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as modest as Motorola's to latest smartphones maybe they're making a lot of waves but how do the two compare I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is the Motorola MOTO G versus the Moto X the Moto exa moto G are both very telling of Motorola's new direction a centralized focus on user experience over absurd in excess of specifications naturally the two needed to be compared we've already discovered what a pleasure to use the Moto X is but with the Moto G out there for a mind-blowing $200 or less is the Moto X worth the extra cash let's find out before we do we'd like to give a shout out to our friends over at clove supplying us with the Moto G for review be sure to check out their site if you'd like a moto G of your own when we first took the moto G out of the box we had to do a double take to make sure clove sent us the right device visually from the short distance the Moto X a moto G are easy to mistake for one another they have the same general size and shape with very similar designs both have the rounded back the same button camera flash and port placement and the much-loved rear dimple your index finger can't help but gravitate towards a few minutes with both however and the differences begin to pile up once in the hand the additional heft of the Moto G is unmistakable it's one point two millimeters thicker and 13 grams heavier than the Moto X you also begin to notice the small differences such as the speaker grilles the Moto X is rear speaker which rests to the right of the camera is an array of finally machined drilled holes the Moto G's grille is also machine drilled but the individual holes are larger and they look cheaper further on the front the cameras are on opposing sides and the Moto G speaker grille is notably larger and more visible on the inside the differences are even more abundant Moto X was never one of the most impressive smartphones on paper it's 4.7 inch 720p AMOLED display bears a comparatively low density beside other manufacturers flagships the unique x8 mobile computing system composed of a Snapdragon s4 pro chip and two low power cores for contextual computing is far from the most powerful and the rest of its specs are part of the same modest story two gigabytes of RAM 16 or 32 gigabytes of fixed storage a 10 megapixel clear pixel camera and a 2200 milliamp hour battery no matter how you look at it the Moto G is a mid-range smartphone it comes with a 4.5 inch 720p LCD panel 8 or 16 gigabytes of fixed storage one gigabyte of RAM a 5 megapixel shooter Snapdragon 400 chipset and a 2070 milliamp hour cell there are quite a few important things missing from the Moto G's tool belt as well NFC Wi-Fi AC and LTE are among the most notable the displays are undeniably the biggest difference the Moto X is 4.7 inch panel stretches from edge to edge touching the trim on either side of the face the Moto G's 4.5 inch display does not there's roughly 1/8 inch margin on either side of the display size is only half the story though the Moto X uses an AMOLED panel with the highest setting the Moto G has an LCD display the difference is immediately noticeable side by side the LCD panel of the Moto G appears washed out blacks are noticeably less inky and whites are cooler whereas the AMOLED panel airs on the warmer side but the Moto G's color reproduction seems truer to life other minor difference the rear cover of the Moto G is removable unfortunately that doesn't mean the battery is removable as noted by the notice battery not user removable the only reason to remove the back cover is to insert the Micro SIM the Moto X is nano SIM tray is found on the left edge for $500 you're getting a higher quality product customized to your liking with a better display more solid in hand feel and a more unique user experience for $200 or less the quality of the Moto G is impeccable and that price difference makes these two devices very difficult to compare directly at the surface the motox of moto G look like they might run the exact same software and coming from the same firm you would imagine they would be that's not the case the Moto X is currently running KitKat or Android version 4.4 our Moto G unit is running Android 4.3 the differences in those versions of software are mostly minimal particularly to anyone considering a $200 phone to begin with for the time being the Moto G has a legacy dialer not the newer dialer with business search integrated it doesn't come with the print functionality built in and it's missing the further enhancements for low-end smartphones introduced in KitKat frankly those are the least concerning of the missing software features the Moto G is missing all of the features which make the Moto X unique such as trusted devices active display touchless control and NFC unlock through skip there's a reason all of these features are missing though skip requires NFC something the Moto G does not have touchless control relies on Motorola's x8 mobile computing system also something the Moto G does not have active display makes use of the AMOLED display on the Moto X for saving power the Moto G has an LCD panel and the pulsing display would burn a considerable amount of power other motorola specific software is included however such as assist my great moto care and motorola privacy and outside those discrepancies these two devices are running very near stock versions of Android the Moto X has more than one advantage in performance and speed its CPU clock speed is faster 1.7 gigahertz compared to the Moto G's 1.2 gigahertz quad-core CPU it also has double the RAM and a more powerful GPU an average tasks such as opening and switching apps the Moto X is noticeably quicker and more smooth the Moto G is rather easy to bar down and the limitations of having only one gigabyte of RAM begin to show after switching between just a few applications all things considered it still performs exceptionally well and its gaming performance isn't bad either we experienced some framerate drops and some graphic intensive games like asphalt 8 but for all intents and purposes the Moto G was not designed to be a gaming or high-performance machine it's aimed at the bare minimum user and for that it's great fortunately the difference in loudspeaker grille appearance and location has little to do with the quality while the Moto X is speaker produces a little higher quality sound with more low-end the Moto G's is just as loud with more emphasis on mids and highs at full volume the Moto G does begin to distort some but for all the listening you'll do for mobile these two are very close in the sound Department we've only had the Moto G for one day now so we're not ready to draw any conclusions on the stamina Department just yet the Moto X is 2200 milliamp hour battery manages to last up to a full day of usage though we often have to supplement the charge mid-afternoon through our testing today the Moto G has actually drained comparably to the Moto X to be fair the camera on the Moto X was a pretty big disappointment the height surrounding the clear pixel technology was great but the 10 megapixel moto X camera was anything but it produces lifeless noisy artifact field images which offer dual colors low contrast and a serious lack of detail as such we weren't expecting much from the shooter on the Moto G which has half the resolution and it's a good thing the Moto G camera is horrendous in terrific lighting the camera can take a decent image but it suffers from all the same problems the Moto X does low-light performance is pretty bad on the Moto X and much much worse on the Moto G frankly if you care anything about image quality your best bet is to look elsewhere so what can we make of these two modest smartphones which are making serious waves for starters they're not for entirely different users like the different price points would suggest therefore that every man and woman those who don't need anything excessive massive or incredibly powerful both the Moto X a Moto G are about user experience and the for those who just need something to get the job done reliably the Moto G is simply for someone on a tighter budget willing to make a few more sacrifices the Moto X for $300 more is a markedly more well-rounded device with additional and very useful features and a more polished chassis deserving of the extra cash that's going to do it for this comparison if you enjoyed the video be sure to let us know by clicking the thumbs up button below and subscribing to the channel leave a comment if you have any questions or suggestions and be sure to follow us in all the usual places Twitter Facebook and Google+ at pocket now I'm Taylor Martin you can find me on twitter at casper tech and i will see you next time