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If you're looking for a smartphone with a great physical keyboard, look no further than the Motorola Photon Q.

The Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE packs plenty of power and a fantastic hardware keyboard for Sprint subscribers that prefer sending messages to making calls.

The Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE delivers a comfy keyboard, bright screen and world roaming capabilities.

The Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE is hefty, but packs modern Android power, an excellent keyboard, and LTE 4G if you're lucky.

... there are enough additional downsides here that I can only recommend the Photon Q to existing Sprint customers who absolutely insist on using a physical keyboard.

As it stands, this is a rather nice piece of hardware on a surprisingly less than acceptable network. If you’ve used this carrier before and you’ve had a lot of luck, then certainly you’ll be good to go with this device.

The Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE is an excellent phone, but the lack of Sprint 4G LTE coverage, and a smaller 3G footprint hold it back.

There is plenty of room for improvement and we hope to see a true high end Motorola device on Sprint again soon, but for now the Photon Q is a good option for users upgrading from the Epic Touch or coming from a BlackBerry.

We wouldn’t really call this a triple threat but for those on the Now Network this is certainly one to consider — especially if you like the hardware keyboard.

If having a keyboard isn’t important to you, there are better options on Sprint. However, if a physical keyboard is a must, then this is one of the few choices in smartphones that doesn't sacrifice on build quality or performance.