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Google Nexus 5
North AmericaD820, D821
| Global Score | |
| 76 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | |
| Android 4.4.3 | -- |
| 2013-10-31 | 2021-01-14 |
| 5.43 x 2.72 x 0.34 inches | 6.69 x 3.07 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.59 ounces | 7.51 ounces |
| Black, Red and White | Aurora black and Aurora white |
| -- | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 480.00 | $ 299.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 387 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 SM6150-AC chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2260 MHz) processor | Kryo 460, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 612 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.30 MP | 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 30.40mm focal length | -- |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 11 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 300 hours standby time 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Moto G Stylus (2021) is just a bit better than the Google Nexus 5, getting a general score of 79.3 against 76. Moto G Stylus (2021) is a a lot newer phone than Google Nexus 5, but it's a little bit thicker and heavier. The Google Nexus 5 features a sharper screen than Motorola Moto G Stylus (2021), because although it has a really smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1920 x 1080px, it also counts with a quite greater display density.
The Moto G Stylus (2021) features a much bigger storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Google Nexus 5, because it has 96 GB more internal memory capacity and a slot for an SD memory card that holds a maximum of 512 GB. Google Nexus 5 counts with a little bit better processing power than Moto G Stylus (2021), because although it has 2 GB less RAM memory and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an additional GPU.
Motorola Moto G Stylus (2021) counts with a much longer battery performance than Google Nexus 5, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity. Motorola Moto G Stylus (2021) captures much better pictures and videos than Google Nexus 5, because it has a much better (4K) video resolution, a much more MP back-facing camera and a way larger aperture to take better images in poorly lited environments.
In addition to being the best phone of the ones we compare here, the Motorola Moto G Stylus (2021) is also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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