Helo everyone! I'm between Nexus 4 and Moto G. BUT, I've been with no smartphone for half a year(sucks really hard). So, I'm thinking of buying a Moto G because the Nexus 4 is more expensive.
The thing is, is the Quad Core A7 cpu better or the same than a Dual Core A9 cpu at the SAME SPEED?(The S2 9100 has a 1,2GHz Dual Core A9)
Thanks guys!
The moto G is faster than the Galaxy S2. It's less powerful than a Nexus 4 because the Nexus 4 has twice the RAM though it comes close in some benchmarks because of the optimized ROM, nand storage filesystem, and CPU. In real world usage though an N4 will be much smoother and faster. Still the Moto G is a fine device. By the way, the Nexus 4 is no longer for sale. Perhaps you mean a Nexus 5? That kind of blows away a Moto G and most other smartphones. Though there is the price factor and the moto G is more than adequate.
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Thanks for the reply! I meant Nexus 4. I'm from Greece and I can find it in some stores and also on Amazon and ebay.
How fast is CyanogenMod 11 on Moto G? Is the stock ROM faster than CM11 or at least the same? I like flahing ROMs and kernels(as everyone else ) so I wouldn't want the flashed ROM to be slower than the stock ROM.
I used to have a nexus 4
Other than the price also consider the battery, the moto g battery life is better than the nexus 4 in my opinion and experience. So if you buy the moto g, you save some money and get the must have accesories like the meenova microsd card you can expand you memory and also the flip shell from motorola so that you can wake your phone without using the power button.
I have played MC4 in the moto g and in the nexus 4, in the nexus is used to get very hot the whole phone but the moto g does not do that much or at least not as the nexus did, that game is pretty heavy but no difference with the nexus , about the ram I have not felt any significant difference maybe others but my experience it works very well. However if you are into video and photography then the nexus is much better than the g, so consider that as well.
Hope you get what you are looking for.
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Konstantinos said:
Thanks for the reply! I meant Nexus 4. I'm from Greece and I can find it in some stores and also on Amazon and ebay.
How fast is CyanogenMod 11 on Moto G? Is the stock ROM faster than CM11 or at least the same? I like flahing ROMs and kernels(as everyone else ) so I wouldn't want the flashed ROM to be slower than the stock ROM.
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I have had the N4, Moto G, and s2 (i9100). I like all of them but I find the s2 too slow for me. If the N4 and Moto G are the same price, I would pick the N4.
Right now, there are no custom ROMs for the Moto G based on CM11 or AOSP.
enrique097 said:
So if you buy the moto g, you save some money and get the must have accesories like the meenova microsd card you can expand you memory
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Recommend a good Mini Micro SD Card? ScanDisk ok?
dtsm888 said:
Recommend a good Mini Micro SD Card? ScanDisk ok?
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SanDisk microSDHC Ultra 32GB, class 10, UHS-I, 30MB/sec. + SD adapter, Mobile
Look for this one in Amazon it is on sale just £19 it was £50 I bought this one myself works nicely with the meenova
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enrique097 said:
SanDisk microSDHC Ultra 32GB, class 10, UHS-I, 30MB/sec. + SD adapter, Mobile
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I ordered the meenova but then read the 'fine print'...Moto G has to be rooted or else only can be used on read-access basis. Am trying to cancel order as have no plans to root the device. Too bad. Many thanks for your recommendation, appreciated
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Hi all!
I'm a S3 Mini owner, and I'm in love with the Moto G (i'm thiking in give my s3 mini to my father and buy a moto G), but I'm wondering if it has enough ram. The s3 mini has 1GB too, and sometimes I think it's not enough for multitask and things like that. Won't be a problem with the Moto G? Does it has ram enough?
Sorry fot my english, and thanks in advance
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Hi all!
I'm a S3 Mini owner, and I'm in love with the Moto G (i'm thiking in give my s3 mini to my father and buy a moto G), but I'm wondering if it has enough ram. The s3 mini has 1GB too, and sometimes I think it's not enough for multitask and things like that. Won't be a problem with the Moto G? Does it has ram enough?
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It depends of Your usage. OK for me.
It's enough RAM for moderate to heavy usage. And Kit Kat will require less RAM
I've had no issues, but I'm in the habbit of using the recents button and closing down things when I'm no using them.
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No problem with ram
Feyerabend said:
Hi all!
I'm a S3 Mini owner, and I'm in love with the Moto G (i'm thiking in give my s3 mini to my father and buy a moto G), but I'm wondering if it has enough ram. The s3 mini has 1GB too, and sometimes I think it's not enough for multitask and things like that. Won't be a problem with the Moto G? Does it has ram enough?
Sorry fot my english, and thanks in advance
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So far, I cannot complaint about the ram I did not notice if there is lack of it. I usually kill the apps so it is fine. I used to have an iphone 4S with 512 m ram so 1 giga is a much better. I saw the mini down the price to £180 I guess to compete with the moto g, but man I am so liking it that I am thinking in buying another one.
Feyerabend said:
Hi all!
I'm a S3 Mini owner, and I'm in love with the Moto G (i'm thiking in give my s3 mini to my father and buy a moto G), but I'm wondering if it has enough ram. The s3 mini has 1GB too, and sometimes I think it's not enough for multitask and things like that. Won't be a problem with the Moto G? Does it has ram enough?
Sorry fot my english, and thanks in advance
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The Moto G has about 900MB compared to 800MB with the S3 Mini.
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The Moto G has about 900MB compared to 800MB with the S3 Mini.
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1. What is the amount of ram usable? 900 MB?
2. how much memory does the system consumes after first boot?
3. how much memory does the system consumes after login into Google and Motorola account (but didn't install any app from Play Store yet)?
My current phone is Xperia X8 with 186 MB of RAM.
stfudude said:
1. What is the amount of ram usable? 900 MB?
2. how much memory does the system consumes after first boot?
3. how much memory does the system consumes after login into Google and Motorola account (but didn't install any app from Play Store yet)?
My current phone is Xperia X8 with 186 MB of RAM.
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Yes, the Moto G has 900MB available RAM to the user and probably between 350 and 450 free after boot. It totally depends what you have installed.
I think it's quite comfortable with the 1G and I am used to 2G from my Nexus 7 - if nothing else, it saves on cost and battery
nupi said:
I think it's quite comfortable with the 1G and I am used to 2G from my Nexus 7 - if nothing else, it saves on cost and battery
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Most definitely 1G on this phone is enough, when I compare it with the Samsung S3 I have just got rid of, it holds up so well.....
my user experience is actually superior, the simplicity of near-AOSP is such an improvement over the Sammy, which was chock full of useless features and TW crap, for me anyway.....
and it was 1G RAM with quad-core processor, just like the Moto G!!!
Just some specs comparison from GSM Arena, not always correct, but one wonders why the Sammy cost almost three times more than this Moto did, it is just amazing....
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4238&idPhone2=5831
After 2 weeks with the Phone I can only sa that I would pay 30£ more for 2gigs of ram on moto G and that would made it the best of the best.
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Get a Moto G better for the same price range - 3mp camera (moto g has 5mp,1.3front) + quad core snapdragon 400 1.2Ghz and same 305gpu
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Interesting point with the Moto G, but it costs exactly twice as much as the price of what I could get an Xperia L for in here, as well as no SD slot.
Twice as much? Wow, here in the UK the Moto G (8GB) is nearly half the price of Xperia L (RRP from Sony Mobile). Yeah, lack of SD card support on the Moto G maybe off putting for some-the 8GB Moto is no good, out of 8GB you will only get about 4.5GB user accessible and for the 16GB you get around 14GB, I know this because my dad has the 8GB Moto G and by bro has the 16GB Moto G, I am the only Xperia user in the household (and am proud to be an Xperia user).
Anyway so it is a two horse race between 16GB Moto G and Xperia L, which one is down to you.
BTW don't buy either now, you got the MWC literally next week, Sony may announce new phones then or soon after-so if you can wait then wait. Who knows there may be the successor to the Xperia L or the Xperia L may go down in price...:fingers-crossed:
Hi brothers, I am currently using Galaxy Note 2 and I cant play all the latest games smoothly. For example Asphalt 8 lags a little etc. Now, I wanna buy a phone that I will be able to play all the latest and upcoming games smoothly. Budget is not a factor. Currently looking for performance and my money should be worth the spent, hence asking you all.
Also resolution must be 1440 x 2560 .
So, which phone should I get ? and which phone do you use yourself ?
Get a nexus 6
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Get a nexus 6
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It doesnt have external memory slot or I would have gotten that.
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Hi brothers, I am currently using Galaxy Note 2 and I cant play all the latest games smoothly. For example Asphalt 8 lags a little etc. Now, I wanna buy a phone that I will be able to play all the latest and upcoming games smoothly. Budget is not a factor. Currently looking for performance and my money should be worth the spent, hence asking you all.
Also resolution must be 1440 x 2560 .
So, which phone should I get ? and which phone do you use yourself ?
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Buy the LG G3, Note 4 or HTC M8
I consider Note 4, since it has the latest GPU. The display is phenomenal and there is an SD Card too. Internal Memory is no problem here.Hit thanks if helped
Sushant Rohan said:
Buy the LG G3, Note 4 or HTC M8
I consider Note 4, since it has the latest GPU. The display is phenomenal and there is an SD Card too. Internal Memory is no problem here.Hit thanks if helped
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Well I want a phone that has external memory slot with latest specs.
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Well I want a phone that has external memory slot with latest specs.
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NOTE 4 is the best. It has the latest GPU, and expandable memory of upto 128 GB. It has the latest specs
I have a chance to change my xt1032 8gb for nexus 4 16gb?
What would you do?
jazzh said:
I have a chance to change my xt1032 8gb for nexus 4 16gb?
What would you do?
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The S4 Pro is way more powerful than the S400, but it also consumes more battery.
The N4 is known for it's bad battery life and terrible camera. If you can live with these two problems, then definitely go for the N4, if not then stay with the Moto G.
Good Luck.
+1 for the above. I have both the G and the N4 right now, and I think the battery life and the poor camera focus will turn many people away. However, I have a distaste to Moto G's touchscreen - often fails to respond or recognize my touch as hold...
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jazzh said:
I have a chance to change my xt1032 8gb for nexus 4 16gb?
What would you do?
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Benefits of nexus. - more developer support, but I think this is ruled out because our moto g is also heavily supported
You will get 16 gigs
Benefits of keeping moto g - better battery
Younger than nexus 4
Better processor (the s4 on nexus 4 is power hungry and even after being at more clock speed of 1.5 GHz its performs less than s400 because s400 is newer than s4)
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Last year I bought a Moto G 1st gen.
At the beginning it was very fast and responsive but now my will is to throw it at the wall
I'm thinking on buying a new phone so I looked at oneplus 2 specs and I like them a lot (64gb rom, 4gb ram, 1.8GHz, fingertip reader...).
At this moment Oneplus 2 64gb version is priced with 399€.
So do you think I should buy it or there are better options for lower/same price?
Thanks
Well, the moto g should still be a pretty fast and good phone. Have you tried a factory reset and updating it to the latest Android version.
CalculatedRisk said:
Well, the moto g should still be a pretty fast and good phone. Have you tried a factory reset and updating it to the latest Android version.
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It is on its last Android version, but I didn't factory reset it yet.
Give that a shot after backing up your data.
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Give that a shot after backing up your data.
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Ok, will do it
Joaosacramento said:
I'm thinking on buying a new phone so I looked at oneplus 2 specs and I like them a lot (64gb rom, 4gb ram, 1.8GHz, fingertip reader...).
At this moment Oneplus 2 64gb version is priced with 399€.
So do you think I should buy it ?
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Yes you should since there are not much better phones on that price range.
Other phones to consider are:
LG G3 ( 360€ ) and the Moto X Pure ( 399€ )
Elya_Dragon said:
Yes you should since there are not much better phones on that price range.
Other phones to consider are:
LG G3 ( 360€ ) and the Moto X Pure ( 399€ )
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I did the factory reset on moto G and it is like new now.
I will keep it for now
Joaosacramento said:
I did the factory reset on moto G and it is like new now.
I will keep it for now
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I'm happy to hear that!
Joaosacramento said:
Last year I bought a Moto G 1st gen.
At the beginning it was very fast and responsive but now my will is to throw it at the wall
I'm thinking on buying a new phone so I looked at oneplus 2 specs and I like them a lot (64gb rom, 4gb ram, 1.8GHz, fingertip reader...).
At this moment Oneplus 2 64gb version is priced with 399€.
So do you think I should buy it or there are better options for lower/same price?
Thanks
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Bro your decision is right
Go for One plus Two
You know what its a world best phone on that price augment .
Ukr its rom is cyanogen that means its consumes lite ram uses that makes it gives good performance . Its a best phone to buy now and i think its a future-ready phone. Go for it :thumbup:
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Rajaks said:
Bro your decision is right
Go for One plus Two
You know what its a world best phone on that price augment .
Ukr its rom is cyanogen that means its consumes lite ram uses that makes it gives good performance . Its a best phone to buy now and i think its a future-ready phone. Go for it :thumbup:
Please give thanks if i help you
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Thanks for your reply, but as I said above I did a factory reset on my Moto G and now it is almost as new
So I will keep it for now, maybe in future I'll oneplus 2.
Good to hear man. Enjoy the phone.
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