Phone Comparison - Motorola MotoGO vs LG G3 LTE-A vs Motorola Moto G (Gen 2)

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola LG Motorola
Announced May 2012 January 2014 September 2014
Status Available - Q4 2012 Available - Q3 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors White Silk White, Shine Gold, Metallic Black White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 104 x 63.9 x 13 mm
(4.09 x 2.52 x 0.51 in)
- 141.5 x 70.7 x 11 mm
(5.57 x 2.78 x 0.43 in)
Weight 100 g (3.53 oz) - 149 g (5.26 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - CDMA version
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 2100 TD-SCDMA / HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - USA version
4G Network - LTE-A -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to Android L
Processor MTK 6276W Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 420 Adreno 305
RAM N/A 3 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 50 MB storage 32 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.2 inches 5.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (182 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 22.51% - 68.76%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No phase detection/lase LED flash
Features Geo-tagging 1/3' Sensor Size, Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, optical stabilization, HDR, stereo sound rec. 720p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g 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, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 50 MB storage 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 910 mAh 3000 mAh 2070 mAh
Stand by Up to 350 h - -
Talk Time Up to 5 h - -