Added by the US network operator Sprint for pre-order in August 2012, the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE, the handset began shipping on 19 August 2012. The Photon Q is equipped with a 4.3-inch screen, NFC, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and runs Android 4.0.
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