Today, we’ll compare the specifications of 4 high end phones Motorola Moto X, Google Nexus 5, Samsung Galaxy S4 and LG G2. The reason for the comparison is to find out the phone with most powerful specifications.Specifications that will surely meet your requirements. So lets keep the ball rolling
Display :-One of the most important part of a smartphone is its display. For a high end device, its important that the display should be protected from dust as well as scratches. As of now, only two technologies are available for protecting the display. . OGS and Corning Gorilla Glass.Our 4 phones in the limelight today are equipped with the Corning Gorilla glass protection thus making their display dust as well as scratch resistant.Motorola Moto X features a 4.7 inch amoled capacitive touchscreen display that has a HD 720 x 1280 pixel resolution.The pixel density of this phone is around 312 Nexus 5 and S4 comes with a 5.0 inch display. On the other hand, Google Nexus 5 and S4 comes with the same 5.0 inch display size and 1920 x 1080 pixel screen resolution.Well, the size of the display is not the only common feature between Nexus 5 and S4, both these devices share almost the same pixel density. i.e 442 - 445. Talking about the display specifications of LG G2, this phone has a 5.2 inch full HD display with a lower higher pixel density than S4 and Nexus 5. G2 comes with a 425 pixels per inch pixel density.Thus from the display comparison, Motorola Moto x loses to Galaxy S4, LG G2 and Nexus 5 and on the other hand. LG G2 is beaten by Nexus 5, Galaxy S4 phones with respect to ppi (pixels density).
Memory :-While purchasing a smartphone, one of the most important point of consideration is the phone’s memory. When we talk about RAM and internal storage capacities, Moto X, S4, LG G2 and Nexus 5 won’t disappoint you at all as all these 4 phones comes equipped with 2 GB RAM. These 4 phones are available for purchase in 16/32 GB storage capacities.Including 16GB / 32 storaage models, S4 also comes with 64 GB internal data storage capacity model.Now, you might be wondering whats the difference between these 4 phones… the answer is that Moto X, Nexus 5, and LG G2 lacks the support for data storage expansion (which can be considered disappointing if you require a high storage capacity phone ). Samsung S4 comes with the support for upto 64 GB microSD card. Thus when it comes to memory specifications, Galaxy S4 phone beats MOTO X, Nexus 5 and G2.
Camera :-Now lets compare the camera specification of Samsung Galaxy S4, LG G2, Google Neuxs 5 and Motorola Moto X. Nexus 5 specifications includes a 8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, image stabilization, geo tagging , Panorama ,. ..etc and a 1.3 megapixel front shooter. Moto X features a 10 megapixel rear ( with 1.4 µm pixel size ) equipped with LED flash, HDR, panorama ,. .etc and a 2MP front facing camera. Galaxy S4 and G2 comes with a 13 megapixel rear camera and a 2 MP, 2.1 MP front camera respectively. Feature set of Galaxy S4′s camera includes dual shot capability, HDR, panorama, optical image stabilization, geo tagging ,. .etc whereas LG G2 camera is bundled with the common camera specifications between Nexus 5 and Moto X. While both the camera’s of Motorola Moto x, Samsung Galaxy S4 and LG G2 comes with the ability to record high definition 1080p videos, only the rear camera of Nexus 5 Is capable to record 1080p videos. Thus LG nexus 5 loses in competition with Moto x, G2 and Galaxy S4 w.r.to camera specifications.
Operating system and the processor:-One more important factor considered while purchasing a smartphone is its processor and the operation system. Outdated operaing systems may not go very well with the latest apps nor with its users( As the users would simply hate the user interfaces of the outdated operating system ). Thus Samsung, LG, Google, Motorola have been careful while designing their Galaxy S4, G2, Nexus 5 and Moto X phones. This can be considered from the fact that all these phones Android jelly bean operating systems can be upgraded to the upcoming Android kit kat operating system. Talking about the processor, Motorola Moto X phone features a 1.7 GHz dual core microprocessor. G2 and Nexus 5 phones are powered with a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad core processors.Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with an octa core Exynos 5 chipset. While S4′s processors comes with a 1.6 GHz / 1.2 GHz clock speeds, Nexus 5 and LG G2′s processor clock at the rate of 2.3 and 2.26 GHz per second.LG G2 and Nexus 5 are equipped with Adreno 330 GPU and on the other hand, MOTO X comes with the outdated Adreno 320 GPU. Samsung Galaxy S4 uses the PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU.From the processor specifications, it clearly shows that Galaxy S4 beats Nexus 5 , LG G2 and the Motorola Moto X phones.
Battery and talk-time :-Google Nexus 5 is backed up with a lithium polymer 2300 mAh battery. The battery of Nexus 5 offers a talk-time around 298 hours and 16.9 hours of standby time. Motorola Moto X features a 2200 mAh lithium ION battery which gives the phone 575 and around 12.9 hours of talk-time.Galaxy S4 is equipped with a decent 2600 mAh lithium ion battery which gives the device a total 359 / 16.8 hours of talk / standby time. LG G2 beats these 3 phones with its 3000 mAh impressive lithium polymer battery that offers 780+ hours of talk-time and 16.5 hours of standby time.
Dimensions and weight :-
Nexus 5, Motorola Moto X and Samsung Galaxy S4 phones weigh around 130 grams whereas LG G2 is a bit heavier than these 3 phones with its 144 grams weight.Out of these 4 high end smartphones, with a thickness around 0.31 inches, Galaxy S4 is the thinnest device. LG G2 is 0.35 inches think and Nexus 5, Moto X phones are 0.340.41 inch thick.
Moto X vs Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 5 vs LG G2 : Key Specifications compared
| Specifications | LG Nexus 5 | Motorola Moto X | LG G2 | Galaxy S4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| operating system | Android 4.4 | Android 4.2.2 | Android 4.2.2 | Android 4.2 |
| processor | Qualcomm MSM8974 | Qualcomm MSM8960 | Qualcomm MSM8974 | Exynos 5 |
| Type | quad core | dual core | quad core | octa core |
| clock speed | 2.3 Ghz | 1.7 GHz | 2.26 GHz | 1.6 & 1.2 GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 330 | Adreno 320 | Adreno 330 | PowerVR 544MP3 |
| Rear camera | 8 MP | 10 MP | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| front camera | 1.3 MP | 2.0 MP | 2.1 MP | 2.0 MP |
| LED flash | Yes | yes | yes | yes |
| HD video recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Display Size | 4.95 inch | 4.7 inch | 5.2 inch | 5.0 inch |
| Screen resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 720 x 1280 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| PPI | 444 | 312 | 424 | 441 |
| Battery | 2300 mAh LI -PO | 2200 mAh lithium ION | 3000 mAh lithium ION | 2600 mAh |
| Price | Around 500 - 600 $ | 500 - 550$ | 400 - 600$ | Around 600$ |
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