Phone Comparison - Motorola DEFY vs LG Nexus 4 E960 vs Motorola Moto G Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola LG Motorola
Announced September 2010 October 2012 January 2014
Status Available - October 2010 Available - November 2012 Available - January 2014
Colors Black, White Black Black, Chalk, Violet, Royal Blue, Turquoise, Lemon Line, Cherry
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 107 x 59 x 13.4 mm
(4.21 x 2.32 x 0.53 in)
133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
129.9 x 65.9 x 11.6 mm
(5.11 x 2.59 x 0.46 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz) 143 g (5.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 1700 / 2100 or HSDPA 850 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 Android OS, v4.2 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 800 MHz Cortex-A8, TI OMAP 3610 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU PowerVR SGX530 Adreno 320, 400 MHz Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 2 GB storage 8/16 GB storage 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Edge-to-Edge Display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 4.7 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.65% 68.18% 65.36%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No FM radio
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 2 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No No
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1540 mAh 2100 mAh 2070 mAh
Stand by Up to 238 h Up to 390 hours (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 6 h 48 min Up to 12 hours (3G) Up to 24 h