Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) vs Samsung Google Nexus S I9020A Comparison and Differences

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Motorola Moto G (3rd gen)

Motorola Moto G (3rd gen)

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Samsung Google Nexus S I9020A

Samsung Google Nexus S I9020A

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Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) or Samsung Google Nexus S I9020A Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) Samsung Google Nexus S I9020A
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Release date 2015, July 2011, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 x 72.4 x 11.6 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.85 in 123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm | 4.88 x 4.88 x 2.48 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 129 g | 4.55 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black, White White, Black
Battery 2470 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 713 h (2G) / Up to 428 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 4" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 45.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 67.0% 58.3%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 233 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Oleophobic coating
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, AF, f/2.0 -5 MP, AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps, HDR w480p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.2 VGA
Functions Auto-HDR

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm) - Hummingbird Exynos
CPU - Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 - 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU Adreno 306 PowerVR SGX540
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
16 GB, 2 GB RAM
16 GB, 512 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 95
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 319
GeekBench 4 Single Core 549
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1527

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Mini-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  
CDMA 800 / 1900 - XT1548
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 2100 - XT1541 
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - XT1540 
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 - XT1548
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - XT1541 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - XT1540 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - XT1548
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 2.1, A2DP, EDR
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.57 W/kg (head)     1.33 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.37 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- IPX7 water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

- MP4/H.264 player
-MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
-Organizer
-Photo/video editor
-Voice memo/dial/commands
-Predictive text input
-Near Field Communications
Versions
- Also known as Motorola Moto G (Gen 3), Motorola Moto G3

- Also known as Google Nexus S i9020T for T-Mobile

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