Motorola today posted an official spec sheet for the upcoming Motorola Q11 smartphone, a slab QWERTY device that looks almost exactly like the Motorola Q9. Of course, it's what's on the inside that counts, and the Motorola Q11 gets a feature bump with integrated GPS for navigation, as well as Wi-Fi in 802.11b and g flavors.
The Motorola Q11 gets a significant boost in camera technology as well, as it now sports a 3-megapixel sensor, though for all of those pixels, an auto focus feature would have been nice. To store those images, the phone will accept microSDHC cards up to 32GB in capacity, if those high capacity cards ever make it to market. The Motorola Q11 will run Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, and should come pre-installed with the upcoming Internet Explorer Mobile 6. It will offer 64MB RAM and 128MB Flash ROM.
The new design will shave about a millimeter off the height and width, but the Motorola Q11 unfortunately won't be getting any thinner, which is really where it needs to go, as the original Motorola Q made a name for itself as the thinnest business smartphone around. Motorola claims a remarkable talk time of 7.5 hours for the new device, which is probably possible thanks to the slower EDGE networking, which is more power-efficient. Still, we would have gladly traded a few hours of conversation for HSDPA networking.
Release details are still hazy, but since AT&T has launched every other GSM Motorola Q model, we'd expect that carrier to pick this up. Sprint and Verizon Wireless also have their own EV-DO versions of current Moto Q phones, but the manufacturer has yet to release any details about CDMA models. Motorola has suggested that the Motorola Q11 will be available in December of this year, but pricing has yet to be determined.
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