[Motorola Photon 4G] bsg411:
Im feeling this post may be long....but the hell with it.... here we go.

I have to agree with the original poster. The screen display is horrible. I have the screen door effect as ppl are calling it. Im thinking that there may be bad batches of screens and mine is one of them. And yes I went to the store to see the phone before buying and I didnt notice it. But I actually have the phone and had it for over a week now and after spending about 40 hours with the phone, I tend to notice it more and more. I always use auto brightness, but I saw another post mention ppl may have the brightness up too high....so I turned mine up all the way just to see what it looked like.....and it dam near turned my phone into an Etch-a-Sketch toy with a bright freakin backlight.

And why cant my comments be just that.....why do ppl have to say we are trolling for sharing what we feel about the phone. But in reality, it may be a bad batch thing, but the only way to preview the phone that you are actually purchasing is to buy it first!! Radioshack and Sprint in my experience will not break the seal on the box just for you to inspect the phone prior to purchase...let alone turn it on....and by the time the phone is turned on....the purchase is dam near finalized.

My previous phone was the E3D (owned for about 2 weeks) and I took that back because no root was foreseeable before the 30day return policy (and I was right....they have it now but it took more than 30 days)...and the 3d effect hurt my eyes and I do not like the 16:9 ratio of the E3D or the photon. I prefer (actually demand) the ratio of the evo4g/thunderbolt/inspire. And I am left handed and the E3D and the Photon make the phone unusable to me while charging!! I dont understand why they put usb ports on the sides of the phone anyway. I understand its designed for a docking station but most likely less than 1% of the Photon (or E3D) owners will get a dock. Maybe if the dock came with the phone then the usb location would be more feasible. Thank god I kept my evo4g!!

Another issue I have with 16:9 dimensioned qHD displays is it makes everything on the phone smaller(especially font). Basically an adverse effect of having a higher resolution. What good is a higher resolution if it makes everything on the screen harder to see!!

For example---> a qHD display resolution of 960×540 pixels is exactly one quarter of a full HD 1080p display. If you made this phone with these dimensions a FULL HD display.....the resolution would be flawless.....but the icons and text would be microscopic !! LOL....The phone resolution would be the best yet the phone would be usuable at the same time......thats how I feel about the qHD resolution in this size device.

I said all that and didnt even mention how the sounds goes out like every other call (or BT toggle situation) and have to reboot to get it back....Its kinda sad to say I could live with that over the display...well...mostly because thats fixable and the pentile display is not.

Also my HTC 4g is running the synergy rom. That ROM and the device itself gets an obscene amount of developer support.......this phone or unfortunately any moto phone will never get love like that. That fact alone was enough to bring me back home to my good ole evo4g.

Again...Im not trolling....I had big big plans for this phone.....display, battery life (which is awesome btw), and dual technology antennas!! So many hopes.....