Motorola Photon
The Motorola Photon 4G at rest | |
| Manufacturer | Motorola |
|---|---|
| First released | US: July 31, 2011 |
| Availability by region | US: Q3-2011 |
| Successor | Motorola Photon Q |
| Related | Motorola Atrix 4G Motorola Photon Q |
| 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) |
| 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 g (5.6 oz) |
| Operating system | Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread |
| CPU | NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core 1 GHz (Cortex-A9 dual-core) |
| 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 Talk time Standby time
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| 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 |
| Display | 4.3-inch 960×540 px qHD TFT LCD at 275 ppi, 16 M colors, Gorilla Glass |
| Connectivity | audio jack 3.5 mm, Micro USB 2.0 HS, corporate sync, BOTA, Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Micro-HDMI |
| Data inputs | Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display, accelerometer, magnetometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, fingerprint reader |
| Hearing aid compatibility | M4/T4 |
| 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 |
| Website | [1] |
The Motorola Photon 4G was a high end Android-based mobile smartphone that was distributed exclusively by Sprint. A very similar model was available as the Motorola Electrify from U.S. Cellular.