Motorola DROID Ultra vs Motorola DROID Turbo Comparison and Differences

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Motorola DROID Ultra

Motorola DROID Ultra

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Motorola DROID Turbo

Motorola DROID Turbo

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Motorola DROID Ultra or Motorola DROID Turbo Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Motorola DROID Ultra Motorola DROID Turbo
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Release date 2013, July 2014, October
Dimensions (HxWxD) 137.5 x 71.2 x 7.2 mm | 5.41 x 5.41 x 2.8 in 143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11 mm | 5.65 x 5.65 x 2.89 in
Weight 137 g | 4.83 oz 169 g | 5.96 oz
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Colors Black, Red, White Black Ballistic Nylon, Metallic Black, Metallic Red, Blue
Battery 2130 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3900 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 312 h
Talking time - Up to 28 h
Stand by time - Up to 675 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 48 h (3G)
Approximate price 250 EUR 290 EUR
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 5.2" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 74.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70.4% 70.9%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 565 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - Moto Display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 10 MP, Single 21 MP, Single
Camera specs -10 MP, AF -21 MP, AF, f/2.0
Functions LED flash Dual-LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@24fps, 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP 2 MP
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.0 (Lollipop) Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro - Qualcomm APQ8084 Snapdragon 805 (28 nm)
CPU - Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait - Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 420
External memory No No
Internal memory 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 4 Single Core 667 1007
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1268 2446
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3542

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - CDMA 800 / 1900  
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - CDMA2000 1xEV-DO  
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 4(1700/2100), 13(700)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 13(700)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Class 12 Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.54 W/kg (head)     0.32 W/kg (body)     SAR - 1.39 W/kg (head)     0.50 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Splash resistant

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi wireless charging
- Splash resistant
Versions
- For Verizon

- For Verizon

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