Motorola Moto E3 vs Motorola Moto C Specs Comparison

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Motorola Moto E3 Motorola Moto C
Released · Sep 07, 2016
Released · Jun 02, 2017
5.0-inch · 1280x720px
5.0-inch · 854x480px
Single camera
Single camera
1GB · 8GB
1GB · 16GB
2800 mAh
2350 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 14, 2016 May 15, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.66 x 2.82 x 0.33 inches
143.8 x 71.6 x 8.5 mm
5.73 x 2.90 x 0.35 inches
145.5 x 73.6 x 9 mm
Weight
4.96 oz / 140.6 g 5.43 oz / 154.0 g
Resistance
Splash
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White Black, Gold, Red, White

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 66.34% screen-to-body 5.0-inch, 64.26% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI 854x480px, 196 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
Oleophobic coating

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6735P MediaTek 6737 (28 nm)
Processor
Quad-core
1000 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Quad-core
1100 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T720 MP2 Mali-T720 MP2
Memory
1GB (LPDDR3)/8GB 1GB/16GB
1GB/8GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB microSDHC up to 32 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow) Android (7.0 Nougat)

Battery

Type
2800 mAh, Li - Ion 2350 mAh, Li - Polymer

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) 5 MP
Aperture size: F2.4
Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Flash
LED LED
Video recording
720p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
720p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP 2 MP (Flash, HDR)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0 4.2
WLAN
b,g,n
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 b, g, n
b,g,n
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass GPS, A-GPS
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41 38, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
SIM type
Micro SIM Micro SIM

Phone Features

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

Alternative variants

Dual SIM Yes
Memory 8GB
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