Which smartphone is worth the purchase? We pit the Motorola Moto E against the Blackberry Z3 to see which device is better.
In terms of design and display, the Blackberry Z3 has a solid build, and a nice textured plastic on the back. The screen is 5 inches in size, and supports a resolution of 540x960pixels, with a pixel density of 220ppi.
Motorola Moto E’s display is smaller, measuring 4.3 inches, but it supports the same resolution. However, the pixel density is higher than its rival (256ppi), and the display is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. As for the exterior of the Motorola phone, we can say that it has a premium look, being very comfortable to hold on the hand. Also, the smartphone is water resistant, like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Sony Xperia Z2.
The Blackberry unit has the following dimensions: 40x72.8x9.3 mm, while the Motorola Moto E is at 12.3x124.8x64.8mm. The weights of both devices are 164 grams and 142 grams respectively.
For the hardware and OS, the BlackBerry Z3 is equipped with a new Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset (MSM8230 Snapdragon 400) which supports a dual core 1.2GHz Krait 200 processor and also it uses a Adreno GPU version (305), while the Motorola Moto E has a Adreno 302 GPU + dual core 1.2GHz Cortex A7, which are backed by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 chipset.
The operating systems are totally different. The Z3 is running on the company’s OS, BlackBerry 10.2.1, with 1.5GB of RAM, while the Motorola Moto E comes loaded with Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), but it’s easily upgradeable to v4.4.4 (KitKat), and it hosts 1GB of RAM.
The Blackberry has an internal memory of 8GB, while the Motorola unit has a built in storage with a capacity of 32GB, but both smartphones support microSD card slots for expansion up to 32GB, accelerometer and proximity sensors.
For camera and battery specs, both smartphones have 5MP cameras on the back, but the Blackberry Z3 has features such as autofocus, LED flash and geo tagging, while the Motorola Moto E lacks LED flash and autofocus, but it has HDR and panorama. Users should know that only the Blackberry unit has another 1.1MP camera on the front.
The batteries on both smartphones are non-replaceable and Li-Ion, but they have different capacities: 2500mAh on the Blackberry Z3 and 1980mAh on the Motorola Moto E.
In addition, they both support micro-SIM cards, but there are some variants of the Moto E which support dual-SIM cards as well. The also have microUSB, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi and WiFi hotspot.The Moto E has a customizable back panel which can have one of the seven colors available. As for the front panel, it’s either white or black. The BlackBerry Z3 on the other hand has only black.
The BlackBerry Z3 cost $250 dollars, while the Motorola Moto E is only $130.
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