Motorola Photon 4G Plans & Deals

"Battery life on the Photon 4G is fantastic. Like the Droid 3, without my heavy usage pattern, I would consistently see two-plus days of power before the device popped up a low battery warning. While other devices typically feature the screen very high on the battery usage scale, the display in this case is often listed very low on that scale - the power of PenTile, it seems. " 4.5/5 Stars

"This is simultaneously Motorola's and Sprint's best handset ever -- it takes everything we praised about the Droid X2, adds WiMAX support, a global GSM / HSPA radio and WebTop capability, then wraps it up in a much sleeker package."

"An excellent voice phone, I got significantly better 3G and 4G reception with the Photon than with the competing Sprint HTC EVO 3D ($199, 3 stars). The earpiece gets quite loud, and voices are clear. There's a lot of side tone, the reflection of your own voice in your ear that prevents you from yelling. The speakerphone is loud enough to use outdoors. Transmissions sounded pretty good; when there was a lot of background noise they got a bit wobbly, though. The Photon connected effortlessly to our Aliph Jawbone Era Bluetooth headset ($129, 4.5 stars) and activated its accurate Nuance-powered voice dialing. Battery life, at 8 hours and 20 minutes of 3G talk time, was very good." 4.5/5

"It’s got good guts stuffed inside that big black rubberised frame: dual-core Tegra 2 CPU, 16GB of storage, sitting behind a delightfully bright, vivid and responsive 4.3-inch 540×960 display. Streaming HD music videos popped, and watching them with the less-obnoxious-than-usual kickstand was a treat. Add in Sprint’s 4G connectivity, and it’s a very fast treat too — like microwave kettle corn."

"With a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, 4G speeds, enterprise-level security, and world phone credentials, the Motorola Photon 4G is a top-notch Android phone for Sprint customers." 4/5 Stars

"Of all the Motorola phones we've seen this year, the Photon is definitely the best of the pack. The design is one-of-a-kind, and the Tegra 2 processor paired with Sprint's 4G network is hard to beat. But the Photon 4G suffers from some issues we've seen across multiple Motorola devices, such as the bluish tint to the display and the uneven camera. " 4/5 Stars

"The Photon 4G boasts a bright and crisp display with qHD resolution, which means 960 x 540 pixels. When we put the phone side by side with the EVO 3D and played the same soccer clip on YouTube, we noticed that the Photo 4G had wider viewing angles but that the grass looked a little greener on the EVO. When we were viewing websites, the Photon 4G's display also looked brighter and crisper. Overall, we prefer the screen on the Photon 4G, at least in 2D mode." 4/5 Stars