Motorola Moto G or Samsung Galaxy S3?

[Kevin225]

Hi there,

I'm thinking of buying a new smartphone but I don't know which one to buy : The Samsung Galaxy S3 or the Motorola Moto G.

The Galaxy S3 (16Gb Model) costs around 300euros in Belgium and the Moto G 230 euros (16Gb Model)

Now which one is better for me? I like to play games on it and I heard both are almost the same in speed but How About the Gpu?
I really don't know how powerful the S3 is in terms of GPU because It's a custom Mali-400MP, The Adreno 305 GPU in the Moto G is quite nice I heard.

I also Now that the Moto G has Gorilla Glass 3 For screen protection instead of Gorilla Glass 2. The camera's of the Moto G are good enough for me.

I'm upgrading drom a galaxy Y so Both Phones look very nice to me.

Thanks.

 

[Bman123]

The s3 has 2gb of ram a larger screen and I believe it's faster too. The moto g is running 4.4 now which the s3 won't get and it's cheaper for you to buy plus it will probably get a few more updates. I don't know how 4.4 handles ram management so the moto g may have issues slowing down but I don't know my note 2 is running 4.3 still

 

[Pikaboo]

The s3 for sure. ^

 

[jacktesterson]

Moto G

 

[Mopetar]

Are you going to run the stock OS or do you want to root?

 

[gmaster456]

Moto G. Faster SoC, stock 4.4, fast updates, 720p IPS, vs Pentile Amoled.

GS3. 2gb RAM, expandable storage and removable battery.

If it were me the Moto G would be on its way to my doorstep.

 

[s44]

Faster SoC

Only in perfectly multithreaded situations... and not even that if it's the i9500.

The i9505 has LTE, though I don't know how widespread that is in OP's area.

Main consideration might be limited storage, esp. given the space 3D games take up.

 

[ImDonly1]

Just throwing out options but Optimus G for $190... (the LTE is permanently locked to ATT though, only HSPA is unlockable from what I read)
http://slickdeals.net/f/6639396-lg-optimus-g-e970-4g-lte-unlocked-16gb-rom-16gb-micro-sd-190

 

[poofyhairguy]

If you can get LTE makes or breaks it.

 

[Kevin225]

Are you going to run the stock OS or do you want to root?

Sorry for the late reply.

Yeah I'm not going to root because a livetv app that I'll be using doesn't work with rooted devices .

 

[Kevin225]

The s3 has 2gb of ram a larger screen and I believe it's faster too. The moto g is running 4.4 now which the s3 won't get and it's cheaper for you to buy plus it will probably get a few more updates. I don't know how 4.4 handles ram management so the moto g may have issues slowing down but I don't know my note 2 is running 4.3 still

Thanks for given your opinion and Sorry for the late reply.

In my country (Belgium) has the S3 only 1Gb of ram.

 

[jacktesterson]

If you can get LTE makes or breaks it.

Not really

HSPA+ here gets me the same speeds as LTE. (20+ Mbps download, 10+ upload)

I know, the whole latency thing, but were talking tiny amounts of time difference.

Anyways, I'd personally go Moto G, as I'm not a fan of touchwiz.

Better yet, get a used Nexus 4.

 

[Kevin225]

Not really

HSPA+ here gets me the same speeds as LTE. (20+ Mbps download, 10+ upload)

I know, the whole latency thing, but were talking tiny amounts of time difference.

Anyways, I'd personally go Moto G, as I'm not a fan of touchwiz.

Better yet, get a used Nexus 4.

I don't want a nexus 4 because the glass back,I personally don't like it + I also don't like buying used phones so I think I'll just go for the Moto G
.

 

[bradly1101]

expandable storage

This is great. I put a 64GB card in my S3 and have my whole music collection plus plenty more room for videos, photos, etc.