Phone Comparison - Motorola Moto Maxx vs Samsung Galaxy A8

Motorola Moto Maxx
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Samsung Galaxy A8
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung
Announced November 2014 July 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 16,990 ($249.85) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Ballistic Nylon Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11.2
(5.65 x 2.89 x 0.33 - 0.44)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight 176 g (6.21 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 2, 3, 4, 7, 17) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features Splash Resistant, Moto Display - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 420 [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.2 inches [Similar] 5.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 73.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 21 MP (5248 x 3936), autofocus [Similar] 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar]
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@24fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3900 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -