Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID Mini vs Motorola Droid Maxx 2 vs LG K4

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Motorola LG
Announced July 2013 October 2015 January 2016
Status Available - August 2013 Available - October 2015 Available - May 2016
Colors Black Deep Sea Blue, White White, Indigo
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 121.3 x 61.3 x 8.9 mm
(4.78 x 2.41 x 0.35 in)
148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
131.9 x 66.7 x 8.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.35 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - K130E
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 20(800) LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800) - K130E
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Motorola X8 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6735M
GPU Quad core Adreno 405 Mali-T720MP2
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.37% 74.21% 63.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 10 MP, 3872 x 2592 pixels 21 MP, 5248 x 3936 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash Dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto Focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR Yes
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 2 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 EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE; HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 3630 mAh 1940 mAh
Stand by - Up to 576 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 28 h Up to 48 h (3G) -