Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX vs Motorola Droid Maxx 2 vs Sony Xperia L1

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Motorola Sony
Announced January 2012 October 2015 March 2017
Status Available - January 2012 Available - October 2015 Coming Soon - April 2017
Colors Black Deep Sea Blue, White Black, White, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.7 x 68.9 x 9 mm
(5.15 x 2.71 x 0.35 in)
148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
151 x 74 x 8.7 mm
(5.94 x 2.91 x 0.34 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
SIM Type - - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
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 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 20(800) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6737T
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 405 Mali-T720MP2
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Advanced capacitive touchscreen 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 5.5 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.67% 74.21% 74.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 21 MP, 5248 x 3936 13 MP
Flash LED flash Dual-LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR Autofocus, f/2.2, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.2, 24 mm [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 Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSUPA HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - - Not 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3300 mAh 3630 mAh 2620 mAh
Stand by Up to 368 h Up to 576 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 21 h Up to 48 h (3G) -