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there are tons of options in the value range right now so who's it gonna be huh Motorola's new flagship or the one that started at all I'm our first time we're TechnoBuffalo and it's time to throw down this is the oneplus 2 versus the Moto X pure edition all right I'm going to be taking a look at these bad boys in 8 separate categories we're gonna look at the build the device in the hand specs in performance obviously the internals we're gonna look at the other hardware features like fingerprint scanners front facing speaker stuff like that the screen the display itself the camera the battery the software and we're gonna call it bang because I don't want to just talking about price we're gonna talk about the bang for your buck for each of these devices this is gonna be my model for all of the vs. videos moving forward so I just wanted to detail that for you really quickly right here so let's get into it first up let's take a look at the build of these two devices the oneplus 2 certainly feels a whole lot more premium it's got a bit of a 1/2 to it that the Moto X lacks the Moto X hasn't really changed all that much from last year's model so it's still got the curved back that dimpled around the back as well but this one lays much flatter on the table which is really nice less Rocking plus with all the sensors on the front if it's got a white panel on the front it just looks a little bit too busy so overall I think I kind of give this one to the oneplus 2 all right let's break down the specs in the performance the oneplus 2 famously sports the Snapdragon 810 and the performance does show it you know me I'm not a benchmark guy if it can handle what we throw at it in the real world then we're golden the oneplus 2 certainly does hit that mark well I did experience some lag as in my previous tests nothing really stood out to me is particularly egregious the Snapdragon 808 in the Moto X pure is definitely a workhorse though it's closer to tried-and-true than the 8 10 is which is why a lot of the devices are going with the 808 as opposed to the 810 that are in the kind of value minded range options while the expir comes in at just under last year's Nexus 6 on antutu benchmark I haven't had any problems with day to day use between the two of these I experienced less lag on the Moto X and turning on GPU rendering on the device definitely backs that anecdotal data up but despite actually scoring lower than the Moto X the oneplus 2 just feels much snappier on everything from webpages to pulling at my Twitter feed I just think it's a faster device I gotta give this one to the 1+2 let's talk about the other hardware for just a second both devices have their fair share of bells and whistles I really appreciated the oneplus two's profile switch on the left side of the device something that I didn't realize that I was missing a lot from iOS the off screen drawing gestures are also super certainly convenient but when it comes to bells and whistles I think it's really tough to top motos X and with gestures that have come in so so much handy for me everything from waving over the device for active display to turning on the flashlight with a chop to finally reliably being able to open the camera with a twist of the device it all works perfectly and I'm definitely gonna miss them a lot when I move on from the X with the soso fingerprint scanner on the oneplus 2 and no marshmallow support for it I'd rather have the gestures and the helpful tweaks that moto packs into the X peer so I think I got a chalk one more up for the Moto X pure alright let's talk about the display while the oneplus two's display is certainly no slouch it's hard not to be impressed by the panel in the Moto X sure diminishing returns but the higher resolution and density the display does come through in the information density that I am huge on being able to see more texts more icons more all that stuff on the display really makes a difference for me in my day to day usage that's to say nothing of the fact that they packed a quad HD display into a $400 device with excellent battery life and very few compromises even though I tend to prefer the cooler color balance on the oneplus 2 I did feel the color reproduction was a little bit truer on the photos that I took on the Moto X and just day-to-day stuff in Instagram the oneplus 2 also feels like it has sharpening turned up much higher which you might remember I am NOT a fan of so for me this one's a pretty clear win for the Moto X all right well what about that camera well the oneplus two's camera did a great job in our test shots but it's not lauded as one of the best ones on the market the Moto X pure on the other hand has its work cut out for it moto hasn't been on their game in terms of cameras so it's delightful to see that the camera on the X pier is finally fantastic again it's not the industry leader but it's a strong offering and it's certainly much better than anything they put out to date both devices support 4k slo-mo video and a host of other features to their respective apps at first I thought that motos new camera app put it at a really strong disadvantage but after getting used to it I kind of liked the ability to tap anywhere to trigger the shutter the comparison shots are pretty close almost too close to call I think each sensor definitely has their own strong suits the oneplus 2 had a much easier time finding focus thanks to the autofocus on the back that's a laser that's right we live in the future but the Moto X is shots were much much more natural and less noisy you can check out all the shots for yourself in the galleries on the article but I've got to give this into the Moto X pure alright battery time well the Moto X is short 300 milliamp hours from the oneplus 2 it had a much easier time making it through days in standby mode and occasional usage the X hasn't been plugged in in a well over two days when I was writing the script for this and it made it all the way into the evening with 30 percent battery left granted this is less than two hours screen on time but it's still impressive the oneplus 2 on the other hand is on the other end of that spectrum more often than not I'm concerned about what I'm gonna need to plug it in again and the fact that it uses USB see it just exacerbates that issue I can't hold USB C against it though because that's gonna be the standard very very soon either way the uptime on the oneplus 2 was just not nearly as good as the Moto X I have a sneaking suspicion that this has something to do with the 810 under the hood but obviously I can't confirm that at the end of the day the device with more juice wins and at the end of every day the Moto X is the device with more juice on the software front both devices have thankfully light takes on Android but Moto has a much lighter touch motorola isn't running a total fork of android like oxygen OS is so the changes that moto makes to the devices these days are largely relegated to apps that you can grab from the Play Store and you can uninstall if you don't want to use them that means faster updates and performance all the way across the board so while there isn't anything terribly wrong with oxygen OS it still means that it's further from stock so this one's got to go to mother finally let's talk about the all-important price tag I don't want to talk about price in a vacuum like I said so we're gonna call this bang for your buck the oneplus 2 comes in at 3 89 for the 64 gig 4 gig of RAM model which is the only one that they currently have in stock now that invites are no longer required for purchase the Moto X comes in at $4.99 for a 64 gig storage model so comparing these two it seems like oneplus has the edge but I'm not convinced that that's true well it's a huge boon that the device is finally available without an invite the Moto X has never needed one in the first place and it comes with the added bonus of being able to make it your own with moto maker for this category I gotta ask myself which device I would be more likely to buy based on the price and how long that device would last me based on the offerings on each end this one has got to go to the Moto X pure despite the higher price tag the customization options and excellent across-the-board performance makes me feel way more comfortable that this is the device that's gonna ride out a year or two with me as my daily driver as opposed to the oneplus 2 alright let's tally up that score aside from the build and performance it's a clean sweep for the Moto X pure I really think that this is a fantastic device and the more time I spend with oneplus 2 the less I like it the expir has grown on me really really quickly and the last device that I used before it was a galaxy note 5 so I think that's really saying something let me know what you guys think in the comments is there anything that I missed that you would have liked to have seen me covered in a versus video I'll 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