The Motorola Q has recently lost the spotlight to some newer and perhaps shinier options for cell phones, but the MOTO Q was the original slim cell phone, and is the phone that influenced a lot of the characteristics displayed by the T-Mobile Dash and the Samsung Blackjack. The Motorola Q smart-phone was originally a Verizon only cell phone, but Sprint has recently acquired its own version of the cell phone, and there have been recent rumblings regarding a GSM version of the MOTO Q as well. Sprint’s version of the Motorola Q smart phone is essentially the same as the Verizon version, at least when it comes to core applications, but there are small software enhancements and design enhancements, and naturally there is different carrier content as well.

There are no real revolutionary upgrades when it comes to the Sprint Motorola Q. For Sprint customers who are looking for a sleek and slick device for productivity on the go, the Motorola Q is a pretty smart phone. Sprint’s data plan has the best price, at an easy to manage $15 for unlimited data. On the other hand, you will pay $29.99 to $49.99 depending on if you go with T-Mobile and Verizon respectively. The Sprint Motorola Q is not going to be a workhorse smart cell phone, but it is a pretty basic cell phone option for productivity and data management. The Sprint Motorola Q is available for around $199.99 based on a two-year contract after all of the discounts and rebates have been applied.

The original Motorola Q was offered in black or silver, but Sprint combined the two colors in order to offer an attractive new version with a charcoal grey case. The colors on the unique QWERTY keyboard have different colors as well, including silver and dark grey. Unfortunately, the back lighting is a little bit dim on Sprint’s version of the Motorola Q, but luckily it does not detract too much from the design or the quality of the cell phone. Sprint also added rubberized textures to the phone, which is something that Verizon’s version did not have. The rubberized texture on the Sprint Motorola Q makes it much easier to hold, and much more difficult to scratch or dent. The rest of the design of the Sprint Motorola Q is essentially the same as Verizon’s Motorola Q, because the phone was designed pretty well to begin with.