Which smartphone is the ideal choice for consumers? We compare the Motorola Moto G and the Nokia XL to see which device is worth the purchase.
For design and display, the Nokia XL has a 5 inches IPS LCD display with a resolution of 480x800pixels at187ppi. The Motorola Moto G has a IPS LCD display of 4.5 inches and a resolution of 720x1280pixels at 326ppi. In addition, It has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 screen and has a matte back panel which is available in 6 colors.
The Nokia XL dimension are 141.4×77.7×10.9 mm and weighs 190 grams, while the Motorola Moto G weights 143 grams and imeasure129.9×65.9×11.6 mm.
In terms of hardware and OS, the Nokia XL has a 1GHz dual core Cortex A5 processor with a Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 Play chipset and uses an Adreno 203 GPU. It runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean OS with 768MB and an internal memory of 4GB, but can be expanded to 32GB.
The Motorola Moto G has a quad core 1.2GHz Cortex A7 processor, partnered with a Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 chipset and it uses a Adreno 305 GPU. It has a1GB RAM, but users will have to settle with one of the fixed internal memories of 8 or 16GB. It originally run with the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS, but it received the 4.4.4 (KitKat) update.
For battery and camera specs, both smartphones have batteries have almost the same capacity. However, the Li-Ion 2000mAh battery of the Nokia XL allows users to talk 13 hours on 3G, while with the non-removable Li-Ion 2070mAh battery of the Moto G last for 24 hours.
Both smartphones have 5MP rear cameras with autofocus and LED flash, but the only mutual features are panorama and face detection. The Motorola device has in addition geo tagging, touch focus and HDR. The Nokia device sports a 2MP front camera, while the Motorola smartphone has a 1.2MP front camera.
The Nokia XL costs around $145 , while the Motorola Moto G 8GB cost $173 and the 16GB variant costs $197.
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