Motorola Moto G vs Motorola Moto X vs Google Nexus 5: Budget Friendly Android Powered Devices Compared; Will Motorola’s Smartphones Trump Google’s Flagships?

Motorola Moto G vs. Motorola Moto X vs. Google Nexus 5: Specs of these three budget-friendly Android handsets are compared in this review where their design, display, cameras and processing power are compared to one another.

Design
When it comes to dimensions, the Google Nexus 5 is the largest at 5.43 by 2.72 by 0.34 inches. It is then closely followed by the Motorola Moto G at 5.11 by 2.59 by 0.46 inches. The Moto X is the smallest with dimensions of 5.09 by 2.57 by 0.41 inches. In the weight comparison, the Google Nexus 5 and the Moto X both weigh 130g while the Moto G is the heaviest with 13 grams more.

Display
The Nexus 5 has the biggest display of the 3 devices with a screen of 5.0 inches. It is then closely followed by the Moto X with 4.7 inches and then the Moto G with 4.5 inches. The Nexus 5 has the highest resolution as well with an IPS LCD 1080 by 1920 pixel resolution spread out at 445 ppi. The Motorola Moto G comes in second with an LCD display of 720 by 1280 pixels and a ppi of 329. The Moto X has the same 720 by 1280p resolution but it has a lower ppi of 316 on its AMOLED technology screen.

Camera
Once again there is a clear distinction between the 3 smart devices this time on the cameras. This time the Moto X is the winner with a 10 Megapixel camera which is 2 more pixels than the Nexus 5 and 5 more pixels than the Moto G. all three of the devices use an LED flash for their camera. Both Motorola and Google put front-facing cameras on their devices. Both the Moto G and the Nexus 5 have 1.3 megapixels while the Moto X has a larger 2 megapixels.

Processing Power
All three devices use a system chip processor from Qualcomm Snapdragon. The Moto G bears the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 while the Moto X uses Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960. The Google Nexus 5 runs on a powerful Snapdragon 800 MSM8974. Both the Moto G and the Nexus 5 have Quad core processors while the Moto X has a dual core. The Moto G comes with an 8GB built-in storage while both the Moto X and Nexus 5 have 16GB of storage.