Which of these smartphones is the ideal purchase for consumers? We pit the Nokia Lumia 720 against the Motorola Moto G to see which is better.

In terms of design and display, the Nokia Lumia 720 is equipped with a 4.3 inches display that renders a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, and its pixel ratio 217 pixels-per-inch. Nokia's smartphone comes with the following dimensions: 127.9 mm x 67.5 mm x 9 mm and weighs 128 grams.

Meanwhile, the Motorola Moto G has a larger display of 4.5 inches that can render a higher resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels and its pixel density is of 329 pixels-per-inch, which makes for a sharper imaging on this smartphone. It is thicker than it competitor with dimensions of 129.9 mm x 65.9 mm x 11.6 mm and its also heavier, weighing 143 grams.

In terms of hardware, the Motorola Moto G is equipped with a quad core processor that works at 1.2 GHz, while the Lumia 720 is equipped with a dual core working at 1 GHz.

For the battery usage and camera specs, the Motorola Moto G has a 2070 mAh battery unit which is estimated to last around 24 hours of talking time, while the Nokia Lumia 720 has a 2000 mAh battery unit that can last up to 23.2 hours of talking time.

Regarding the main camera on these smartphone, the Lumia 720 has 5MP camera, while the Nokia has a 6.1MP one. Between the two, the Nokia smartphone shoots better quality photos than the Motorola unit.

The Motorola Moto G (with 16 GB of internal memory) is worth $195.00, while Nokia’s Lumia 720 costs around $269.99.

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