The Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Moto X are both older handsets that are still worth having in your pocket. But which of these two handsets are the best?
The Samsung Galaxy S3 starts from as little as $288, while the Motorola Moto X comes with a price tag of around $313. You can pick up both devices with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. They both run on Android, with the former having Jelly Bean 4.3 and the latter having KitKat 4.4.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 has the display of 4.8 inches with 306ppi Super AMOLED and the Motorola Moto X has a 4.7 inch display with 316ppi and this is AMOLED. The former supports ambient light sensors, multi-touch display and proximity sensor and the latter does too.
There is a battery of 2,100 on the Samsung Galaxy S3 and this should offer around 22 hours talk time and around 830 on stand-by. The Motorola Moto X offers around 13 hours of talk time and about 240 hours when on stand-by. The depth of the S3 is 8.64mm and it weighs 133 grams while the Moto X is 10.41mm and 130 grams.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 has a 1.4GHz processor, it is 4 cores and has 1, 024MB of RAM, the Motorola Moto X comes in with a 17Ghz processor and this is 2 cores with 2,048MB.
There is a camera of 8MP and 1.9MP on the Samsung Galaxy S3 while the Motorola Moto X has a 10.5MP and a 2.1MP. Both record video at 1080p and the S3 boasts digital image stabilisation.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 offers 16GB of internal storage, which can be boosted to 64GB thanks to SD card and the Motorola Moto X has 16GB of internal storage.
