Phone Comparison - Motorola Droid Maxx 2 vs Motorola Droid Turbo 2 vs Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Motorola Samsung
Announced October 2015 October 2015 August 2017
Status Available - October 2015 Available - October 2015 Available - August 2017
Price - Rs. 33,000 ($485.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Deep Sea Blue, White Black/Soft-Grip, Black/Pebble Leather, Gray/Ballistic Nylon, Win Meteor Grey, Tungsten Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
149.9 x 78 x 9.2 mm
(5.9 x 3.07 x 0.36 in)
151.9 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.98 x 2.95 x 0.39 in)
Weight 169 g (5.96 oz) 170.1 g (6.0.04 oz) 208.1 g (7.34.0.04 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 20(800) LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Samsung Pay
IP68 certified
MIL-STD-810G certified - dust, humidity, rain, vibration, and shock resistant
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
GPU Adreno 405 Adreno 430 Adreno 540
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32/64 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 P-OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Shatterproof Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.4 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (540 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.21% 69.76% 74.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 21 MP, 5248 x 3936 21 MP, 5248 x 3936 12 MP
Flash Dual-LED flash Dual-LED flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7 aperture, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3630 mAh 3760 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by Up to 576 h (3G) Up to 360 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 48 h (3G) Up to 48 h (3G) -