Motorola Moto X (2nd gen) vs Motorola SPICE Key Comparison and Differences

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Motorola Moto X (2nd gen)

Motorola Moto X (2nd gen)

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Motorola SPICE Key

Motorola SPICE Key

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Motorola Moto X (2nd gen) or Motorola SPICE Key Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Motorola Moto X (2nd gen) Motorola SPICE Key
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Release date 2014, September 2011, July
Dimensions (HxWxD) 140.8 x 72.4 x 10 mm | 5.54 x 5.54 x 2.85 in 116.5 x 58 x 13.5 mm | 4.59 x 4.59 x 2.28 in
Weight 144 g | 5.08 oz 110 g | 3.88 oz
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Colors Black, White Black
Battery 2300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1420 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 720 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 9 h 16 min (2G) / Up to 8 h (3G)
Keyboard QWERTY
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Screen

Technology AMOLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 256K
Screen size 5.2" in 2.8" in
Screen area 74.5 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 73.1% 35.9%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 240 x 320 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 424 PPI 143 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 3.15 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, f/2.2, 29mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.13µm, AF -3.15 MP
Functions Dual-LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR 480p@24fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 2 MP, f/2.2
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM7227-1 Snapdragon S1
CPU - Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400 - 600 MHz ARM 11
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 200
External memory No microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM/ 64 GB (AT&T, T-Mobile) 512 MB, 256 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 157
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 597

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Mini-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - Verizon
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EU, AT&T, Verizon 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - T-Mobile
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - XT1097 AT&T, XT1095 T-Mobile 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - EU 
LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 13(700) - XT1096 (Verizon) 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800) - India
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 12
Edge Yes Class 12
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX 2.1, A2DP, EDR
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.96 W/kg (head)     1.11 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
- Water resistant

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
-MP4/H.264 player
-Document viewer
-Photo viewer
-Organizer
-Voice memo/dial
-Predictive text input
Versions
- Also known as Motorola Moto X (2014), Motorola Moto X2, Motorola Moto X+1

- For the US

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