Phone Comparison - Motorola Moto Maxx vs Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen)

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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung Motorola
Announced November 2014 March 2015 July 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - April 2015 Available - July 2015
Price Rs. 16,990 ($249.85) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 10,250 ($150.74) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Ballistic Nylon White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11.2
(5.65 x 2.89 x 0.33 - 0.44)
143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
142.1 x 72.4 x 6.1~11.6 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.24~0.46 in)
Weight 176 g (6.21 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 2, 3, 4, 7, 17) LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Splash Resistant, Moto Display - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IPX7 Certified - Water Resistant over 3 Feet and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Quad-core 1.4 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
GPU Adreno 420 Mali-T760 Adreno 306
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 1/2 GB
Internal Memory 64 GB 32/64/128 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.2 inches 5.1 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (577 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 70.66% 66.86%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 21 MP (5248 x 3936), autofocus 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Auto-focus, IR Filter, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@24fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR
Front Camera 2 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1/2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3900 mAh 2550 mAh 2470 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -