Motorola Q9h Smartphone

Motorola Q9h Smartphone

Rohan Naravane, Mar 11, 2008 1400 hrs IST

Motorola's second iteration in their Q phone range has gone through a few evolutionary changes. How does it compare to the competition?

Slim and pocket-able, good QWERTY keyboard, portable charger included in package, 3.5G-ready

No Wi-Fi, price-to-features ratio not very good, no secondary video-call camera

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Design and Construction

The Q9h is designed along the lines of the original Q, but it loses the silver-metal frame and dons a typically professional-looking black color. Dimensionally, it has maintained the thinness of its predecessor, while putting on a little weight. Still, the Q9h is sleek. It'll easily slip into the pocket of your pants. The device is built well, too; here are a few comparative shots.


The Q9h compared to the Motorola RAZR V3i



As you can see, it maintains the RAZR's slimness


A quick look at the placement of the components: the 2.4-inch display is a wee bit smaller than usual, but of good quality nonetheless. Above it is the ambient light sensor. It operates well, controlling screen brightness quite subtly in accordance with external changes. This helps in saving battery life and reducing eye-strain to an extent. Below the screen is the D-pad, along with the navigation and shortcut keys -- as well as the call Accept/End keys. They are pretty large and tactile.


The Star of the Show: the QWERTY keyboard


And then the spotlight feature of the phone -- the QWERTY keyboard. It has a rubbery feel. The keys are well-sized owing to the space between them being eliminated -- they're packed together. They offer good tactility. I got used to typing (even long) SMSes on it almost instantly. Quite simply, this is one of the best phone QWERTY boards I've used.

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USER COMMENTS

Install Mundu to listen to lotsa radio channels..A decent GPRS connection should solve the data issue, and can be an alternate for wifi...,else get a micro SD wifi card. Not sure abt the signal part.

by xotiq, blr, on Mar 11, 2008 07:35 PM, Report abuse   Reply

very good working

by ALI, DADU, on Sep 04, 2008 12:36 PM, Report abuse

I want Motorola C261 Charger kindly revert back if u have i searching from past 3 months

by Ravi, Pune, on Aug 04, 2008 12:35 PM, Report abuse   Reply

i want motorola A1000 charger

by sachin, new panvel, on Jun 11, 2008 11:50 AM, Report abuse   Reply

i want password for c118 motorola serial nu is358019004263263

by geetha kb, perambra, on Apr 05, 2008 02:31 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Review Not up to the mark. The line "Connectivity Call quality was good; network reception was above average. I did face network drops a few times, but it's good overall." gives me ABSOLUTELY NO idea of the performance of this phone. Connectivity also depends on the provider, area of use, place of use, etc and numerous other factors. So, the above statement is really IRRELEVANT. Also "The phone didn't play back normal-resolution videos very smoothly; " does not tell me what resolution and what kind of videos are you exactly trying to play on this device. you have ONLY discussed the multimedia and camera capabilities of this phone HECK if i wanted one that does only that i would stick to a sony ericsson K750i. The battery you say is above average based on average number of calls and average use of multimedia features and some fiddling? come on give me a break. what is average? is your average and average for all users the same? do all people use the phone in the same manner? this statement leaves me clueless about the phone's battery life. Heck most phones last 3 days based on "average" use. This is a business phone and all you have provided are screenshots of some applications. NOT a WORD about the actual business usability since this is supposedly a business phone. I mean come on.. why would i spend 17K on a multimedia phone? Also there are loads other smartphones available that run the windows OS, why NO comparison to them? Isn't the moto Q a smartphone/business phone? I am very disappointed in the review

by Premal Shah, Mumbai, on Mar 11, 2008 07:35 PM, Report abuse   Reply

it does have a secondary camera infront which can be only used for video calls.I have this phone since nov and its the best.I have installed amazing applications which give free access to over 50 international radio channels.push email is excellent and office functions are far superior to nokia e61i.Whats the point of wifi when it is only in limited pockets,data speeds are excellent.i have used touch screen phones earlier and after using this i think they are just to show off.q9 gives me ease of use and speed of use.I even have used e61 n i think q beats the shit out of it. Guys get over the stuck nokia mentality,my friends using n series are amongst the most frustated lot.

by Darshan, Pune, on Mar 11, 2008 11:38 AM, Report abuse   Reply

wrong number BSNL sonavne?

by ide, re, on Mar 10, 2008 10:45 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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