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what's up guys Lew here back with another video and today it's comparison of versus video if you will and possibly a bit of a guide for what you should be looking for in your upcoming smartphone if you're hoping to spend somewhere between three and four hundred dollars in front of me I have two devices that are representations of that I have the oneplus 2 newly released hotly anticipated and I've also got the Moto X play which some of you might not have heard of yet it might actually be called something else in the US as a Verizon exclusive here in Canada it's the Moto X play it's more about meshing two phones together that base models will retail somewhere around 300 bucks we know that the oneplus 2 starts at 329 and I'm thinking that the Moto X play will be around the same these things are right in each other's wheelhouse they are they're doing this right now spec wise not so much this is where things get interesting as much as they're both great choices in this price range they're great choices for different reasons so let's go ahead and get into those reasons starting with the oneplus 2 this is the 64 gigabyte sandstone version I've got the cool D brand skin up on here carbon fiber two-tone if you want to customize your oneplus you want to do it in an inexpensive fashion you should check out deep brand their link will be down in the description a cool looking charge break look at that red white a nice little cable as well but this actually brings me to one of my first points this one features USBC while the x-play doesn't now you might not think that is a major advantage because right now there aren't too many things that utilize us PC and you'd be right I think this depends on the individual whether you see this as an advantage or a disadvantage but since this is a channel with a heavy focus on technology I'll give some props to oneplus for being on the cutting edge with that brand new interface and as things become more widely available that take advantage of it you'll be ready for that future moving on to the second feature that the oneplus 2 has that motox doesn't is a dual SIM card slot so you can carry around two different networks with you so next up we have the guts of the device and this is where oneplus takes a step ahead you've got a faster processor here as well as more RAM you can get three gigabytes or four gigabytes of RAM depending on which configuration you go with next let's talk about the camera while the oneplus 2 has a 13 megapixel sensor unlike the Moto X it's capable of shooting 4k video and it's also got optical image stabilization on the rear camera so if you're a video shooter you're probably going to want to look at this device as it has those extra capabilities fingerprint sensor this one has one and the Moto X does not if security is a big thing for you or you like the convenience of unlocking your device with your finger you can't do that on the Motorola you can do it on the oneplus 2 lastly exclusiveness you have to get an invite there's all these cryptic ways of securing a oneplus 2 for yourself but for those who actually get one there is sort of a point of pride of like yeah that's my oneplus 2 oh you don't know what it is that's cool just me and my oneplus 2 you know you walk around like it's some kind of achievement that you even got one let alone an invite I mean on Twitter there are giveaways for invites there are giveaways for the opportunity to buy something think about that real quick so the scarcity or at least the perception of scarcity here gives you a sort of exclusive vibe when you have this phone I'm going to call it an advantage but on the other side when I get to the Motorola I'm gonna turn it into a disadvantage let's get that part started okay so here is the Moto X play if you're unfamiliar with what Motorola has been doing recently with their devices they've been emphasizing a sort of pure Android experience the unadulterated version of Android and I'm a fan of that now as mentioned before you're looking at slightly less horsepower he in the x-play but how about a bigger battery this one features a 36 30 milliamp hour battery how about quick charge like 50% of your charge in half an hour or whatever it is now while this model only ships with 16 gigabytes of storage it has expandability got a micro SD card slot so you can go ahead and stick a 128 gigabyte card in there a little bit more durable at least from a water-resistant standpoint this can take a splash or two you don't want to dunk it let the Moto G don't go Duncan other items included in the box a USB cable as well as a power brick and a SIM card tool no fancy USB see now this one is a tough one to evaluate this could be an advantage or disadvantage depending on where you stand it said that Motorola has made major improvements to the camera here on the X you now have a 21 megapixel sensor which is apparently going to be far more capable than the previous version and this to me is an advantage granted cameras attributes are not all about resolution and that's it it's not all about megapixels we all know that by this point in time there's a low-light sensitivity sensor size you've got more resolution out of this camera than the oneplus 2 NFC or the lack thereof on the oneplus 2 for whatever reason it doesn't ship with NFC it could be a deal-breaker you got NFC over here while you are gazing at the screen here of the Motorola there's something you're going to notice it's not the forward facing camera that's on every single phone no it is speakers oh my goodness front-facing speakers Lou are you serious is this something that we can come to expect here in 2015 well in some cases yes it's actually kind of amazing that more phones don't feature forward-facing speakers as you'd imagine if you use your phone as your primary device your primary computing device or even not as your primary maybe it's just a consumption device for you while you're lying down on your couch or something there's certainly an argument to be made that the multimedia experience is far better with forward-facing sound theoretically it should be clearer should be nicer easier to deal with you won't cover up the ports okay so that brings me to my very last point with the oneplus 2 because an exclusivity and air of exclusivity about it granted this device is currently not available everywhere but once it is it'll be the kind of thing where you walk into a store and you hand them money and they hand you a phone bag it's going to work like any other smartphone you can just buy it so long as there's inventory available there you have it oneplus 2 Moto X play I hope this helps you guys make a better decision when trying to figure out what phone to get next those were the things that popped out to me when I was looking at the differences and it's actually kind of surprising the two phones in a very similar price point actually have significantly different attributes and reasons why you would want one over the other if you want to check out pricing and availability I'll drop links to these two devices down in the description thank you very much for watching if you enjoyed this content make sure to leave a thumbs up down below and I'll catch you on the next episode later guys oh me to purchase oneplus 2 you're wasting valuable no toy style blue can you please invite me I love the oneplus 2 hey