Motorola Q Wins Design Challenge

I was looking through Michael J. Darnell's blog (baddesigns.com) and came across a cellphone entry.  The cellphone looks like an older model Motorola so I decided to test his issue on my Motorola Q.  Darnell's problem is that he uses his cellphone as a watch, but can't see the time when the phone is locked.  Many of us lock our phones and place them in our pockets so that they do not dial out.

I just recently found the lock function on the Motorola Q by necessity because I have been dialing random people in my phone without it.  I also use my cell phone as a watch, so I needed to check to see if Motorola fixed this bad design.  Lucky for me they did!  Here's the phone in regular use:

After locking the phone, and then pressing a key to check the time, the phone display is not covered as in Darnell's case.  The screen simply shows that you may unlock the phone if needed: