Motorola Moto E3 vs Google Pixel Specs Comparison

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Google Pixel
Motorola Moto E3 Google Pixel
Released · Sep 07, 2016
Released · Oct 20, 2016
5.0-inch · 1280x720px
5.0-inch · 1920x1080px
Single camera
Single camera
1GB · 8GB
4GB · 128GB
2800 mAh
2770 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
Jul 14, 2016 Oct 04, 2016
Prices (MSRP)
$749

Design

Dimensions
5.66 x 2.82 x 0.33 inches
143.8 x 71.6 x 8.5 mm
5.66 x 2.74 x 0.34 inches
143.84 x 69.54 x 8.58 mm
Weight
4.96 oz (140.6 g) 5.04 oz (143.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum, Glass
Resistance
Splash Splash, Dust; IP53
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White Black, Gray, White

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 66.34% screen-to-body 5.0-inch, 68.88% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD AMOLED
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI 1920x1080px, 16:9 ratio, 441 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Features
Oleophobic coating Oleophobic coating

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6735P Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro
Processor
Quad-core
1000 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Quad-core
2150 MHz
Kryo
GPU
Mali-T720 MP2 Adreno 530
Memory
1GB (LPDDR3)/8GB 4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
4GB/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow) Android (10, 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
2800 mAh, Li - Ion 2770 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
USB Power Delivery

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) 12.3 MP (Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Sensor size: 1/2.3"
Pixel size: 1.55 μm
Flash
LED Dual LED
Video recording
720p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (240 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP 8 MP
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0 4.2
WLAN
b,g,n
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 b, g, n
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0 Type-C, USB 3.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M4/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type
Micro SIM Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Feb 12, 2017
FCC ID value: NM8G-2PW4100
Measured SAR
Head: 0.92 W/kg
Measured in: 1900 MHz
Body: 0.58 W/kg
Measured in: 1900 MHz
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.08 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.58 W/kg

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