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we've already taken the htc desire 816 head-to-head against its top tier sibling the One m8 how does it compare to some other phones I'm Joe Levi for Puckett now and this is the desire 816 versus the Motorola MOTO X after updates both devices run Android KitKat 4.4 HTC's runs Sense UI 6 on top of that but Motorola stays a bit more true to what many would call pure Android with its product when it comes to weight you're gonna feel a difference the desire 816 is 5.82 ounces compared to the Moto X is 4.5 9 ounces as far as size is concerned the desire is bigger a lot bigger turning to construction the desire has a nice matte border around its edges but the back has a slippery gloss surface Motorola went with all matte and it's much easier to hold what's more the Moto X felt more solid and didn't squeak like the desire did one of the distinguishing factors of today's HTC devices are their front firing speakers sound from the desire has much better range than the Moto X although both are fairly loud and clear we like listening to the desire more than we like listening to the Moto X the screens on the two phones are really where you'll notice the difference the desire has a huge 5 and a half inch LCD - 720p screen with 267 PPI whereas the Moto X has a 4.7 inch AMOLED screen at 312 PPI both are 720 though the Moto X was crisper and had deeper blacks the battery in the Moto X is 2200 milliamp hours which provided us with about 12 to 15 hours between charges with moderate to heavy use the battery in the desire is 400 milliamp hours bigger it netted us two solid days of use but before you get too excited remember that although both devices support LTE we couldn't test how well it worked on the desire since it's only compatible with t-mobile's edge bands we also suspect that we would have netted similar results if both devices were running LTE as far as Wi-Fi unlike the Moto X the desire doesn't include the 5 gigahertz band which means it can't connect to 802 11 a or the faster AC networks for why that's important make sure you check out our editorial the desire with its 1.6 gigahertz quad-core Snapdragon 400 and then Adreno 305 GPU fared a bit better in performance than the Moto X with its custom dual-core 1.7 gigahertz SOC and Adreno 320 GPU motorola went to great lengths to build out the ex a platform for battery saving as well as the ability to gather ambient information some things that the desire just can't do the desire includes a bit less ram one-and-a-half gig compared to the Moto X is two gig when it comes to storage the Moto X comes in both 16 and 32 gig configurations the desire only comes in 8 but on an upside the designer does include a microSD card slot so you can add up to 128 gig more storage the desire 816 s 13 megapixel camera is a few megapixels better than the Moto X is 10 megapixel sensor but in practice they perform about the same like we mentioned in our last video the desire 816 is missing NFC though we can live without Google Wallet and Isis features not being able to tap to beam content from one device to another well that's a disappointment there's no doubt that both the Moto X and the desire 816 are great phones what it really comes down to is size if you want a big phablet like experience with a large screen in forward-firing speakers you want the desire 816 if you want something more compact and one a bit more depth and contrast on your screen the Moto X is the way you want to go that's how the desire 816 stacks up against the Motorola MOTO X if you liked the video make sure you give it a thumbs up if you want to see the rest of the coverage as soon as we have it available for you make sure you hit that subscribe button so you don't miss out while you're at it share it with your friends on all your favorite social media networks we're there we'd love to see you there too