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we cover a lot of high-end devices but a huge section of the market is affordable phones and a lot of the time the cheaper the phone the lower the quality these two phones break that stereotype bringing high performance at a low cost I'm hi out to Houston with PocketNow and this is the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 versus Motorola's 2014 Moto G first things first the hardware these two phones have pretty similar designs both bodies are made entirely of plastic both feature front firing speakers and both utilize on-screen buttons the most obvious difference here is size the Moto G is already fairly large with a 5-inch display but the idol 3 packs an additional half an inch bringing it up to 5.5 inches measured diagonally the idol 3 also has an advantage in pixel density the Moto G's 720p display sits at a reasonably 294 pixels per inch but the idol 3 packs 401 pixels with it's 1080p panel if you're shopping for a low-cost smartphone little things like this might not bother you but the difference is definitely noticeable when you hold the two phones side-by-side also noticeable is the difference in screen quality where the idol 3 wins again with its superior color reproduction and viewing angles internally the Moto G packs a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.2 gigahertz within a dream of 305 GPU and a gigabyte of RAM the idol 3 sports an octa-core Snapdragon 615 at 1.5 gigahertz with the adrenal 405 and 2 gigabytes of RAM moto G with a 20 70 milliamp hour battery idle 3 with a 29 10 million power battery both support microSD expansion but the Anil 3 has double the internal space to begin with versus the Moto G with 16 gigabytes to work with versus the 8 gigabytes respectively a lot of these spec differences can be blamed on more internal space to work with or an 8 month gap in release but no matter how you look at it it's abundantly clear here that Alcatel has the advantage in hardware moving onto the software side of things both phones ship with a very close to stock Android experience both of our units are running android 5.0.2 though your moto G might soon be updated to 5.1 mine hasn't seen that update quite yet Motorola is offering certainly looks closer to stock and in fact for all intents and purposes it is running stock Android with a few Motorola tweaks to enhance the experience features like moto assist that smartly judge when you might be driving or sleeping or in a meeting and adjust the phone's behavior accordingly there's also moto migrate to make moving from another phone a bit easier jumping to the idol 3 while the software experience is definitely that of stock Android it doesn't really look the part Alcatel has added some custom icons and a few tweaked apps but rest assured when you launch the phone dialer or a clock it's the same software that you'll find on the Moto G the companies made a few changes of their own like the quick access toggles on the lock screen to launch frequently used apps but again both phones are nearly identical in software without leaving any outstanding features to indicate a clear winner cameras are another gray area neither phone has a particularly good camera and both suffer from similar problems poor saturation lack of depth digital noise and so on they're not the worst cameras in the world but don't expect either to produce stunning results under any circumstances in daily use both phones are surprisingly fast given their price tag neither phone suffers from excessive stutter or lag and neither feels like a budget phone if we had to say one phone was faster than the other it'd have to be the idol three by a hair but then again that's to be expected when you're operating with double the cores and RAM all so predictable based on specs is the idol threes superb battery life which is something the Moto G just can't match where the Moto G clocks out at about three hours of screen on time the idol 3 can go anywhere from four to five and a half hours on a single charge all while powering a bigger sharper display so what's the verdict well motorola is offering with the Moto G was and continues to be a great option for anyone looking to save a buck and still get a great phone but it came out back in September and the next refresh is probably less than half a year away if you already have a 2014 Moto G there's no need to rush out and order the idol 3 but it goes without saying that given the superior specs the sharper display and a longer battery life the idol 3 from Alcatel OneTouch is probably the better bang for your buck here if you enjoyed this video please give us a like in a comment below and don't forget to subscribe to the channel for all the tech videos you could ask for this has been hi out to Houston with PocketNow and we thank you very much for watching see you next time