Moto Q 9h Trumps The Apple iPhone

[Rocco Augusto]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_8871796' target='_blank'>http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_8871796</a><br /><br /></div><em>&quot;The Good Housekeeping Research Institute study engineers and a consumer panel compared 11 new QWERTY phones under $300 (suggested retail price with a two-year service) along with the iPhone ($400 suggested retail) and evaluated the phones for simplicity of text-messaging, text delivery speed, battery life, as well as ease of placing calls and voice quality. The Moto Q 9h came in second for ease of texting, beating Apple's iPhone. The Moto Q 9h's screen drew rave reviews for being large and easy to read. Not suprisingly, the phone also earned top marks on voice quality during calls.&quot;<br /></em><img border="0" alt="" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/spt/auto/1207934670.usr8.jpg" /><br />Ah-ha! Take that Apple! Looks like a fancy user interface, incredible Web browser, and lots of storage aren't everything in the eyes of consumers! Sometimes all you need is a comfortable QWERTY keyboard to make your users happy. Now if only Windows Mobile devices would add all of the other things mentioned above, then our handsets might actually trump Apple in other categories besides texting.

[doogald]

Why the Q9h? When you read the story, you find out that the Verizon Voyager piece of junk was the winner, and they also reported this:

. . . the Rumor and the iPhone were the only phones tested where consumer panelists didn't need the manual to figure out how to send a text message.

They clearly were not using a very sophisticated panel.

[Rocco Augusto]

They clearly were not using a very sophisticated panel.

Surprisingly, most consumers are not very hip on the obvious... like hitting the button that looks like an envelope to send a text message. Granted, the Windows Mobile environment can be a little daunting at times.

[subzerohf]

Texting, I believe, is the iPhone's weakest link.

[doogald]

Texting, I believe, is the iPhone's weakest link.

As with almost every complaint or reported drawback about the iPhone, you can probably add, ". . . so far." For a 1.0 product they did a pretty darned good job.

[ajwalker]

Dangerous waters here Rocco;

A Windows Mobile phone, even my beloved Q9h, beating out Apple?

The iPhone enthusiasts will most certainly say "Say it aint so."

But at least I've got bragging rights for all of, oh, 5 seconds of internet time.:rolleyes:

[Janak Parekh]

Texting, I believe, is the iPhone's weakest link. I think it depends on the domain of _what_ you are texting. By-and-large, I find myself faster on the iPhone's screen keyboard than the Blackberry/WM thumbboards for common English words and phrases -- I just type and let the predictive correction do its magic -- but am significantly slower for more esoteric content where the predictive mechanisms are largely useless.

--janak

[Jerry Raia]

I have both of these devices sitting right next to me on my desk. I can definitely type out a message faster on the Q9. The iPhone keyboard can be a bit frustrating at times but it is also a narrower than the Q keyboard. Now how many Q and WM iterations are we at again?

[Rocco Augusto]

Now how many Q and WM iterations are we at again?

That is not a valid argument Jerry. We all know good and well that this could have been the 100th Q variant and Motorola would have found a way to 220 it ;):D:p:rolleyes:

[Jerry Raia]

I still miss that old MPx220! :D

All three of them that I went through!!

[stevew]

They are both very nice devices. The problem that WM devices still have is the ability to be upgraded. The iPhone had a few updates already and will have a 2.0 update in June. It will go out to everyone for free and available right away through iTunes, no muss no fuss. With WM there are always questions with each WM update, when will my device get it, will it get it or I guess I need a new phone to get it.

[Rocco Augusto]

I still miss that old MPx220! :D

All three of them that I went through!!

I'm still a firm believer that if that phone didn't have the few hardware problems that it did, it would have been the Smartphone to own back in the day :)

[Jerry Raia]

I'm still a firm believer that if that phone didn't have the few hardware problems that it did, it would have been the Smartphone to own back in the day :)

I totally agree, it was one great looking phone. I loved the form factor.

[stevew]

I'm still a firm believer that if that phone didn't have the few hardware problems that it did, it would have been the Smartphone to own back in the day :)

Ya I loved all 4 of the MP220's i had. :)

[Rocco Augusto]

I was lucky enough to only have 2! :D