Moto X Style (Pure Edition) (Photo : YouTube/Marques Brownlee)
Pitting the Google Nexus 2015 against the Moto X 2015, one will see an epic slugfest of two pure Android flagships with both having their share of superb specifications and killer features. Which will emerge as the winner?
Motorola will serve the third Moto X installment in two flavors. For those in the U.S., the handset will be knowns as Moto X Pure Edition and the international counterpart is the Moto X Style. The two will share the same specs and features. The second in the menu is the Moto X Play that its maker described as the mid-range option.
As for the Nexus 2015, Google is said to unbox its signature phones also in two models - the LG Nexus 5 2015 and the Huawei Nexus 6 2015. The first is geared for the mass market while the second is the more premium make.
As Motorola opted to power its smartphone lineup with stock Android, the company essentially won ever hardcore fans of the OS who would have nothing to do with skinned version of the software. And this is one major gain working against the Nexus 2015 duo.
Then hardware-wise, the fight can declared as equal - the new Moto X will surely have its moments and the same thing goes for any of the Nexus 2015 versions.
But the two rivals will have to go their separate ways and that will be on the camera shootout. To date, Google's Nexus brand is yet to impress. The Nexus 6 last year failed to make the cut of the best smartphone camera circle, rule by Apple's iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung's Galaxy S6.
In the last two versions, the same can be said of the Moto X but 2015 will be an entirely different story. When it unveiled the Moto X this year, Motorola emphasized that the device will be known as among the best in mobile shooting tool.
And the experts appear to concur. A report by Digital Photography Review, according to BGR, described the new Moto X shooter as very capable of tussling with the best out there, getting remarkably high marks in color, contrast, exposure and noise reduction.
For instance, images captured with the Moto X Style with 21MP sensor "show very good detail in bright light with good exposure and white balance ... Additionally the autofocus worked reliably in all light conditions," the DPR review said.
The Verge also spent some time with Moto X camera and concluded: "This is indeed the best imaging equipment to have ever made its way inside a Moto smartphone." And the first two Moto X, it should be noted, were far from impressive in terms of camera prowess.
So pure Android fans taking home any of the Moto X 2015 builds instead of the Google Nexus 2015 are sure to end up with a winner camera phone that on top sells at starting price of only $400.
