Video chat was missing.

Can you clarify if the Photon has Gtalk Video Chat or not?

Thanks K425
P.S. Shawheim if Gtalk Video chat is absent you got some 'splainin' to do!

 

[Phil Nickinson]

Can you clarify if the Photon has Gtalk Video Chat or not?

Not on my review unit.

 

[k425]

Not on my review unit.

That is truly a bummer! Thanks for clarifying...

What's a guy gotta do to get him Gtalk Video Chat going on.... other than rooting (which you can't on the Photon... yet or download Vtok? <--- rhetorical question... no reply needed

Ok real question... what is the amount of storage allocated for apps out of the on-board internal 16GB of memory?

 

[thatguitarguy]

Phil!

Thanks for having your initial review up so quickly!! Great job!

#1 How does the pentile screen look to you?
#2 Are those holes in the back cover at the top and bottom for microphones (ala the original Droid X)?
#3 Is the speakerphone loud?
#4 How is the call quality?
#5 My biggest concern about getting the Photon was the drop in resolution of the front camera (VGA on Photon) from 1.3MP on the EVO 4G. How does the FFC quality look?


Thanks... Android Central Rocks!

1. I like the galaxy s sceen more. The resolution is nice but thats it.
2. I'm trying to figure that out too. I think they're noise canceling mics. My friend said it around like I hung up when I don't talk. Nice.
3. It is loud. When traveling my notification tone went off and I jumped up. Embarrassing, haha.
4. Great call quality for the most part. Earpiece is good but has a tubby or hollow sound sometimes. Noise canceling mics?
5. Its okay. Overall I prefer the epic 4g cameras. The photon is a step down.

 

[Phil Nickinson]

Ok real question... what is the amount of storage allocated for apps out of the on-board internal 16GB of memory?

2.75GB.

 

[thatguitarguy]

Some of the bloatware can be removed. Most of the things you would want to. I don't know if you can change the font size.