Today we have the Moto X Pure going up against the iPhone 6S Plus. Let’s get voting! These are both great phones, and nice big screen representatives of each OS/Platform. Big displays, great cameras, speedy, easy to use, clean. I personally, think this is a great match-up and really comes down to preference of OS and which ecosystem you wish to plop down your hard earned bucks for. Then again, if it came down to dollars, the Moto X Pure may pull at your heartstrings. So which will it be? Get voting down below.
Moto X Pure
I loved the original Moto X. It didn’t follow the trend of big and fast, instead focusing more on user experience and how a consumer actually interacted with their device. At a time when Samsung’s TouchWiz and HTC’s Sense were more obnoxious than ever, the Moto X left Android untouched, and introduced some of the most intelligent software we’ve ever seen. It was an Android device done right, and even showed Google a thing or two.
Motorola stuck with that same formula last year to great success, with a few hardware upgrades here and there. But the company still failed to impress in one key category: the camera. For how good Motorola’s software can be, its camera technology has never been able to compete with the likes of Samsung and Apple—something Motorola is well aware of. In fact, at the device’s announcement in July, the company promised its new flagship would feature a camera better than any other smartphone. That’s a huge claim… Read More
Apple iPhone 6S Plus
Apple doesn’t typically change up the hardware design — the actual look of the iPhone — when it makes the “toc” upgrades between major changes. In other words, we didn’t see a huge bump in design from the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 4s, or the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 5s. Unless you own the new rose gold model, someone on the street isn’t going to be able to distinguish — by looking at the body alone — whether you have a 6 or a 6s… read more
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LG G5 |
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| Display Size | 5.7-inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel display (515 ppi) | 5.3-inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel display (554 ppi) | ||
| Display Type | TFT LCD | Quad HD IPS Quantum Display | ||
| Operating System | Android 5.1.1 (at launch) | Android 6.0 (at launch) | ||
| Processor | 1.8GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor | ||
| RAM | 3GB | 4GB | ||
| Storage |
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| External Storage | Yes | Yes | ||
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| Main Camera (Back) | 21MP | 16MP + 8MP | ||
| Secondary Camera (Front) | 5MP | 8MP | ||
| Networks |
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N/A | ||
| Wi-Fi | 802.11a/g/b/n/ac + MIMO | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | ||
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.1 LE | Bluetooth 4.2 | ||
| Battery | 3000mAh | 2800mAh | ||
| NFC | Yes | Yes | ||
| Connectivity |
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N/A | ||
| GPS |
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N/A | ||
| Height | 153.9 mm (6.06 inches) | 149.4 mm (5.88 inches) | ||
| Width | 76.2 mm (3.00 inches) | 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) | ||
| Depth | 11.06 mm (0.44 inches) | 7.7 mm (0.30 inches) | ||
| Weight | 179 g (6.31 oz) | 159 g (5.61 oz) | ||
| Colors | Black, White base colors, 18 options of back shells | Gold, Pink, Silver, Titan | ||
| Supported Audio Formats | AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, MIDI, MP3, PCM/WAVE, FLAC, OGG/Vorbis | N/A | ||
| Supported Video Formats | H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8 | N/A |
This poll closes within 24 hours (the following day).
*Winners from previous rounds are marked bold.
Play-In
| March 17 | BlackBerry Classic | vs | OnePlus X |
| March 18 | Nexus 6P | vs | Sony Xperia Z5 |
| March 19 | Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge | vs | OnePlus 2 |
| March 20 | Samsung Galaxy Note 5 | vs | HTC One A9 |
| March 21 | Nexus 5X | vs | Sony Xperia Z5 Premium |
| March 22 | iPhone 6S | vs | Microsoft Lumia 950 |
| March 23 | LG G5 | vs | Samsung Galaxy S7 |
| March 24 | iPhone 6S Plus | vs | Nextbit Robin |
| March 25 | HTC One M9 | vs | Microsoft Lumia 950 XL |
Round 1
| March 26 | Motorola Droid Turbo 2 | vs | Winner of March 17 (BlackBerry Classic) |
| March 27 | Winner of March 18 (Nexus 6P) | vs | Winner of March 19 (Galaxy S7 Edge) |
| March 28 | Xiaomi Mi 5 | vs | Winner of March 20 (Galaxy Note 5) |
| March 29 | Winner of March 21 (Xperia Z5 Premium) | vs | BlackBerry Priv |
| March 30 | Huawei Mate 8 | vs | Winner of March 22 (iPhone 6S) |
| March 31 | Winner of March 23 (Galaxy S7) | vs | LG V10 |
| April 1 | Moto X Pure Edition | vs | Winner of March 24 (iPhone 6S Plus) |
| April 2 | Winner of March 25 (Lumia 950 XL) | vs | Motorola Droid Maxx 2 |
Round 2 – Quarterfinals
| April 3 | Winner of March 26 | vs | Winner of March 27 |
| April 4 | Winner of March 28 | vs | Winner of March 29 |
| April 5 | Winner of March 30 | vs | Winner of March 31 |
| April 6 | Winner of April 1 | vs | Winner of April 2 |
Semi-final Round
| April 7 | Winner of April 3 | vs | Winner of April 4 |
| April 8 | Winner of April 5 | vs | Winner of April 6 |
| April 9 | Winner of April 7 | vs | Winner of April 8 |
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