Phone Comparison - Motorola Moto X vs Samsung Galaxy S21 5G vs Samsung Galaxy A23

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung Samsung
Announced August 2013 2021, January 14 March 2022
Status Available - August 2013 Coming soon. Exp. release 2021, January 29 Coming Soon - March 2022
Price - Rs. 69,999 ($799.99) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black, White Phantom Gray, Phantom White, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink Black, White, Peach, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 129.3 x 65.3 x 10.4 mm
(5.09 x 2.57 x 0.41 in)
151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm
(5.97 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
164.5 x 76.9 x 8.4 mm
(6.48 x 3.03 x 0.33 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only)
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only)
3G Network HSDPA
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
5G Network - SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor (under display, ultrasonic)
Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support) ANT+
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), Upgradable to Android KitKat Android 11 Android 12
User Interface - One UI 3.1 One UI 4.1
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - International / Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680 - USA/China/Korea, Exynos 2100 - International / Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 - USA/China/Korea Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Kryo 265 Gold & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 265 Silver), Qualcomm SM6225 Snapdragon 680 4G (6 nm)
GPU Adreno 320 Mali-G78 MP14 - International / Adreno 660 - USA/China/Korea Adreno 610
RAM 2 GB 8 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 256 GB 128 GB
External Memory No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass FHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X Display
120Hz Refresh Rate
HDR10+
1300 nits (peak)
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Always-on display
FHD+ TFT LCD Screen
90Hz Refresh Rate
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M Colour 16M Colors
Size 4.7 inches 6.2 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (424 ppi) 1080 x 2408 pixels (400 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.34% 86.12% 82.90%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes no yes
Radio No FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent) Unspecified
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 10 MP, 3872 x 2592 pixels 12 MP + 64 MP + 12 MP 50 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
64 MP, f/2.0, 29mm (telephoto), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom
12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1.4µm, Super Steady video
Auto-HDR, Panorama
50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), 1/5", 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 8K@24/30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 1080p [Similar] 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.2", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Dual video call, Auto-HDR, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.2, (wide)
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL / EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM UFS 3.1 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 25W
USB Power Delivery 3.0
Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W
Power bank/Reverse wireless charging 4.5W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 25W
Capacity 2200 mAh 4000 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by Up to 576 h - -
Talk Time Up to 13 h - -