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| Global Score | |
| 71.6 | 84.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Apple |
| 2016-11-11 | 2018-09-21 |
| 5.96 x 2.97 x 0.31 inches | 5.65 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.75 ounces | 6.24 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and Silver | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Metal | Glass and Stainless steel |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 999.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2436 x 1125 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 401 pixels per inch | 463 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek Helio P15 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T860 MP2 GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.18 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.12 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.14 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3050mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 2659mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.04 | 4.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
IPhone XS is better than the Motorola Moto M, with a general score of 84.2 against 71.6. IPhone XS's body is newer and a bit thinner, but also a little bit heavier than the Motorola Moto M. Apple iPhone XS counts with a superior hardware performance than Moto M, because although it has a lower number of cores (but faster), and they both have the same RAM memory amount, the Apple iPhone XS also counts with a 64 bits processor.
Apple iPhone XS has a sharper screen than Moto M, because it has a little bit bigger display, a just a bit more pixels per display inch and a quite better resolution of 1125 x 2436. IPhone XS shoots much clearer photographs and videos than Moto M, because although it has a lot worse 12 mega pixels resolution back camera, it also counts with a larger diafragm aperture to take better low light photos and videos and a way higher 3840x2160 (4K) video definition.
The Moto M features a little bit better storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than iPhone XS, because although it has less internal memory capacity, it also counts with an external memory slot that admits up to 128 GB. Moto M counts with a bit longer battery life than iPhone XS, because it has a 3050mAh battery size.
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