Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) vs Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Comparison and Differences

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Motorola Moto G (3rd gen)

Motorola Moto G (3rd gen)

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Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

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Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) or Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
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Release date 2015, July 2013, November
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 x 72.4 x 11.6 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.85 in 146.8 x 75.3 x 8.9 mm | 5.78 x 5.78 x 2.96 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 163 g | 5.75 oz
Body Build Plastic body Plastic body
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Colors Black, White Black, White, Pink
Battery 2470 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 370 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 17 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 5.25" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 76.0 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 67.0% 68.7%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 280 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, AF, f/2.0 -8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard), AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec.
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 1.9 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.2 1.9 MP
Functions Auto-HDR

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 306 Adreno 305
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
16 GB, 2 GB RAM
8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 95 65
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 319 237
GeekBench 4 Single Core 549 416
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1527 1099
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 685

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
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 - SM-G7100 
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G7102
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - SM-G7105
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/21/5.76 Mbps (region dependent)/ LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps (SM-G7105)
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.58 W/kg (head)     1.03 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.44 W/kg (head)     0.44 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- IPX7 water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
Versions
- Also known as Motorola Moto G (Gen 3), Motorola Moto G3

- Versions: Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 G7105 (3G/LTE) Also known as Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 G7102 with dual-SIM card slots

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