Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX vs LG G Vista vs Motorola Droid Maxx 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola LG Motorola
Announced January 2012 August 2014 October 2015
Status Available - January 2012 Available - August 2014 Available - October 2015
Colors Black Metallic Black Deep Sea Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.7 x 68.9 x 9 mm
(5.15 x 2.71 x 0.35 in)
152.2 x 79.3 x 9.1 mm
(5.99 x 3.12 x 0.36 in)
148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 168.1 g (5.93.0.04 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 LTE 700 MHz Class 13 / 1700 / 2100 LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU PowerVR SGX540 - Adreno 405
RAM 1 GB 1.5 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Advanced capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (258 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.67% 74.01% 74.21%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 21 MP, 5248 x 3936
Flash LED flash LED flash Dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 1.3 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps No Yes
Edge Class 12 No Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSUPA EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Battery
Capacity 3300 mAh 3200 mAh 3630 mAh
Stand by Up to 368 h Up to 514 h (3G) Up to 576 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 21 h Up to 15 h (3G) Up to 48 h (3G)