At
IFA 2014,the Microsoft
announced
the
Nokia Lumia 730 “ Selfie
Smartphone”. The
smartphone costs only €199
($262 USD)
but packs a pretty decent hardware. On the other hand, Motorola also
announced
its next generation
Moto G, the Moto G 2nd
generation is
also a mid range smartphone and also comes with decent hardware
priced at $ 179.99.
So
which one is the best? Let’s find out.
Design
The
Nokia Lumia 730 is well built and it feels nice in hands. The device
weighs at 134g, notvery light but it is lighter than the next-gen
Moto G,which is149g.
The
Moto G is nicely built as well. But as we noted, it isn’t light and
weighs at 149g. The plastic back panel feels very nice in
hands but it is a bit wider than the Lumia 730. It’s worth noting
that Motorola has also included two front facing speakers in the
next-gen Moto G.
Display
The
Nokia Lumia 730 comes with a 4.7-inch display with a resolution of
720 x 1280 pixels. The pixel density on the 4.7-inch display is
312ppi, which is much better than the next-gen Moto G’s display.
The Lumia 730’s display also comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
Overall, the Lumia 730’s display is pretty decent but reading under
sunlight is a bit tough.
Motorola
has upgraded the old Moto G’s display to a 5-inch display. The new
Moto G’s display includes 720 x 1280 pixels resolution and 294ppi,
which is lower than the Lumia 730 and the old Moto G. The next
generation
Moto G’s display not
very good and it is very hard to read text under sunlight on the
smartphone.
Camera
Nokia’s
cameras are best. The Lumia 730 is a ‘selfie phone’ and it does
come with a brilliant front shooter. The Lumia 730 sports a 5 MP
front camera and a 6.7 MP rear camera. Image quality on the Lumia 730
is pretty good and videos are decent.
The
next generation
Moto G’s camera is good as well. Motorola has upgraded the camera
of the old Moto G to a 8 MP sensor on the new Moto G. The smartphone
also comes with a 2 MP front camera. Video recording on the Moto G is
also
good.
Hardware
Microsoft
has done a brilliant job with the hardware of the Lumia 730. It
sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 running at 1.2GHz with 1GB RAM
and Adreno 305 GPU. The Lumia 730 also includes Bluetooth 4.0
and NFC. It also includes 8 GB of internal storage, and 2200 mAh
battery. The Lumia 730 doesn’t support 4G, however.
Motorola
hasn’t upgraded the processor of the next generation
Moto G. It is still running on the Snapdragon 400 as the Moto G.
It includes
1GB of RAM and Adreno 305 GPU. Moto G comes with Bluetooth 4.0 but it
doesn’t come with NFC.
Software
The
next generation Moto G comes with Android 4.4.4 KitKat and Motorola
has guaranteed that the smartphone will receive Android L update. As
the other Motorola smartphones, the Moto G comes with Motorola apps,
including Assist and Alert.
Microsoft
introduced the Lumia 730 with the latest version of Windows Phone and
Lumia Denim, Nokia’s latest firmware update. Windows Phone runs
very sleekly on the Lumia 730 as well. Lumia Denim highly focuses on
camera features and it does bring a lot of improvements to Nokia’s
Camera software.
Wrap-up
The
Nokia Lumia 730 and the Motorola Moto G are great smartphones. Both
of the handsets comes with good hardware, they include all the basic
features and all the other things a consumer will need. Of course,
they might not be the phone that you’re looking for but it is worth
a try.
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