Phone Comparison - LG G3 LTE-A vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus vs Motorola Moto X Play

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer LG Samsung Motorola
Announced January 2014 October 2014 July 2015
Status Available - Q3 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 17,499 ($257.34) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 15,499 ($227.93) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Silk White, Shine Gold, Metallic Black Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
Weight - 145 g (5.11 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network TD-SCDMA / HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1562
4G Network LTE-A LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - XT1562
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP52 Certified: Water Repellant Nano-coating

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 420 Adreno 420 Adreno 405
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/32 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.1 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 69.63% 74.21%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 21 MP, 5248 x 3936
Flash phase detection/lase phase detection auto Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features 1/3' Sensor Size, Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1.12 �m Pixel Size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, optical stabilization, HDR, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat6 300 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2.1), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 2800 mAh 3630 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)
Up to 48 h